CHAPTER XIX.
THE TRAITOR OF THE RIDING HALL If Dick gave no further outward attention to Haynes, he was nevertheless bothered about the fellow.
"Haynes isn't fit to go through and become an officer; to be set up over other men," Prescott told himself often.
This slighting opinion was not on account of the personal dislike that Prescott felt for the turnback.

There were other cadets at West Point whom Dick did not exactly like, yet he respected the others, for they themselves respected the traditions of honor and justice that are a part of West Point.
With Haynes the trouble was that he was certain, sooner or later, to prove a discredit to the best traditions of the Army.

Such a fellow was likely to prove a bully over enlisted men.

Now, the enlisted men of the Regular Army do not resent having a strict officer set above them, but the officer must be a man whom they can respect.

Such an officer, who commands the respect and admiration of the enlisted men under him, can lead them into the most dangerous places.