The story follows a group of cadets at West Point in the early 19th century, including Howard Shelton, Carolyn's fiancé, and Dawson, a Kentucky frontiersman who falls in love with Carolyn, causing tension between the two. Major Sam Carter, the Commandant, is determined to make soldiers out of the cadets through strict discipline, leading to many resignations. When the Indians go on the warpath, the cadets are sent on a mission to quell the rebellion, where they use their West Point training to attack and demoralize the Indian force, rescuing Major Carter and Dawson, who is wounded.
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
The US Congress is considering reviving the West Point military training academy in the early 19th century, originally founded to train officers for the American Revolutionary War.
