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Davis had one hell of a track record for booze-related incidents at the school.

He would sneak out constantly, get plastered, and try to sneak back into the academy, routinely

getting caught.

Or, in one case, he nearly fucking died after falling out a 60-foot ravine.

At one point, Davis was arrested at the tavern, court-martialed, and then parted.

Think of all the moments in history that could have

changed already. That's not even to account what's going to happen next. Well, yeah, it's one of

those things where it's the same sort of situation. It's like with Greg Abbott, if that tree had just

been six inches to the left, we would have been spared so many things.

Fuck me. Another fun fact here. One thing that Thayer did to crack down on gambling, which he banned,

but cadets kept gambling, was banning cadets from having any cash. So that meant they couldn't go

into taverns and simply pay for drinks like a normal person. They had a bartering system of

clothing and goods in exchange for booze at the bars.

I've seen The Revenant. They were turning tricks. I get it. You know what?

Create a whole class of West Point hustlers.

The only thing that was off limits for bartering was the school uniform because they obviously couldn't get away with that one.

Though more than one person was thrown out of West Point because they were an alcoholic,

they needed a drink, and they traded the literal jacket off their back for like a glass

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