The sun., 1900-12-30
OFFICIAL VIEW OF HAZING.
wSsr poiyr ArTRoRJTfSs Testify ~
gORE THE rOrW.
v.ssrs Grew to Mos, serious Preper'io"s 10
tsss Col. Helm TslI' Of the steps Tahe"
20 stamp u out That Have Re'uHed IN
Greatly Ls..enlns the F'n The Court to
Mset at No,srnofs Island Neht Wceh,

~, :, Uo,,rpor. island Nest week.
v,., potsr. Dec 70 rhe War Depart
,,.,t ,our, Of inquiry has ceased Its labors
a, far as West Point Ia concerned and has
.diou,n.d 20 meet at 10 O'Clock on Monday
,nornins st Governors Island whether
sny testimony will be taken at this Monday
morning meeting or what III" court VIII
do neIt IL ~ yet uncertain number of
names Of persons supposed TO have more or
Le.. information on the subject OF the late
o.de, Booz's illness have been mentioned
aud there are the statements of the iriends
and family Of the late cadet Breth OF Altoona.
Pa who charge that he. too was done To
death BY the rudeness OF his eNIeriehces at
the hands OF his fellow cadets IN the academy
Wbetber the War Department Court OF In
auiry w feel II incumbent to extend theh
inouiry ~ a. TO include an examination OF
,h... ner.on. Il. something that has not as
vet be,, announced The strong probability
(. thai the meeting Of the court on Monday
morning will he little more than confer
.nce nj which these points will be discussed
and determined.
The principal witnesses who were examined
TODAY were col Helm, the Commandant
Of Cadets. and Col Mills. the superintendent
Of the Academy The number OF spectators.
particularly of ladies, was very large All
the benches that were reserved FOR the Officers
of the academy with their wives ard frienos
as well a. the gallery. were FILED. and among
IN. sp.ctators we're Mrs Macarthur. wife
of Gen Macarthur and mother OF 'sdet
Macarthur. who made such remarkably
- ,,.,,, -, ,ho Witness stand vester-
dav. and Mrs Grant wife of Gen Frederick
Dent Grant and mother of Cadet Ulysses
r Grant who was also one OF the star wit
nesses Of Friday. and made an impression
uuite on a par with that of young Macarthur.
re-, lii wa. on tho stand when the court
vi "e" ""' " ~ -. -,
adjourned AZ O'CLOCK on riuaE evening anu
he was the first witness called this morning
nus ''s'i'''"S v" iI'".s :, a., ~,
portant enough coh>l>lhs' a. u'u' "
number oI |inyl1, re,"," ., n"r "I paop dripr hi,
brief career in the academy but to the spec
ta;ors who had become used 10 hearing tho
.,nries of b,zinu that ran the gantlet from
s'o,iS ,,i,s ,' ,n duyustinp it was father tame,
Ni,.uSHi III H1rac. boo. BROTHER of the deceased
'duet' No. 80, ,.1,,,,,., EonD written while IN
,n. ,r'iSei r'tSi mf hi tr"',hie, in which ho had
MI -, ,,,- ,be 1'abosco sa ,cewas "iorceds
eaii ,hi. tI'|, u, no, he mad n..t, inah, 20 ,at
"oW ~, ,n W.. u", ~ the academy hospital had
,eiiulra una, a ,l h,-cn ~ ssuc" or o,her !
~, n.u'"u rnrdiueut 10 such an tent a, TO de-.
nr,H cohuinlvii, hui',i ~ ~ ,o,id Nor have eaten rnr
.e,on @ ,.n'I,tt,.% at,sr he dose and wo,,ld
to,,e % %I,n "tI;i,aI -, 90 70 tho host',toi Tor
,rearn,ent Tie records Of the Academy, |
urd,l ,li'ru,' ;,,n,,, rnn,r,n, hV ,;nI HAN
proul,ru w'loGo, pnn, hs a neysr ,ri'-od !
