Complex sentence: As a result, fourteen more cadets received appointments to the class, which they joined six weeks late, in August 1911, thereby missing out on the infamous period of hazing known as Beast Barracks.
Split into simpler sentences: As a result, fourteen more cadets received appointments to the class, which they joined six weeks late, in August 1911. They thereby missing out on the infamous period of hazing known as Beast Barracks.