The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-20
.HAZING is COMMON
SEEMS TO nv GENERALLY PRAc-
TICED At WEST POINT.
TESTIMONY OF THE CADETS.
" Illnesses SAY THEIR ExpasnI-
ENCEs WE'RE NOT SERIOUS.

fors-1aLe- the Conceit out or
Them and shows Them That Rich
Ncn's sons Are No Better Than
Anyone Eise-Boys HAD "a nat
Funeral.
West Point n y. Dec 10 Very inter-
estiug testimony was brought cut to-day
hy the court OF inquiry whch is inveati-
ssiing the alleged aaziug 81 cadets az
the Military Academy here in conneotion
with the recent death OF former Cadet
Booz
Thir;y-hve cadets were examined ono
of whom was the brother Of Lieut. Rich.
mond =. HoAson Of Merrimac fame. an
other was the son OF Gen phil shcrsian.
and third. Mark brooke of Pennsviva-
mia. Is nephew OF Gen. Brooke. who Il
tho presiding oficor or the court All
three told of the hazing they got during
the cncampnent OF 'es az the time Oscar
l.. Booz was their ciafsmaie and nos
one Of them said that the treatment they
received. or the things they had 20 do.
were either brutal or degrading.
Hobsons worst ordeal was when he had
which there was about ten inches OF
water. He said he was partially straneled.
but was all rirb in fcw minutes lie
did many foolish things a. the bidding or
upper class men. Among these things
wero climbing tent pole. telling funny
stories ana trying to sing.
Young Phil Sheridan was made 10 ride
n faE
In oommemoration Of his niustrioua
fathers ride and he had 10 keep shouting
Turn, boys. turnr' al the time. lie did
not think this was humillaung. he said.
although ho did not relish the task Ha
saw nothing brutal in any exercises which
he was pu, through. only they we're tire
some
Young Brooke said that the only man
he had heard spoken oG in any sense for
being religious was the president of tho
Y. ~. G.. A.. who was called SANITY
Mitchell This was not done la dlsre-
spect, az the witness said everyone of tho
cadets looked up 70 him ard liked him.
samuel kfankefiherger of West Nirgtuil.
a Hebrew, testified he had been hazel
hut IN no harsher manner than that ex-
perienced BY his classmates and he. TOO,
SAID tners was ~ brutality.
hoozs parents claimed that their son
had complained or brutal treatment al
that time. Fraukeuherger said that 10
BOOK had been treated brutaliy he would
have known Of a..
Bows tent mate, Albert was also a
Jew. but Frankenbcfger sworc that Albert
was an unoompanionable man and was
consequently disilked BY his classmates.
John X. Herr Of New Jersey. who was
Keller. told the story OF the encounter.
Ia which he said.
"Booz Just kind Of hid down"
Herr cold Of how nooz Hoped down
without sufficient cause and when be fell
the lass time although counted out Herr
said booz was not knocked out or windel.
On account Of MS actions la the fight.
Herr said Booz was looked upon az a
coward and nobody iiktcd him afterNard.
Herr strenuously denied that H0oz was
roughly or brutally hazed.
Cadet Charles n. Eby Of Pennsylvania
gave q detailed description Of the diner-
eut modes of haziug which De had under
gone. tie described "braoing." Wooden
Willie" football" ''eaEilng'' hanging
on stretcher" and several other forms Of
exercise" which ne had gone through.
He never saw a man faint from exhaus-
tion during these ofdeais hui told the
court that he himself had feigned a faint
while "eagiing"
Eby gave an exhibition Of "braclng.p
which IS accomplished by pulling in thu
chin and drawing back the shoulders
while standing ereci. lie said this was
an exaggerated form Of a soldlrely p0-
sltiOn.
None OF these ordeals was brutal. no
declared. and he never knew or heard of
anyone who had suffered any In oonse-
quence OF being put through them.
Ia nearly every instance the witnesses
said that ell these forms of haxlng wero
obsolete and while "bracing'' was stiil
practiced secretly. u was against the reg
ulatlons. and n anyone were detected vio-
iatiug these regulations he w0ul1-be sum
marily dealt with and severely punished.
There are about a score more Of Booz'a
classmates 60 be examined and there
are several Of the first class men to 10
heard from. as well a. some Of the off,
GERS, the court may not get through the
taking Of testimony unth Saturday.
Hiram NJ Cooper. a cadet OF tho second
class from North Carolina. when asked n
he had been hazed as fourth class man.
said:
''sYes. on one occasion was IN the
bathroom and was compelled TO take a
cold bath"
"was it in wlnterg' asked Gen. Brooke.
mo sir 81 was IN summer" replied the
young man.
Cadet Herr, OF New Jersey. said that
many fourth class men on their arrival
we're concelted on account Of wealth. 80
clai atandiuR or superior intellect and
had 20 be treated IN this way 10 show
they ase no better than anybody else.
cadet Troup Miller. OF Georgia, told OF
his experience as o fourth class man in
"a and the haziug to which he was sub
fected lie had 20 recite poetry or prose
from memory. He had 20 do exercises.
braslng. sitting up. and while he did mot
enjoy doing them, they had so III effect
on him
Rlgby y. valiant Of Arkansas said ne
had taken part " pillow lights and e raj
frneraI The latter wae held IN his
Dent. The body Of a dead rat was placed
on ton OF a box and towel laid over
A.. -Four lghtsd candles were placed osf
the corners OF the box. The nigh priest
was appointed who read from the Black
Book
what r. thStg'' asked Capt. Dean.
The regulations OF the military acad-
emy, sir" wae the reply.
Continuing. valiant said flowers were
placed around the body OF the rat. Tho
services lasted about half an hour. Sew
eral upper class men took photographs of
the proceedings. after which the rcdsns
was buried.
Cadet Harry L. Hodges Of Virginia said
that he. as well as many fourth class
men. lost weight at the beginning Of tho