The sun., 1900-12-23
THE HAZING CURRICULUM.
.t,Nrs 10 rAKE THy 6OvCsir orr Ov
yOtRTH SIssSUEN.
IN. commission Hears Much cadet lore About
IN. purpo.c. 81 iIn,Ins' hut ii'te That
1b,o,. ANY Sew tish, on tho Hoor Case
t,oo, So, specially Uh,sd, The, Sa,.

vtsr roiNr Dec q Tho War Depart.
,,s,,, ,,p,ui,.iuu 20 luqulf" into the treat
,.rt,ftlo Ini, cadet b"ui while In the Mill
,,r, Academy here. began lts session az y
,.oiock ,his morning instead ofn 30 ~ has hecn
cha rils heretofore Tn" examination 81
r,te,- ~ rc first class, which occupied the
greater PORTION Of Yesterday. was resumed
Major Barni-ter, surgeon In charge 81 the
IL, ho.pital. was recalled after the first
.r,... aud testified that 10 had madc tests
80 night before OF the perrer sauce served
,, tie cadets' table and which oil the cadets
vho have taken the stand havo Identified
o. ,lr sauce administered 10 new cadets
In the hazing process Major Iannister
testified that he had taken four or nv" drops
of ,hc sauce and felt no Ill erect. In answer
10 question from Con. tlous Major Ban
nistcr said
1t Is utterly impos'ible that the taking
=, ,Nt. sauce could stand In any corr.lative
relation TO tho death Of Mr. Booz from tuber-
c,,losi. Of the throat or an other organ two
wears after he left the Academy. IL Ia I'M
po,.ible that he could have taken the sauce
in r,nic.ent quantity 70 have produced suoh
a result without incapactatng him from
d,,y. interfering with his eating and max
Inr IL necessary TO apply TO the hospital for
relief"
In the examination Of tho cadets this morn
lns oen Clous took the lsod and varied the
line OF inquiry By going somewhat into tho
ou.stlon OF fghts between cadets Clarence
A Sheriff.. John W. Poole. Guy Z. Carleton.
william p Platt and others. all OF the hrst
class. testified that they remembered from
two 70 four q ghts which occurred last summer
Tho contestants specified In these Instances
we're Phipps and Butler. who fought NOM
o,.hl. hattie In Fort Clinton last summer.
A,nstrons and Graham and Gully and shinkls.
A 70 Boor, Cadet John W. Poole testified;
.noo, was not specially hazed. l never
saw him hazed. I have heard OF pepper
.auoe being administered to new cadets
I never administered any myself. / re-
member Cadet Breth l don't remember his
being halsd. | never heard OF his being
put in a strait Jacket, To the oest OF my
der Se LEI, tie Academy, | saw Boos ju.s
Before ei th' AGSdeTy aPPsssn,1b, ssss x,
sYorcis!ng is discontinued the treatment
Of the fourth class IA the same as IL has been
since have been here, ,.,,o.d ,h., h.
Lnsy Booz and knew that he was hazed. but
did not know who hazed him. nor had he ever
5.st q ssh Oe4 Wspm Prus,s q oi &snss.
testified that he did not know bo9z' out diu
know Breth; that he was Breths orrt1tlihaster;
that Breth leTKel MS u uio uliN NOuAH ! N W.
SIs lis Ies, still: that be. the witness. had
spoken 10 Bre'h about this three or four
lines and asked him what was the matter,
and that Breth had replied that he was af'icted
with nervous trouble; While on n.peGt9,n
once the witness had found Breth with little
OF no clothing on seated on blahHe,s IN ms
would not take place until the end OF the week.
