This physical training manifested itself in wake-up calls at fifth hour, followed by long runs in the early light of dawn. This was succeeded in turn by extensive drilling exercises, marching and manoeuvring as a group to various drum and bugle calls, in the morning heat. This was all mixed in with a number of strength and weight exercises, to physically develop all of the cadets.
Not sure why, but one of my favorite things is when an author describes training
