Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-19
CASE Off, CADET BOOB
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would brace" an under-elass man in the
presence Of an officer in charge.
| mo, SIR
| "Why not2'
| Fear or Punishment.
| because I would be severely punished.
| The witness, In speaking of the treatment
| by "bracing," ETC., of lower-class men for
"offenses," was asked by General Brooke
what were considered "offenses."
well. should they refuse to comply with
an order from an Upper-class man, provid-
| Ing the order would not bring dtScred1t on
the lower-class man, and also if they
walked in a slouchy manner" was his
definition.
Continuing, Herr said that many fourth
! class men on their arrival at the academy
| were full Of conceit," which had to be
| taken out of them.
| Describe the conceit," said General
| Brooke.
The witness hesitated, but after a sug-
gestion from Colonel Clous he said
| Some of the men are conceited on ac-
count of wealth and others on social stand
| ing, position or superior intellect"
Then these are treated by the upper
class men this way in order to bring them
to realizing sense of the fact that they
| are no better than anybody else?" suggest
| ed General Brooke.
Exactly, sir"
hiram NJ Cooper, a cadet Of the second
class, from North Carolina when asked if
he had been hazed as a fourth-class man,
said:
Yes. On one occasion 1 was in the bath
| bath"
Was it in winter?' asked Gen. Brooke.
mo- sir; 1t was in summer" replied the
| young man.
Cadet Mitchell's Testimony.
| Cadet William A. Mitchell was the first
| witness sworn at the examination Yesterday
| afternoon. He testified that he was a
member of Cadet Booz's class, but that he
knew of no hazng of Booz In reply to
| General Brooke the witness said
| Il was subjected to hazing myself While IN
camp.
Of"
well, it was bracing and exercising. 1t
would all come under the form of exercis-
| ing. 1t did not do me any injury either
| physically mentally"
! Did you know of any hazing of Cadet
Booz?'
No, sir"
Could such thing have occurred with
| out your knowing it?"
| Yes. sir, it could
General Clous then asked the witness If
| he had been obliged to swallow any tabasco
sauce while in camp in 1888.
| mo, sir. | was not obliged to take it.
| What kind of sauce was it?''
| 1T was what is known tabasco'
Cadet Orfield N: Tyler was the next ex-
amined. He said he was present at the
!
Was there knockout blow delivered?"
| Eyes, sir; BooZ hit in the region of
| the stomach, and when he the
ground he said: The wind was Knocked out
Of him "
Was there any blow delivered in the
region of the hearth
| mo, sir"
was it a fair hght?" asked General
| Clous.
Yes, sir, 1t was"
Were there any marks on Booz after
! 1t was oVer?'
Yes, sir; he had black eye and cut
| over the left eye"
Did he corr plain to you of any injuries
| after the fght?"
mo. sir; i told him that did not think
he acted exactly fair In the fight. The
other man was smaller and lighter
Had Been Haxcd Himself.
Were you ever subjected TO hazing in
the summer of 1882
We'll, yes, in kind of a way. 1 was
| made to hold out two Indian clubs one
| afternoon
| In reply to a number of leading questions
! by General Clous and General Brooke, wit
| ness said he had never been made to take
| hot sauce, but he had seen IT given in the
mess hall. 1t was given in a SPOON but
not more than three or four drops. He
never knew of any one in his class being
did you know Cadet Booze?' asked
| General Brooke.
| Yes, sir.
"Did you see him hazed?''
mo, sir; l think he was more left alone
than anything else"
Then he was cut SO to speak?' asked
General Bates.
| Eyes, SIR
"Do you know of any hot grease being
dropped ON the body of any Of the men
in your class?'
yes, sir. At night sometimes some one
would come into the room and remove the
clothes off the feet of the man in bed.
and in examining the feet some drops OF
| candle grease would fall on them.
WAS this dropping accidental or inten-
! tional?"
| well, 1 think 1T was intentional, but it
did not hurt much was Tyler's reply.
| Cadet Myron S. Crissy was then called.
| Crissy gave the same description of the
"hazing' he had receized the previous
witnesses, and said it was not severe and
| gave him no inconvenience. He did not
know Booz well enough to know he had
been in fight. He had sat beside BOoZ
in the mess hall in September, but not be-
fore, and at that time his face was pale
and he certainly did not look like what one
would call hale" man.
In regard to the tabasco sauce forced
down the threats Of fourth-class men, the
witness said it was never done.
Subjected to Athletic Exercises.
Edmund L. Zane, another classmate OF
Booz, said he did not know Booz very well.
When asked If he were ever hazed, the
witness replied:
Eyes. sir; was subjected to athletic ex-
, ercises.''
Ibid you ever know any one to faint
from hazing?" asked Captain Dean.
81 have heard such reports. but think
the men only pretended to faint
Later on the witness said that he had
| made Cadets Caldwell and Orr sit in a
strained position a chair for couple
of minutes about two days ago.
"Why did you do this?" asked General
Brooke.
Because they had helped themselves to
| dessert before the first class men," was the
prompt reply.
Cadet Robert r. Ralston, after being
| sworn said he was classmate of BOoz,
| but did not know him very well.
| The witness answered a number Of ques-
! tons as to the practice Of making fourth
class men sit in constrained position at
the table, and he defined this as "cor-