Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-12-29
Did the authorities investigate the
matter?" inquired Col. Helm.

Were you informed your class would
be 'cut'?"
mo, sir; we thought we would be,
from what We heard and knew of the
upper class men"
Cadet Ulysses s. Grant,
grandson of the late ex-President of
the United States, who is a third class
man, was the next witness. He stands
second in his class, the leader of which
is Douglass Macarthur, a son of Gen.
Macarthur, commander of the United
States forces in the Philippines. He
was examined by Gen. Clous and said
he was admitted to he academy in
1893.
Were you hazed in that year,"
Yes, sir; l did eagles, held out dumb
bells, did foot balls and other exer-
cises."
How long did these exercises last?'
About five or six minutes, sir"
Did you have to do anything else?"
Eyes, l took part in practical jokes
and ridiculous things"
Was any cadet punished for hazing
your"
Yes, sir; an upper class man was
caught making the eagles and he was
dismissed"
Have you known of any brutal haz-
ing?"
No, sir; if there was | was not pres
ent. l heard talk in the camp that
there was"
Did you do any hazing on fourth
class men YOURSELF"
Did 1t Himself.
Yes. l made LEN brace and do
some foolish things"
ANY exercising?"
No, sir; there was a class agree
ment against that"
Lieut.. Eugene P. Jervey, Jr., an in
structor of languages at the academy,
was sworn. He had Cadet Booz in his
class in 1898.
In reply to the court the witness
said:
"Booz was not of a particularly
healthy appearance and did not seem
to be sure of himself. He was not
particularly bright and not very quick.
He looked like a man who, the more
he had to learn the less he seemed to
know. His marks in the first week
were proficient, but steadily declined"
DO you think he would have passed
in English at the January examina-
tion?"
81 think he would have just passed."
was the reply.
Cadet John c. Pegram, of Virginia,
was called and after some questioning
admitted he had known cadets
10 Faint From Hazing.
He said:
Il exercised Cadet Kennel. I gave
him $50 eagles, l think. | was in my
room. Cadet Williams called me out
into the hall and told me a man had
tainted. Kennel was lying down. 1
gave him some water, lifted him up,
and he said he was all right
ANY other cases?"
Il heard that a cadet named Nc
Ginnis had tainted and that A. Plebe
had also tainted. To the latter | car
ried smelling salts. He was a fourth
class man. He revived"
Did you ever hear of cotton being
put in cadets mouths to keep them
from crying or being hysterical?"
Yes, | heard of such a case" replied
the witness.
What case was this?"
Il was told that Cadet Macarthur
a. requested some upper class men
to 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?"
'FTh2rl Wac an nfioor pAorhr ~ 49,
time and | was told Macarthur was
afraid he would hear him"
Young Phil Sheridan vas recalled.
He added the name of Cadet Brenton
to the list of those who had tainted
after exercising. He also said that
Cadet Haskell was only shamming the
night he was supposed to have tainted.
Cadets Quinn Gray, of Texas, Pettis,
of Mississippi, Anderson. of Virginia,
and Erman, Of Pennsylvania, and H.
H. Robert, of Mississippi, testified to
comparatively mild instances of hazing
as did Cadet C. r. Alley, of Massachu-
sets. In answer to questions, Alley
said that he was called out by Cadet
G. A. Lynch, of the third class, for re-
fuSal to reply when called upon in
camp to say who was the meanest man
in the third class. Cadet Blair, of the
third class, was chosen to fight witness.
Alley said that his opponent won the
fight in two rounds when the fight was
stopped because witness had a bad nose
bleed. Another fight he knew of was
between Armstrong of his class and
Graham, of the third.
Lieut.. George Blakely, an instructor
in the department of mathematics, said
Mir. Booz called on him in the summer
of 1898 and said that his son Oscar
was in the academy and had been in a
fight, but did not talk of it as a serious
injury.
Lieut.. Col. George B. Davis, deputy
judge advocate general, U. S. A, was
sworn and gave a resume of the efforts
made by the authorities at the military
academy to eradicate the practice of
hazing during the last thirty-fve years.
Col. Davis was graduated in 1871.
~"Yanking" was the commonly talked
form of hazing then. This is similar
to what is now spoken of as dragging
men from their beds with mattresses
or blankets underneath them" Wit
ness said various means of stopping
hazing had been tried until now in 1900
these efforts were crowned with very
substantial success through the CO.
operation of the corps of cadets.
Lieut.. Col. Otto Ii Helm, command
ant of cadets, produced several ex-
tracts from his records for the last
three years, showing the renalties in
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