Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-29
Military Court of inquiry Hears
Interesting Testimony.
D0SED WITH PEPPER SAUCE.
y Cadet Says He Took Quantity at West
Point Military Academy, But It Did Not
Hurt nim-other Forms of Hazins-
Witnesses Tell of Some of the Pieasan-
tries Indulgcd In at tho Expense of New
Men -cade, Breth Treated 1,adiy-o other
Cruclties.
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tBy Telegraph TO Virglnian- Pilot.)
| West Point, n. Y, Dec. 2S.-When the
military court OF inquiry resumed to-
day Its investigation of the allegations
| of brutal hazing of cadets by first
ciassmen at the United States Military
Academy Cadet Harry e. Jordan. of
Washington State, was sworn by Re
| cordcr Dean.
| His explanation brought out nothing
new and he was quickly excused, the
court being evidently DESTROYS of get
ting through with the iiist-class ca
diets, so as to reach the other classes
and ascertain what kind of hazing. If
any, had teen practiced on the lourth-
classmen in the last two years.
Booz WAS TIRED.
Former Cadet John a. Doyle, of Phil
adelphia, who was alsoi the Academy
| from 1897 to June. 1900, testified: II
! remember Cadet BoOz. | spoke to him
after his fight with Keller. told him
he had not acted right in that bout.
and that he ought to have gone on He
spoke in such way to me that showed
| he was tired of the place and wanted
| 10 leave"
We're you ever hazed?" asked Gem
| eral ClouS.
Yes, l took pepper sauce as much
as teaspoonful and a half at one
| time" was the reply.
Who gave it to your"
PEPPER SAUCE.
Cadet Bender, who was discharged.
| lie began By. giving me n few drops. I
| think it was Bender who started the
| giving of it,"
The Witness was asked: did 1t hurt
! you?"
No. sir. 1t was unpleasant. but 1t
had no injurious effect that l know
| Of"
In answer to several questions from
the other members of the court, the
cadet said he had been exercised n
great deal. He felt fatigued frequent
ly, but never suffered afterwards.
Did You ever~have to eat any disa-
| greeable food?"
yes, sir. on one occasion. I had to
eat some preserved pineapple"
Ihen the witness made n grimace
and added: But there was plenty of
| quinine mixed up in it,"
NEARLY EXHAUSTED.
did you know Cadet Breth, or know
! him to be hazed?"
else him. and saw him exercised TO the
point OF exhaustion, but he went as FAY
| as he could go. He was of a very ner.
Vons temperament. When spoken to
suddenly, he would tremble all over. I
| lSnew-him ut the preparatory school In
baltimore, and there he was found
! physically deficient by Major Wynne.
mean deficient to enter this acad-
envy
CASES OF EXHAUSTION.
Today's investigation brought out
testimony that cadets had been hazed
| to n degree of exhaustion The vic
tins mentioned particularly were
| Cadets Macarthur and Haskell.
| Macarthur himself denied that he
had convulsions, but acknowledged
that he had been exercised to such an
! extent that he had cramps in his mus
| Giles and that he lost control of them.
Haskell is not in the corps now, so
that his testimony was not available.
a CADET TAINTED.
Cadet John c. Pegram. of Virginia,
testified that in camp in 1899 he exer-
cised Cadet Kennel II gave him $50
eagles. 1 think" he said. II was in
my room. Cadet Williams called me
out into the hall and told me man
had tainted. Kennel was lying down.
gave him some water, lifted him up
and he said he was eli right.
II heard also that cadet named
McGinnis had tainted and that a plebe
had tainted To the latter L carried
smelling salts. He was fourth-class
man. lie revived
Did You ever hear of cotton being
put in cadets mouths to keep them
from crying or being hystericaI?"
MOUTHS STUFFED WITH COTTON.
Yes. L was told that Cadet Mac
| Arthur had requested some upper class
men 10 stuff his mouth with cotton so
that he could not cry out Historically.
as he said he could not control himself
after some severe exercising"
Why should he do this?"
There was an officer nearby at the
time, and l was told that Macarthur
was afraid he would hear him."
Cadet u. S. Grant, grandson of the
late President. said that in 1899 he mad
! 10 do eagles. held out dumbbells an{
did other exercises and ridiculoui
things.