The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-29
INQUIRY WILL CLOSE
TAKING or HAzING TESTIMONY 10
CEASE TODAY.
SEVERAL CADETS SUFFERED.
EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT SOME MEN
PAINTED.


Inches of water, Then sIid Across
bathroom Floor aud stood Guard
over "a Dead RRt-Cadet Ulysses =.
Grant Had 20 DO stunts ALONG
with the Rest.
West Point. n. Y. Dec. sS-The taking
OF testimony by the military court Of In
quiry. In regard to the death OF ex-Cadei
Oscar J.. Booz. viii close here to-mor-
row. To-day's investigation brought out
testimony that cadets had been hazed 10
a degree OF exhaustion. The victims men
'ioned particularly were Cadets Near
thur and Haskell
Macarthur himself denied that he had
commissions. but acknowledged that be
had been exercised 90 such an extent that
he had cramps in his muscles and that
he los< control OF them. Haskell Is not
Ia the corps now. so thas his testimony
was not available.
Several of the present fourth class
men told or what forms OF hazing exist
81 during last summers encampmenf. ard
while there were a few cases OF men be-
ing made 70 stand on their heads. there
was very little exercising done which
would show that she majority Of the ca
dejs are living up TO the class agreement
made last year 20 abolish severe hazing
methods.
Cads, John c. PeEram ~ Virginia tes-
tinei that In camp In 1900 he exercised
Cadet Kennel. Il gave him $50 eagles
think" he said Il was In my room.
Cadet williams called me out into the
hail and told me a man had tainted. Ken
gel was lying down. I gave him some
water, lifted him up and he sold he was
all right I heard also that cadet
named McGinnis had tainted and that "a
pIebe had tainted To the latter / car
rlcd smelling salts. lie was fourth
class man. He revived
Did you ever hear OF cotton being pa,
in cadets mouths 10 keep them from
crying or being hystericai?'
Yes / was told that Cadet Macarthur
had requested eome upper class men
to stun his mouth with cotton 50 that
he could not cry cat hys,erically. as he
said he could not control himself offer
some severe exercising
why should he DO this?"
There was an officer near by at The
| time and was told Mac Arthur was afraid
he would hear him"
Young Phil Sheridan was recalled He
added the name OF Cadet Brenton to the
list of those who had tainted after exer-
cising. He also said that Cadet Haskell
was only shamming the night he was
supposed to have tainted
HMH
that Haskell had been hszed and that
Cadet Macarthur had been attacked with
convulslons after exercising"
Cadet W. y. A. Anderson OF virginia
told the court Of his having been required
70 swallow tobasco sauce and qualify for
the mess hall by eating 100 prunes
Cadet II. II. Robert OF Mississippi clean
ed brass guns and bayonets. carried water
and swept out the tents OF upper class
men during tho summer encampment this
year Cadet c. r. Alley of Massachusetts
was compelled to stand on his head IN a
| bathtub Ia six inchea OF water. He only
| remained Ia that position for a moment
! lie slid across the floor Of the bathroom
and stood guard over n dead rat
In reply 20 further questions by Gen.
| Clous Alley said thas on one occasion in
camp he was called upon 20 say who was
the meanest man in the third class. He
refused and he was called out 60 fFht
Cadet blair OF the third class Blair won.
giving witness a bad nosebloed. Other
witnesses gave experiences IN hazlnE
West Point officials also testified 60 steps
taken to suppress haEing. Former Ca
det J. r. Doyle Of Philadelphia testified
| no saw Cadet Bender exercise Breth to
the point OF exhaustion. Cadet Ulysses
S. Grant grandson Of the lase President
said that In 1890 he had 20 do eagles. held
out dumS-bells and did other exercises
| and ridiculous things.