CHAPTER XXIII 

AN ELECTION OF OFFICERS 

"Election of officers to-morrow!" 

"As if every cadet at the school didn't know it, Pepper." 

"Well, Andy, have you made up your mind how you are going to vote?" 

"Sure I have," replied the acrobatic youth. "I am going to vote for Bart Conners for major, since Jack don't want to run again." 

"That's the way I am going to vote, too." 

"How about the two captains?" asked Joe Nelson. 

"Well, I think I'll vote for Dave Kearney for one," answered Pepper. "I am not so sure about the other." 

"What's the matter with Harry Blossom?" asked Bert Field. "He seems to be a nice sort." 

"He is." 

"I understand Reff Ritter wants to be a captain," put in Stuffer. 

"Sure, an' he'd be afther wantin' to be major, only he ain't popular enough," came from Emerald. 

"Coulter is out for a captaincy, too," said Jack, who had come up during the talk. 

"Do you think either of them will be elected?" asked Andy. 

"Not if I can prevent it," replied the young major. "Neither of them deserves any office." 

"I understand Dan Baxter wants to be major," said Stuffer. "Talk about gall! What has he ever done for the school? Nothing." 

"He won't get the office," said Jack. 

"Is Bart going to have a walkover?" asked Pepper. 

"Hardly. Both Dave Kearney and Harry Blossom will run against him, and so will Bob Grenwood, and they all have their friends." 

"Well, let the best fellows win, say I!" cried Andy, and then he ran off, to do some fancy "stunts" in the gymnasium. 
Who else wants to be major?
I understand Dan Baxter wants to be major