Aren’t West Point students offered admission without tuition in exchange for serving their country upon graduation ? So yes he could have construed that as a “scholarship” school.
One can receive an appointment to one of the military academies. Nobody is there on a "scholarship". The military also offers a lot of full ride scholarships which are essentially the same, but not to any of the 4 military academies. Most go to Norwich University, the Citadel, VMI and Texas A&M.
an appointment is not the same as a scholarship.