Tho witness had voluntarily taken as much
as bali teaspoonLuI Gi .he beEppdsr, Eppd ,sS ssuee ne
III eSsots from 10.
sSday 'estea esSasSo 'hes CADET furava his Former
roommate. testified this morning that he
ehswed tobacco almost c3nunuousy and
ments that a part OF the hazins to which
Breth was sub lected consisted OF compelling
him 70 a, SOAP e.n,s ~ ny, 70 praGoe S5saes' his
The circulation Of these statements seemed
to explain the opening up OF the soap-eatlng
Animation Of witnesses al this mornings
session. None Of the witnessed could recall
instance q soap eating ssbossss Ssbtns ndGplssa GaSss
hat BsetA bad .eld Fin ths: he; BTstG; Ess s
'o Cadet rurnival also testified that he. had
known Of cadets being compelled 20 eat ouin!ne
lad bcep ordered 10 chew tho end q a rope
ths, had been snleared with pomads. TIL.
sns Gsaei so. nted upon f3rn1s m had S
hssrd about his Roommate Breth being put
Into q straight acket and had never heard
Breth speak OF having been uo'eeted 70 that
st.dEs4Ms esdes J. PIX. o, shs sr.. class, testified
that he knew Breth sllshtly, and that Ers.h
was meant dull. wooden-headed." Cadet
XIX he ader It CADET Pike
furthermore testified that Booz was sub
isoted TO p9 more has tAfp Ps sny lad Sne he
Beard that Breth had been required 10 eat
soap. although he reTemoered rlmoI
Ynoe that some neT cadet @ nad 9 been !, d ordered
By Cen. Brooke-What Is the general idea
In subjectlng Il fourth class cadet TO hazinEr
y The general idea sir. Is to make man
q. Then a fourth elass man is not a nan
when he enters the Academy 4. Yes,
siT, ] suppose ne Is. but not man from
3. Well. specify some o, the results you
Or. i /. expected to make cadet SO lie will
stand anything that he will give prompt
obedience to his superior officers;
take the conoeit out Of new cadets. sir, II
thoy happened 10 bs of wealthy families.
might not want 10 associate with some other
cadets who were less fortunate, tiazing
brings all 70 the same common .evel
By Gen Bates-How many of the seventy
three men In your class are from wealthy
famiiies-do they come mostly from the
city or the country a. i loN't know OF
any who are wealthy. | have heard one Of
them had some money, but ! don't know
whether IL Is so or not, Most Cf the men
are from tho country and small towns. al
though thsrc are some frpn cites. \ cadet
Of distinguished or wealthy family would
not be specially selected 10 be devil ed or
haZed unless b" were particularly CouCeltcd.
He would hc apt 10 be CopC"It"d | never
knew nor heard of Il man being brufnllv
hazei by brutally | moan so that he was
physically H. red 10 ANY "NteUt llero
Is no di1cren,r III tho quality II the clothing
or the furnishing Of amy Of the rooms The
fact that a cadet wcr" wealthy would make
no difference ~ this r"Sp"r'
cadet creed T.. Gov. also II TIE first class,
tcstitc that he dId not brpw Pooz, but did
know .r,'u. tlc hat N"H .d ui Iopr Ind
hsi.d that he uad been told 10 blow The foam
beng n lang tcru for drink. H." had heard
that o.. 'tn 'aG -" Il pid". cd to upiG hluI -'.l
Hl.o o u,CO. mt Il u.- ElsIr. lie Cr-cT'bpu
cadet Greth a. Of anoy" medium sII". with
u INT round face and black hair. iln Nat
never hoard of Brcth b"ing severely hlIod.
hal noyor heard that he had been lut IN a
q. What /. ha2inc for \. To take the
opapo.' out o. fourth Classrr.
&. II Hr hong doc O.. .r'l,."" 70 take tho
c"t'y.i' p'f OF . fourth clas~man' \ At0g'
iVe.'. r.ir4to- -ir
Cnd"' Cox further testified 4 nr iustauc"
wharr4 r.3'r who rad Wudna false -' .'oI. ,r'
was :. .I., ul hv hi~ clos. so r"-Iyu and GHl
ltt f.-., rgIr'si urr' nov iu-f moo ~ I'D