eleven o'clock
Divided between pangs of regret and eager thoughts of the new service as line officers , Hal and Noll boarded a train one morning and started west . The new life , the goal of their youthful dreams , lay before them . What would it bring ? At eleven o'clock on the morning of September fifteenth two slim , sun-burnt , erect and athletic-looking young men walked into headquarters at Fort Butler . The sergeant seated at a desk in the outer room , after taking a look at them , concluded to take a chance . He rose , saluted and stood at attention . `` What can I do for you , gentlemen ? ''