The sun., 1900-12-20

Tho yatigo. forms of e,src'-s scs ." that
They do 90 NJ nearly " ooo'o %" ~
~, Dc yGp ,ec.'' particular o''' Of this
I S,n,nt tall i,,s' ~" how IonT sevetel minutes
. Wa. he n stforg man 4 Well. fairly
q iou think tho man IN mi, csss did not
q Vio we tho man Myself cir
o1 arc m. authority on teiahlna then
7 s1ii 'F,i W"uke, ana Tor IN" w W l',i,i,,.
, thing like smile came oyet 'ho in1n''''"'
C,,Ic' Eby also ,ea,Inod that ha,lng 70
lougrf o,istod. that tho studlcrt corps ~ their
own accord had mot and agreed 70 Hh"hh
n mat was IN August, lsm .,,.,
10 ,pu think, asked ncn Hto"te. NAV
tho d.. ipliuc of tho Academy ia ne g'"d no"
a. vl'u hn1ing existed"
rI'mnk iti' better. ~, Eby t"llled 49,.
In Ta}' 1e.pGc,, ,h b"tic. tegsis,,on. /. ,s.'
do, NOT evi-t think tho discipline IL on
u Hrm"r foundation :,
q on more manly foundnion'
or uus s"nt"manIy conduct that was not Sc
q DO You regard "bracins- as hazins'
4 rh"ro /, such fine distinction between
"hraciug" and taking soidl.r,y attitude
q DO you p@t know ,ha, "hracins" (. dis.
y
i- a painful and ridiculous attitude. with the
shoulders thrown back and the chin drawn
IN. rho ordcr 20 ID" cadet usually Is haui
in your Chtn " | know what TIbasco Is
have heard II called hell sauce. II has a
sharp. burning tas'o never heard that
Tahasco was forced INTO Cadet Boozs mouth
but had not cultivated his acquaiptanoe
because Of what he had heard about Booz >
conduct In the I sht he had n3t neaLd tas, tnat
Bool had got less of IL than other cadets
because he was generally avoided and let
alone He admitted that "nTscins a iR., :, was was
ness tss and vioiailonoi he rules -.
int" ''y YOUR p' own OWN hands" " A.@Yes sir
q And in Violation OF tho rules OF the
Academy A. i"s, sir
col Helm, Commaudant Of Cadets, who
with Col Mills superintendent OF tho Acad.
emy, was present during a greater part OK
the examination ~ the cadets. here asked q
revealed tha; cadets had been frequently
and recently punished for inilictinE the brac,
ing" process. and that the punishment mad
been severe. including degradation TO RANKS
and long turns OF punishment tourS Col
Helm questioned number OF the cadets on
this point. and received answers iulIy CON
hrmatory Of the fact Of punishment IN every
instance
Cadet Herr, who was Boozs second In the
feht with Keller rsated me details nc, Ui onSs ,nSs
knocked down. but that he showed Yen,
dencv after every blow 10 lie down. Ihat
he blow which "PdTd tGs fnt Cadet BS Booz
after receiving I lie on tho ground crying;
although he ,ilerrl, % hi. second. had urged
hIm to get ur md night nG iti oh fa n's iSess TSea
we're no bruises on his body, and the only
effect hr showed Of the tight was slight
cut Hnder the eye RHne AVER sbne ,ne be met hm, hH
but had no dcalngs with him As to hszins
IA General ,ldet Herr testified that the Oh.
i"ot OF hazing was To take the cohceN OUT
Gen Brooke Are there many conoeited
cadets;
cadet Herr All new cadets are more or
les concsltod Tie object Of the hazing Is
Ia bring them to realizing sense or the iact
tnat they are no better than anybody else
Their Cunc'it takes various forms ahout
the wealth or position or celebrity OF thelr
fanilic, aud other things. In former tunes
there was Tagging for other cadets doing
mental service for them; l nave carried
water that way myself but | have never
made beds. h. usual form = not request
but an order like: MIR. So and 80. go and get
me some water.
Q And SUPPOSE you refuse {, DO wha,
YOU are todf 4 Then YOU would be called
attend 10 their duties For instance. the
nov cadets are required 70 zee that, certain
edibcs are on the table II they don't do
cadet Valiant told how he had been forced
10 take part in funeral services over dead
rat The dead rat was laid un table with II
white rlOtn over " ana loNt DlT HIuR CdnuleS
by IT, Valiant had 10 act as High Priest
and read what were called the texts out of
the Black Book" which i cadet Tor the book
oT Military Academy Regulations other
cadets had to read OF texts also from the
Black Book. There was 10 have been a
burial OF much soenlty, but this was broken
up by the authorities getting wind OF what
was going on.
Cadet Phillips testified that his father had
not come To Wes, Point 10 protect him. He
also testified that last summer there were
extra guards in the camp TO prevent haZing.
on one side of the big Assembly Hall In
which the Investigation is held is a large
board on which is written in chalk these
words
TO Haze-To play mischlevous or abusive
tricks or 10 try the pluck or temper. especially
ny physical perse eCutiOn, of lower class stu
dents In q college OF a ne" conner in an estab-
ishmant of any kind -Cenfurv Dictiondrv
Whenever cadets showed anv doubt as
10 what hazing meant they We're told 10 turn
around and study this definition
The Investigation t"glns ~ IN tomorrow
morning and will continue until o'clock to-
morrow evening Thereremairs twenty NOR Q
me .nhersuf the second class tn be examined
Alto .h4a will come members Of the first
cla.s and certain Of the officers Of the
Academy The remaining testimony oi the
cadets Is reasonably sure 10 he butarepet lton
OF what had gone before, and the Academy
officers ara likely to prove equally unintcr-
osting The Congressional Committee O!
Investigation Is due to arrive here on Jan 7.