The sun., 1900-12-29
SOME POINTS on HAIlNG.
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gNID ,DNIIgsIONS
IN. ,orfi ~ tnariu ~ West Point ''"e''"
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urur former ,I., B'uf lh" .nv''hGi''"'
l,ro Il, boon n' % f.r. u'nn'" character
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Ia. hocu uu. uYpH 'u, -lni. 70. wa n"nf'
.,.r, man .. f., i.,I .'p.t. onI TODAY
large number q m"uh'rs "' ne" t't'h
A., rL.,r ,lt . .hp entered '.' N"ui''"
,riy II-. summer. we're uI'-uou"i lh"
member. ~ u" thtrI and fourth clI--"'
could t,u u,rIu. whatever about On" '.'
col Bou2 ~ lnI' of Broth, a- non" 90 ih"w N'-
here with Ipu2 OF Brc'u Al TIE" ""1.' '"h
tho Court II inquiry Nu' "t hai'nr in E'n-
crll
The iu,..tisu'ion hr1n"h,d oN from 'h'
Booz issue INTO an inquiry Into ih" f"n''"
sub ect ~ h11ing and the indications are thal
the court Of inquiry report viii cont am some
strong recommend atoms Ioohius u th" 'A-
termination ~ halng. Tho testimony thr-
far brought out hu- demonstrate that hh/'NS
In recent years has been carried To the point
Of brutality. Witnesses have testified that
in several instances cadets have been h'Hei
until they lost consciousness.
There was to-day spma strlkiog evidence
OF this nnture in the case of cadet IouG!'sS
Macarthur. son OF Gen Mac Arthur Who i'ih
the Philippines. Young Macarthur l.
splendid fellow physically and he stands
at the hoad Of his class in all branches @:
study. Ilis frank bearing on th" witness
stand won the admiration OF every ono N
the room. and when. after he had neon 'N-
amined. tho story OF tho unm"rci: ha2lug
to which he had been subjected WIS brought
out by other cadets. the general respect ana
a lon u.
As Is very often the case when "a wdot
comes here who Is tho son o! anybody of
distinction Mac Arthur saems 20 haNa been
singled out for special ha2!nS attentions
IL was brought out that IN more than one
instance he was exercised 10 me verge
OF nervous prOstraton ON one occasion
his torlneutors dd not leave of until lie was
in oonvllsions Alter lie had been Aaaed
until he could not repress the cries OF pam
which were the result OF shattered nerves 10
begged bis fellow cadets. his tormontors
among them. 70 stun cotton into his mouth
SO that the officers in the camp should not
hear his outcriss No testimony that has
been brought out here made the strong I'M
uression that that revealing THIS Incident
did end none has produced more deep
seated disgust for tho entire hazng business.
Gen, Brooke, Col. Clous aud Gen. Bates,
by their relentless cross questioning, have
demonstrated from the most Reluctant cadet
witnesses own mouths that The whole hdzns
theory is based on the general lIyIosiloh
that u cadet custom Is superior 10 az! lcF4lI-
tious Of tho United States Army and cT tAe
Military Academy. Gen. BrCoKS elected
from several witnesses the rehtaIkaoIe "a
mission that the cadet corps sets It's own iuds-
ment up as against that Of the Combined Wiz
dom II tAc administrator GL the AcademH
Oh this point uf discipline. Little DOUBT eN-
lists In the minds of those who have heard the
testimony here and havG hotSd the trend q!
the Court Questions. INN tnyTo .s T.n y ,asd ne
esi blow at West Point hazing that has ever
been indicted In the history Of the ddcuy.,
That the Courts mind is bearing strongly
in this direction was shown to-day by the in
traductIon Of Col. George B Davis, WHO at
dn,rcnt times has served fifteen years a. an
rotnt q here in 1906. col. Davis gave gem
eral h,r'ri al outline of hazing in the Academy
until tho present day. Gen. Bates, by t"e
way. was graduated in the class of lees, a
class that came in for ID, yG,y % fesPeclas5e
one thing being compelled to lcr,h one night
au,ug the cai--ou- In -" ~ I!lorv ltrk.
The star witnesses among the cadets to-day
Who in his Ilehe wear was compelled to ride
street, shouting stirring extracts IRON "shori-
dam nd" But Sheridan experience, in
was recalled to7.iay because rs name had
been mentioned by other cadets who testified
n
class who had been hazed into state Of coll
laprc
srlt-possc-- ed .uung man whose bearing, gl-
though Ne has been les then two wears here.
Mol,ld do credit 80 the first 'iassinan. Il Ua-
IN the camp Ia the summer ui lSe9." he te-ti-
fed in re-Jon9f to col Cl2us's questions,
,yspd va haz,rd ! did 'coeie~' and wooden
sver.sed One exercise followed arothcr
but | was never worked ia that way g. tho
2335t % 10 sFA"g'n Il Sn HoRT oinS' % tsns =
IheTo was turtle IN. camp and drlllet It
represent a battalion | was required ~ DO
the football 'Ner, lse and dips as Wei Dips
hand,, ami rIisns your Jady w and down
was ha2ed 10 more than other cadets of uly
BY Col itcn-pid your ha1inc result in
anGb3W@y being pGaish9di a Yes sIG o..
There is a curious tale in connection with
this man Who was dismissed f2r haz!ug Young
his hazns zeal got away with hls judgment
he mi ght now be a member Of the class that
will be, graduated next smith had been
suspended for hazing for year. He returned
TO tho Academy at the end OF this probation
In 1899. when young Grant was plebe Tie
got here one afternoon, went 10 the Caup
aud at once began making up fer lost time by
hazng Grant As he was making Grant 80
throgsh tho -easling" e1erci7e In a very
and he was dismissed. lie had arrived at
o'clock in the afternoon and NJ O'Clock
was on his way of the reservation, bag and
baggage mover to return az a cadet GCaiu.
Continuing hl8 testimony. Grant Said. An
the upper ol2sSnen ha2Gd me more or lc-s
Our class had made a promise 10 Col liciu
that wc would OF allow ourselves 10 be huYci
We asked 20 be released from this promise
Cadet Gray. now tho President of tie class
took the message TO Col Helm asking him TO
release US from our promise
@ Why did you wish to he released? l.
We found that we could not abide by IL with
out having so many fights.
.. What answer did you set e. your re-
quest for ielease from your promise? \ As
understood IT, our messenger told Col Hc.n
that the feeling OF the class y as that We could
not stand ly our promise and asked him 20
rclease us, but I understood that lie gave us
no answer at all.
Q Ard on the strength Of that you com
stderod yourselves released? A. Yes, sir
As soon rs the upper classmen found Gu' We
we're going 70 ask 10 be released we were l,t
plnnc. rlgt H. we were let alone on the niC!t
io'Nwin: tho afternoon the upper cEssman
found ''is ont
q What influence was brought toQ1e1r
upon voI 10 make you ask for n release iroia
your promj-n' 4 | think most Of the in
nucnCc CaW'bron members OF our own class
We were told by upper classmeu that no such
promise a. We had made could be kept
.. How soon after YOU made the promise
did Won a * To be ralag- sod from ia -