New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-30

looks now as theogb. with the exception of the OK
animation % the expert, the inquiry would be prac-
tIeal1y closed to-day.
.'.. THE TESTIMONY INTERESTING.
waIrTAKER's STANDING NOT BAD--s0ME OF THR
PROFESSORS THINK A CADETS WORD FINAL
-. HOW GnEKxER WAS RECOGNIZED AT HARVARD.
irnox TIN SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF FHE TRIHUER.l
WEST POINT N. Y, April 29.-The first WIT
moss to-day was Cadet Catn, appointed by Representa-
tive Blair OF New Hampshire. who tsstfnd TO several
cations which he had had with Cadet WHITAKER
both before and after the assault He said he dlu not
thuk that his popularity had been affected by this fact
among the few OF HIS companions who knew OF 1t.
Whitaker mad been in the witnesses room Peek
ard Stuart the only cadets when the witness
knew TO have spoken to Whitaker
Adtuant Mchier who charge OF tire marks fds'
portmant OF the cadets testified to-day that from Oco-
Der ls7O untlApr 1880, Whitaker had received l79
demerits. he had received credits enough, how
ever in that time to reduce the number OF dement's 10
90. The AdIutant said:
whttt,ker has been punished only four times. Once
20 sSePn sly turns Of extra duty Three Of
tra duty were given him because MS gea was Gtty anu
for Oing absent and being bis bed on tans
He also received twelve punishments Tor haVng TX,
ceeded the number allowed without penalty
each month One hundred dement's were allowed fYSIy
six months before cadet vas reported denltnt On
amount every SIX months. For tue last hat year
there over he eGS Q" %h sG We'll
In snerits, and hts discipline has been good For zoe
months be had fy-fOur In the next months none;
In tho following SIX months SIX IN re neAL TX months
Noyerber up to fifteen. His record compares very
tavoraby Win The general ref Go tSo s have
tow demerits II seems as though great GOusdea!"h
~ Prnorting hin, Tor minor voatlons of the rules HIS
reports were for very rihlng offences
Lieutenant Coffin, who has charge of the discipline OF
whJaker's company. testified 10 Wttakers gOou CHAR
acter AMI behavior iu the ranks.
propose now" said Recorder Sears q" to put three
witnesses upon the stand order TO SHOW what weight
boud be given the word OF honor OF these 200 and
sdd cadets"
The rst witness was George L. Andrews, professor of
french and graduate Of the Academy in the Class OF
al From lS55 to 1851 lac was Of the service, and
from 1867 to 1871 he United STAKES Marshal in
Massachusetts,. With the exception OF few months nc
has been Ia Academy since 1871 In answer to ques
lions by Recorder Sears he said:
regard the word OF n cadet always perfectly
iiahle and always accepts cadets answer as hDah IT.
l. true have known cadets In the lowest elos1 But
rarely II the upper Glass; vino sometimes have
undertaken tell fasenoOd and have come to GRIEF
Tor it, When - cadet 1T was our custom IN com.
mon INV to treat with utter contempt cadet who had
told a falsehOOd or had prevarictted ana ne
no s' treated and who has never recovered from sc
80 this The general character OF the cadets for
young men that have come IN contact w1th The
%noss Of tbS sTeSest h0Hor d ra6
Canned conceive of ang good that woHEd 10 the
SG.aemy from tho concsahnent of the pereon or
ssas who were engaged in tho assault on Whitaker
voluntary eoncealment would be most decidedly MUIR
fons
The same questions were then put TO Professor M1che
graduate Of the Academy in 1858, and who has been
eonneeteu with the Academy since 1867 BE replied.
In substance:
Railways accept the word Of q cadet I do not think
young IN this or any other country than II Is at
graduates shows that Of I249 graduates OF West POnt
who were living AZ the t beginning o. :, Lhe sc war
GSan or Icss than % per OF the s9I graduates
S the se Sy 1 .e as Es s IF the 4caG
siBco 1902 only thirty up 10 1878 md been ds
p fsssa on Only nrSc bad a pu6o funds
and only one had been proved coward tr ,o.,,,or
In tho United states Army and went INTO the Southern
Professor Nichie-That don't know. but believe
$50 of the southern graduates remained l9yal 49,,
60 into he service Of rebels at that time under oath
30 support The Government
pn6rs nna % wo SS went
tie South were also under oath
Professor Niche continued in substance:
In order to illustrate the sentiment OF the cadets
about lying the case may be cited Of whose
psnnrqa 10 6e sentinel all was hight III bis room
when a was not right. He was 2ven suit OF citizens
the night While the authorities couldn't support this
for the cadets t0os the law IN their
mended 1t was honest expression " the sentiment
that ey DIDN'T intend TO have any liars among their
comrades.
The Rev. DR.. Forsyth the venerable chaplain Of the
Academy and the Professor OF History aud Ethics,
graduate of Rutgers College, additional testimony
ON this subject He been professor both In Prince
ton and in Rutgers and said tnat he would not give
the young men either coge the precedence in honor
and Integrity the cadets at West Point
"Was it your custom in Princeton" asked Recorder
Sears to accept the word OF any student flnalp
Welt that depends upon circumstances" replied Dr.
~.
lion. Circumstances however did not make any differ
ence with lin In bis acceptance Of the word Of cadet
whether IL was upon his honor not To President
Mordeca the witness said he thought that any cadet
had been guilty Of the outrage upon WHITAKER he would
have acknowledged It,
One OF the staunchest friends that Whitaker has had
during the inquiry has been Professor Greener
who ia now the Dean OF the Law School
of Howard University. in Washington, and WHO
selected Whitaker. who few years ago was
pup Of his In the University OF South Carolina TO be
eont to West Point Professor Greener is COlored man,
and was graduated at Harvard College in the class of
20 For the weeks he has been constant at
tendant Court To-day he was called to tho steRd
anu gave some Interesting information about Whtakcr
and tn regard to his own experience at Harvard He
said
when the appointment TO West Point WA rendered
TO me It 70 TS.ttaker because he was studoas
the 400 s.udens had As . scholar he the best
In class OF twenty Ave In dsportnen he never re-
as Character os tEth and uprishtnss was IN
impeaehable. Since be has been bAre 6ave cores
pOnded With him. and the general tone OF his letters
was hopeful az nrt doGt think tina. at that
he thought very much about soelal OStrSet5m.
Hs dfdnst understand It I did His slight
eompilInIue st times was natural He sho wed, too
bteress or fecug on account OF tho dislike that
was manifest toward him because Of his coiOr Ho
often wrote Of tie kndhess and courtesy VI hs stFuet
ore He wrote as though be were doing well In his |
stuies and had no doubt that ho would graduate. At
}irnes he seemed very discouraged and uIbappy be-
cause De had com panlOAs-
WAS mo frat coioreG student ct Harvard College and
che fact created something of sensation. There
betweca coo and 200 students IN all the departments
OF ske Uutyerpfty Was treated with any os /
oourt4sy my collage course. dned at tho &c com