Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-04-13
EXPULSION OF CADETS.
Board of Visitors Passes Sentence Against
the Boys.

the Boys.
The board of visitors of the South
Carolina Military academy met on
Tuesday of last week and continued
in session until Friday afternoon, when
it announced its findings.
The investigation showed up state
of facts about as already reported in
the newspapers. Some of the mem
bers of the board were inclined to be
lenient and inf1ict the most severe
punishment only on the ringleaders
but the boys had previously agreed to
stick together, and that all should
take the punishment most richly de-
served by the few. The report of the
board is as follows:
The board of visitors of the South Car
olina Military academy have maturely
considered the case Of the cadets arraign
ed before the hoard by the superintend-
ent on the following charges and speclfl-
cations :"
b Then follows the report of Colonel Cow
ard. in which it is shown that the cadets
entered into an agreement to eject Cadet
Cantey from his room and barracks, by
force If necessary. They proceeded to his
room with rope, sticks, bayonets, weap'
ons and attempted to carry out their pur.
pose. They refused to obey the orders OF
| the superintendent and commandant,
using "vile, profane and insulting Ian
guage." They destroyed academy prop
erty and became so mutinous that the sn-
perintendent was forced to call in the po'
| lice department for protection for Cantey
and for the academy's officers and prop
erty."
Colonel Coward's testimony is witness.
ed by Lieutenant Mcdonald, U. >. A.,
Major Mazyck, Lieutenant Parker, Lieu
tenant White and Cadets Morris, Bram-
lett, Hydrick, Crouch, Haywcrth, Der
rick, Ellerbe. Salley and Quarles.
The report continues: "The board
decides that the aforesaid charges and
specifications have been sustained and
that the cadets placed themselves in al
attitude to the academy of open, contin-
ned and fragrant rebellion in willtul dis
regard of the obligations Of their cadet
ships; ordered, therefore: Cadets Ashley
Beatty, Brown, Carson, Champlain, Cum
ningham, Grenecker, Harrel, Langley
Josey, c.; Langley, j.; Ligon, MayeSS
Moore, S. Manner, Padgett, l.. Sherard
Singleton, Steele, G.; Walker, L.. Bale
ROQQey, hOydll, vi tiie hiS' SIho9
Dobson, MCGEE, Sawyer, Foster, HaZ'
zard, E.; Springs, Simmons. Thomas:
Enrich, Halsey, Noise, Of the second
class;
Walker, A.; Riley, Rennie, Sheppard,
Smoak, Westmoreland, Evans, Cauthen,
Bonham, Sanders, J. L.; Collins, A., OF
'"s Bamberg' snlte Ys'' Glaffey, Copeland, Croft,
Darby, Egan, Hazard, w. Linton. Nc
Call, O'Driscoll, Padgett, p; Poe, Rich
ardson, Sanders, j.. Scott, Wilbur. Lor-
ick, Of the fourth class, be dismissed:
That in the case of the cadets OF the
third and fourth class, dismissed, the
board will, at it's next meeting, consider
applications for the readmission to the
academy of such cadets as are embraced
i'm these two classes.
The board of visitors of the South Car.
olina Military academy have reached
their conclusion with full sense of their
responsibility as the body charged by the
state with the government of its military
school.
The code of the academy prescribes the
manner in which cadets shall proceed in
every case of real or alleged grievance.
The board regrets that the offending
cadets selected to take the law into thell
own hands and to break out in uncalleo
for and violent rebellion against the con.
stituted authorities of the academy. Bu
discipline must be maintained and int1u
enced by the unanimous opinion OF the
officers Of the academy. That only CON
dnnement of the otfense would be fatal tc
discipline, and acting upon their owi
Judgment in the premises, the board see
no ground upon which to relax the ex'
treme penalty of the law in such cases
made and provided. The board repose
confidence in the loyalty of the cadets
who have adhered to their duty.
The board looks hopefully to the future
of the academy in its career of continued
usefulness to the commonwealth.
BY order of the board.
c. S. GADsDEN, Chairman.