The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-01
HARMLESS HAzING OF Y0RE.
HORSE PLAY MUCH R0UGHER AT
WEST POINT THAN FORMERLY.

ter's Last Steep "n"c Up III A+""e7 II
Producing StNlr-Coid Tramp OF "a
cadet Hst,o Aftcr,vnrd Earned
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From ne FhAa loip Ia Times.
The sfateue nj that haziug az the West
r,otnt Rfirn.r,- -codsr,, has become 80
go. ,--s,t,o
-'@' '''"' 'e
nave teen eaal9a pp,h '' I'D II sew rel III
al haEcTs The Tee hclc5f 1T recalls 10 m 'nd
some funny phases of "lazing" at that
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RUNNER IS that me NicllIns "e'e' 9eaI9 al
ter graduating, officers Of nauonal rfputa-
ton Besides. they told OF ih-ir exp-ri-
ences themselves.
The summer OF the year when Grant was
nominated for President for the first time
MS u s,,a,t summon m Tho academy Tor
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GA "e7t oi''e'S' Inc "o"'l u
was i2rsey composed OF distinguished
men who were cadets there when Grant
was a cadet. As general II thu army ne
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tons that summer ana the ola schoolpoSs
used to rcga.e themselves in The even ng
in The hoard of visitors room in the base
mont Of ,be botel ,,i h rar,iniscences az
'"e "iiis Niie" '"Sg "ViS '"e gray pe-
decked with Dell buttons. The heart ard
soul of he meetings was Gen. William d
FRANKLIN. Froi. Peck ana CaPpe, the one
Then professor IN columbia college ana
the other professor in Western univer-
sity, were not Tar behind him when haz-
ing stories came into play. Grant as us
uai. was always reticent. But al times he
was not ioath TO draw out some OF MS
Fellows about cadet carefs thai were fresh
IN MS mnd, ana ne enjoyed the remlhls-
cences as heartily as the others. There
was no brutality about hazing IN her ca
det days. Grant himself said that, but
there was just enough trckery about Il TO
make 1t a very tantaflzing thing for the
unfortunate 'plebe" who was made the
victim.
Hancock Up a Tree.
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plebcs that would be in the following Sep
TENDER the fourth class.
we were all in camp on the plains just
southeast Of the hotel Hancock was shak-
en- up out of his peaceful slumbers one
night by the officer OF the guard-at least
ne thought the cadet who woke him up
was that lcrdly fellow. He was told that
one OF the tasks OF good soldier was to
obey orders and ask no questions. He got
his order. II was TO go up a tree near the
Cd
he was 10 Keep strict watch on the hotel,
as II was suspected some men from New
ork who were harbored there intended to
make steailhy VISIT TO the camp and
make thlhgs uncomtortable Tor the cadets
Ndludbles.
II was hot night Hancock had only
mas underwear on ana thus uniformed he
GOT mo the tree. II Is needless to say that
ne discovered no maIauders. As daylight
pesdh 70 break over the mountains he be-
came painfully aware that the early risers
~ me notei were up ana dolhB. In snort
time an the windows were thrown open,
ms rlne on ms arm seated up in the tree.
Paue"tig waning LOT the men from New
Aork. " course, he came down when the
Ieal ollcer OF the guard discovered him
nc was mighty surprised plebe when he
louhd ne mad been tooed' He often laugh
ca over that hazlng When used TO dine
win nun az Governor Island and talk
over ola times.
Custer as n Victim.
One Of tho fnpniost b,7, 1,r>.,,.
member of Inc hoard eta ~ - 80.
The war when ,y,sIer - - "eig RI
was indncad RI believe ,ben 49,,
that one ..nlabe,, ererv ,eool, IA - ".
mn an hour earlier tb9n ~ - ~ So So
corns and st,,dv He ~ tba 80 y. e,,e
1raeL He ala bi La, ,,I,i, ~ ",'e
i,,snnction If tba borraoI,, - an e4'ls
morning nv The suner,ntandont TIC ' or'e
"nIaba'i u.as dtiI,.S ne soulls
he had been ordered n a. &c he t5o,,ght
by high authority Custer never forgot
the hours OF sleep he had lost and quietly
resolved to be revenged before he grad
uated. His revenge was a queer one. for
Ii resulted in an extra hours sleep for the
whole cadet corps. The bugler "Old
Benz was quartered in the soldiers bar
racks, way on the northwest end of the