snoM"n ,nn, III n, ~ sSadan" rernrting rey,t
meai whlie AT ,'rc d,,nnp End nd sit,er
!arl Ior fNeI ~ 30 tbere n "a IN
.un. ~. wa, ~, Nv had revsr rorort.d sirk
brt 1' once, wnen he was excused from one
nol '!3nS TOOK inn itah ,d n Hni.bsd irnioy o,
in and explaining his various official docu-
ment- co, ,r,rs-Did van ever rsceIve in
formation 70 ne en-, mar Dd oriiai y 20 Habmns
soins pnr,ad un W "a Va :, ms. IN the summer ~
soa ,bat Ma nyae".e. in hazirg We're going on
w " cntIli. Illi,r,a,S AZ, f,n,n N yariotv ~
.o .o,rna rne linn,a nf The Information came
~ ,he wa 81 a.,"il . ,,ou ,,,,,or. and rer,oin
ii"n In tl- tn',' 49, ,rn. h,n,aI tnting
Indications that tier" was nru,al hnalns
gong on iIiorn auo" r,hur ,a,'s r NV ,,,paII
.nd nfhnrs 'ba bad bcan severely ba2ed There
wa. an invs-tigauon OF the reports; ond ne
fmW"n nan neT"n IL snreri,,nrden, ,tnn
snd , 'oiod 10 ,Ee fourth "las t"sethar The
sre roo ond r 'ne c.nioined 70 them 'S
"ert Ie"u anu ~ pa, :, 80 tw i,iI dorr IN o..
reg r} ,S,%n t3at '1t they .hSnd f rcp0t % iIeya
vas s,ri ,.r ,sinted ont to them thnt the r,Iles
''rn,,iid.t va Sar shoud bn ninished i,
E,rov'usu r'ittnd Wa. ' ,hsmsny.. :" he ba1ed Il
,h ,hev Isrn,,'a I.l ,I iIaesI ordsrs Wo AZ
,htss ta'o,sn ~ tho r.nor,s thar had come
10 us that there had been urmerciili hazing
going on ana Decaise we y,>i"u y,,lnHu y, p,rnh ,rnh
" up. 80 lar ~ vi nita-i,.,.'l io mem
wa cothe',eu W. .n ''r w. az, -; W. iI,.n h
tleas una, ','rl' or.,,, ~ " ,h NJ haI
ing WouId ue @ ,onieni"di s ~ u 49, ,o' "a AZ .mg
iact- ahd tte nni.'S ~ ti,,fie VII, '',u ."Ieu
th-m. W" toiu ,Is''i, iii 'i.e ,,l'',' 'a' ~, ,,ie
custom Wnch nuehl nave Elu"h ~ 70 Sno-
inlt 70 nHaI,s wa wIoI'e, auu Uha' u,rr tIaHs
nad u IN its hoWe' a. IrmoFe 'pu. niot
lroIh 'ht Ni''ltnN NNnc''"' y
,hat tleN W"Iii Hup'lh, =" H. .hH"s 'nu
q" no. iItHhH lile.nS'iNe,. ,'ia 'iei'II |
tnl, un'E .du oeeh "a~eu '"'S e''"u'u
h'hh',W@t @ ~, ,...,,,,, 1, Il, = rh,,
wen. I,'N NI utu nchIl'W Mn @ =, ". |" ~, IAN
way, ana luI.Herihel' ,iY az RI rtu "a, "'a, .i,ei
wnnn shhnnt !" uo naIIH Nv mn,l'en
10 taRe an oh,h, pI' yid tri.S" W ar,'p' an
.dl' SNlHS va, PTa'.''i -, ~, 80 ;n'P uluH
'lelr I'm dR.'thrlt' ia q NV. uu' Ifpr'I
sehtHiNe, "l we cll9 I TtJ. y n,,on 'iu "!Theu
- no ,rt'''u Io'', 'i'I ' ,SSi aSS 49,, I'N |
tDokI nh".t On oa,n ..ilu Sa,u unat they pc
hevrd that the y"nn'&Ghs & We're S1tth some
"' me men ..i'a nv hrcI aiI pau, , tH'H |
!"pk -1il oh,A th'' 'I'H ""HIu ""' submit
u 'Htns uhr', t.u.. to.,i, 4,
h''rr IN, M ,rp"r,Tr rprvTTr LIZ uHi,''@us"''u @ '.e
Casp ui uuf', LII nii' , w vi iai" 20
nave o'th i iN ~ Ianu ~ ihttn,n, httSn,n nm V,e
III nn me ne oi tie UadeuI VIZ 10 s',y'ru"u nm ~
a. Htd'men' a,u MI NJ rtd nau ~, =, 80 WIN
Nun III xih WAY. ~" iHu Le.uHu w. give tiie
nhii nhitin , Snpl,l,'@a'ns @ =" ii,aXInk C.nE ,hE pGIn-