New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-08
IRE CADETS GROWING WICKED'
THE NAVAL ACADEMY DOES NOI GRADUATE
CHAPLAINS-CADETS CHAEiED WITH
HAZING, INSUBORDINATlON AND

HAZING, INSTRUMENTATION AND
PREvARICArON.
II isn't true that the future chaplans Of the Navy
are to be graduated from the Naval Academy. Tie
Naval Academy furnish men for the line, for en-
ginecrs for paymasiers and for marine
officers, but 1t hasn't reached the standard
required for chaplains There Is no lnteh'anl'
at least not for the present 10 extend the curri-
culum at the Government school at Annapolis so
or To embrace a department Of theology for the Naval
cadets. They don't seem TO be built mat way LIE
cadets evidently bad, wicked SET nj least one II
led 10 believe II he has read OF thclr naughty
deeds for which they are sent aboard OF the oah,ee
and deprived OF the privilege OF going home 10 '''
Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. ana OF socni
visits with their relatives and friends. The old ing
ate santee is the Jail the Naval Academy and not
since 1893 when the TOellous spirit OF the middies
sent so many OF them into durance vile on the om
ship has there been large number OF naval cadets
on board the Santee time as there has been TOT
The last three months under punishment for miscon
duct"
or the largo number OF cadets on the prison ship.
s,yteen were sent TO Jail" for Showing an insHb
ordinate spirit by treating Frederick l.. Perkins, a
dismissed cadet. with friendly favor as he was behg
sent from the Academy grounds for challenging ana
fighting another cadet; two Of the others were g'y
Of having discussed the qualities OF certain onccr
on duty Mt the Academy, who by accident, happened
70 be within hearing Of their uncompimentary re-
marks about him another WINS charged with having
been smoking and turning In after "'aps hno'hcr'
Cadet A. L. Fairbrother recently court-martolled LOT
leading tho third class men In niue nun 'e'ih'N
hazng-: two others under the same charge, PRANK
TINT Is condemned by the laws OF the Navy ana WHICH
is steruly frowned upon in public by all weloroeeo
dome site circles and secretly smiled at behind the
door.
The hsz!ne was done upon the plebes who came 10
the Academy on October ! and :" the third class men
sv-oopins down upon them Ike wolves anu
making a terrible racket. Two OF the iour'h Class
men were made TO sit on top OF wardrobe and sing
for the benefit OF their superoIs one was ooheed 10
stand on his head and ea soap, and another was aue
To make n test OF paper diet. IL came out In inc
evidence that the plcbes supposed this sort On thhs
was customary. and that all fourth class men eh'ecu
on the same common level Then, early on inc ihori'
Ing OF November o. other wicked cadets OF W.
explosion OF giant fireworks Inc sccoh! chss 80
VIII" Wns responsible for the disturbance the president
Of the class gave rs woId Cat nom oil i> S
were then charged with "u,tenng unwholesomc ui-
truths -..-,,.nA., ,.r d..
missa, testified in Ms defence thot two oi inc
second class did the ha~n5, which makes IL o, Ill,
oencc bnt 1t places the second class men under ban
OF dshonor for when eight Of It's member weie iVn
dismissal they entered into n solemn obligation never
TO DO my hazing whichever so long ms my ic,' III
The AC sSl We're Ma'n 10 IT, , they fen
tho hands OF high authority, 80 II Is SAID VINO et u
willing that he should bear all the burden OF IA. .aA
,ng When the room was crowded either with sIc taor
participants IN the same wlckeanes vi st,.n 10
brother was convicted other cadets my de-
coinc that the Santee + nj TO DO quaitered H.
and complaining CT alleged indgnities To- me ,p he
n,ed sound The result from these ft',Ss was 'ns
phadnes OF parents for the release Of thsr son: a
against the action Of officials at the Academy bu'
Secretary Tracy stands by Captain rhythan. tie SUPER
intcndent of the Academy In his efforts erea a9e,l
CaT,ta1n ILyihian has issued order 70 AZ snl"rn
tendens OF floors and 10 all cadets IN charse u S.
uons and =" append certificate each report that
these are all the infracohs o! dEclpiis ua' IA ,h
order which has leen an operation about tw9 wergs
il 10 make the cadets more careful NeVer'hc''7' '
ro' uor,nG nj the Naval Academy Is forbidden BY the
Revised Statutes. and public ssnnsl has Dem
elared against ines" II, a cocs and ACCIDENTS
s ~, when nc did company q lively boy. ever assemble
Without such gongH on wf hsye nd been PLAYED
The reausnt report Of such irall's In human nature
which seems impossible to eiiml9'r ny r LAW o
pHmani,Ien Let him that is without Sin among you
cast he first stone There have ben c1npS OF
Iun' 40 ~ the Naval Academy 10 Investigate ne O.
,oils Of The jackass drill the sinlns it'll anu
.T p nv cadets In diet Of candles. soap ana paper
d 70 rcte out punishment TO the ofenders but NE
epidemic BROKE 0t at ,he ces and cadets Of the
Nliary academy" for Jnne 1872 disclSe5 TIT:
note oeisi the record Of Cadet PHILIP H. sheridan
S0s eHa" for lighting Cadet r" Terr who was
killed in the battle o" GsG been d:ni 'ed would
tbcra haya been General Phil sheridan n..a' rn,n@
assume the discipline ,nat DoSN vsnah,e one sni
SPECIALLY for whose intars esre n snd that
large measure upon their aeseSs srnandants d.
,nern '" bst@ern brutality and boyish fun