The record-union., 1899-11-27

ing until 1t came to telling the names
of the men who had hazed him OF
caused his hazing. he was informed
that the commandant ordered him to
tell the names. He replied that the
commandment could not force him to IN
criminate himself under the rules, and
he did not answer. The rules are that
a man who is hazed shall report the
fact at once to the officers, together
with the names of the men who do the
hazing. Failure to 50 report makes the
victim of the hazing equally guilty. The
court of inquiry came to naught.
On the day that The communication
printed above was written there WAS
youth in the cadets hospital suffering
from a broken jaw. His ofsense was
that he laughed at something a year
ling said He was called out. The
class selected it's best bruisers to fight
him, and the bruiser, after making his
FAC. as much as rs could. broke his
Jaw With a punch. -\t the hospital the
yc'In was asked how he r.j.iry h:.d
happened He said he had fallen, or
something of that kind.
There are forty cadets undergoing
punishment at the academy at the pres
ent time for firing guns in their tents
at night. These cadets, the Sun" is
informed, were forced to fire their guns
by the upper classmen. If any one of
them had refused he would have been
called out in the morning and would
have had to stand a licking from the
best bruisers in the class.
One of the cadets who had been
treated in the most brutal fashion and
who has been haZed into co1y uISions
no less than three times is the son
of one of Americas bravest Generals, a
man who is to-day fighting for his
country. The son of another great Gen
eral, a man whose memory the whole
nation honors, was forced according
to the Suns informant, to take part
in the hazing of this youth. The Suns"
information includes the following spe-
cific instances of hazing A cadet.
bright young man from Illinois, was
fol ced to qualify" on pie and irnrne-
diately afterward on returning to camp
was 'eagled" $50 times. After this he
went on parade. He fell in the ranks
and convulsons followed He was sent
to the hospital f)r treatment
A cadet from Pennsylvania was
hazed at the same time that the Cen
Sickness ensued With -onuting.
A cadet from New Hampshire hazed
at the same "soiree" had convulsions.
The cadet whose jaw was broken, as
told above, was, previous to that hap
pening, the victim of a sweat bath
which lasted twenty minutes. In that
time he lost six pounds.
A cadet from Michigan had a similar
experience.
A cadet from Alabama was .'eagled"
and hung on a stretcher until he was
driven into Mysteries
A cadet from New Jersey was
''eagled' 450 times The record for
"eagling" had been 400 1t was held
by the son of one of the most famous
Generals in the civil war This New
Jersey. cadet was compelled to add fifty
to the record.
A cadet from Louisville was hazed
until sickness laid him up in the hos
pital.
OF the other instances where names
have been furnished to the Sun" with
the information that the boys had been
"eagled," Stretched" wooden willyed''
and chained" one victim is from Mis-
sissippi, two from Iowa, two are from
MISSOURI, two are appointments at
large, three are from Pennsylvania, one
from Minnesota, one from Indiana, one
from Ohio. one from Maine one from
New York, one from Illinois and one
from Connecticut
Even the wards of the nation. ac-
cording to information furnished to the
sun, have been similarly treated.
These are cadets who are sent here
from South American countries to be
educated, their expenses being paid by
the Government from which they come.
The camp" during which the haz-
ing takes place, will continue until An
gust 2Sth. The cadets then go into bar-
racks.-New York Sun.