The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-28
MANY CADETS EXAMINED
Board Of Enquiry Continues to
Probe the Hazing Cases.
Te~tiDaony showing That the Prnc-
fice Was General-samissious That
Both Booz assd Breth Were sabIect-
ed 80 ordeaIs-Youns Grant states
He Was Punished for Submitting.

WEST POINT, Dec. 2s.-Tbe Beard of
Enquiry appointed to investigate bszfng
at the Military Academy. with special
reference 10 the. alleged brutality toward
the late Cadets Booz and Breth, recon-
yened this morning at $40 o'clock
The first witness was Harry 3 Jordan,
OF Washington, q cadet OF the first class
He did not think that Bcoz was par;icu-
iariy strong. ard admitted that great
secrecy was EainiaiEed concerning prize
fights at the Academy Alfred A. May
bach, of Ohio, cadet of the first class.
knew nothing concerning Booz Elliott
J. Dent, of Pennsylvania, said that he
had heard that Booz was considered very
worthless. Dent testified that he had
been severely punished by the Acadzmy
authorities for refusing to divclee the
names CT men who had hazed him. He
had heard Of 40 cadet #ho had to go to
the hospital as the result Of hazing.
Several other witnesses we're examined.
bus gave no important testimony.
John r Doyle, OF Philadelphia, who
was a cadet here between June 1. 1891,
and January. 1888. and June, 1888, and
June, 1860, said:
Il knew Cadet Booz / told him that
he had not acted right in his fight with
Keller that he ought te have gone on
He spoke IN such way as to show that
he was tired OF the place and wanted 20
leave I had 10 take Pepper sauce.
Was required to take as high as a tas-
spoonful and a half at one time. That
was in the camp of 1897. Cadet Bender,
who was discharged, made me take it.
He started in with few drops at the be-
ginning Of the camp. I was taking over
teaspconful at the end CT the summer
Cadet Bender, think. started the prac-
tiee Of giving pepper sauce to cadets
The sauce was unpleasant but had 70 Ia
furious effestss'
The witness said that he had performed
many exercises till he was tired. but
never suffered afterward- he said that
Gnee he had been required to eat pre-
serves il which quinine had been mixed.
The witness knew Cadet Breth. He saw
Cadet Bender exercise him but never TO
the point OF exhaustion. Breth was Of q
very nervous temperament and Eoald
frequently be seized with fits OF tremb-
ling. At the preparatory sckeol IN Bal
t.more. the witness said. BFeth was f0uEd
physically deficient. Doyle also testified
regarding an association known as the
Hod Carriers and formed for the purpose
OF initiating by hazing the candidates Fze-
pairing al Highland Falls fer admission 10
the Academy.
Cadet william n Nichols, of CoBneeti-
cut. a member of the present third class.
described his hazing experiences
Cadet Ulysses 5. Grant, san OF Gen
Fred Grant and member of the third
class, wss put On the stand. he said that
he vas hazed IN camp IN 1855. ne isd
eagles and held out dumbeils. but did
not think the exercises lasted more than
fse or SIX inmates. He admitted d0iag
other things such ss dips" attending
soirees. and playing parts in practical
jokes. Cadet Grant testified that one IA
Get. P S. Smith who had been caught
making him do eagles had been dis
missed Grant had aIgo been punished
for submitting TO haziHg
Upon being questioned concerning the
agreement OF his class not to be hazed.
Grant said that the delegate who had ke=a
sent to the ccmmandant to ask that the
nen be released from the agreement did
not bring any answer. The class. however.
considered itself absolyed from the agree
ment
What Influenced you TO ask for the re-
iease2" was the Rext question
That Is hard to tell riiez Grant
'sWe we're told by pppef etszs rlea shst
such z promise could r9s e kept We
asked to BE released The morning fall3EiBE
tife afternoon that We Tca6e tha agreement.
There vas no IahG=Ssece eyazsa se6 eEas 55e q
class to ask for the oI1er LaaE
that We were told thgl ths corps woGz9
rot break any such az ggseEeBt and tast
great many fights wouis fgIlo#
Grant admitted that - had s'oraIssss-'
el prupes, sammy. and sahaee He Enew
OF no brutal case of h ziEg lie assisted
in haZIng the present IoaFta class a. SLe
last camp. making them brace and DO
absurd things. Grant said he had hazed
them for doing things wrong, violations
d duty and the ike. .
The next witness was one Of the in
structors. First Lieut.. Eugene P. JerYey
IT, Tenth Cavalry. whose work at the
Academy is in the department of modern
Is aguages He bad Cadet Booz under him
in English He said. Booz was not OF
particularly healthy appearance. He
did not seem to be sure CT himself He
did not appear to be overnight and not
very quick He looked like a man who.
the more he had given 10 him 10 learn. the
less he would know. His marks, though
proficient, steadily declined
Douglas Macarthur. General MaeA--
thurs son, took the stand and said he had
been haxed in the 1883 eneampment. sI
was exercised and made 70 do ridieslous
formations, ne testified. 81 had for IL
stance. 10 review a turtle as 1t went down
on It's back I took sweat baths was
never exhausted or nauseated-
.sDo you remember any upper class men
who hazed your" he was asked. He re-
piled in the Affirmative "Wbo were
they2'' was the next question Is
it absolutely necessary that ! give these
names, sir?'' asked the witness General
Brooke told him that it vas. and the wit
ness replied:
Mr.. Dockery of the present second
class is the only one now in the Acad-
1.sDo you know of fourth-elass man
fainting from haziHg?'' said General
Brooke. ~ J. Murphy, sir. I assisted
him to his tent. He did not ten me what
he had been required 10 do. I found him
living near the lee tank Macarthur said
that he had made the present. fcurth-class
"brace. The cadet agreement 10 stop
hazing, the witness said, did not include
bracing and foolish things.
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