The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-27
HOW CADET FIGHTS OCCUR
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Horace Booz, of Bristol, Pa, brother
OF Oscar Booz who died three weeks
ago. will also be here tomorrow, and
If is understood here he will testify,
The court room was thronged this al
ternoon by officers and several women
who watched the proceedings attentive
| ly. There were only two civilians III
the room besides the reporters. Cadet
Shinlzley was the first witness. He told
among other things of cadet being re-
o,1ired to stand on his head and in that
position to speak piece and deliver a
right hand salute with his left foot.
WAS there any brutality in any way
in the hazing you know OFF, asked
General Brooke.
mo sir. there was no violence or bru-
tality"
us the voice ever used in such
manner as to make reluctant obedience
become prompt on the part of the fourth
classmen?" asked General Brooke
Yes, SIR
Suppose a cadet should refuse to do
what he is required?'
HE would be called out, sir, and
would have to fight, thought he might
be excused from fighting If the upper
class committee decided that the order
was one which should not have been
given"
Cadet Edward Garfield, jr., was
sworn and was examined by General
Clous. The witness said that the Booz-
Keller fight was the outcome OF a re-
tort Booz made to cadet while he was
on guard.
Cadet Pillow, of Arkansas, testified
that his experience in the academy
dated back to 1896. He said that fights
were usually the refusal on the part of
the fourth classmen to do some thing
when ordered.
Cadet Taylor, of Pennsylvania, said
he was never nazed during his stay in
West Point. He did not know Booz or
Breth personally, nor did he know any
thing of their being hazed
Cadet Oliver, of Oregon, knew Booz
He said that Breth was treated the
same as the rest of the class. He was
told that he was hazed so that no part
Of his education should be neglected.
He saw Breth just before he left the
academy, and he looked healthy.
Were you particularly unhappy dur
ing the first year at the academy" ask
ed General Bates.
mo, SIR
Were the other men?"
''Well, some OF the men did not like
the things they had ia do. If cadet
were left severely alone II would be
much more humiliating than If he got
hazed"
Cadet Copeley Enos, of New York. who
was one Of the sentinels at the Booz-
Keller fight, testified that for the first
half of the round Booz seemed to have
the better Of the fight, but as soon as
he cot a blow In the eye it took the
sand out of him and he lay down.
Cadet Riggs, cadet from Kentucky
snid he was classmate of Cadet Breth
He never heard of the latter being in a
straight jacket. The witness never
heard Booz complain of his throat.
Cadet Titball. of Virginia, swore that
on one occasion when in camp in 1897 |
Cadet Breth was exhausted from exer-
rising that he saw some OF the cadets
giving him Wflakey He said that he
had eaten quiniue pills when he was a |
fourth class man. He was never re-
CURED to take pepper sauce.
Cadet Russell, of New Hampshire, |
knew Booz He had exercised him and !
had braced him. i,
Have you known of any hazing in
your ciasst"
Yes, sir: some but nothing serious. |
don't know how serious it was"
The commission then adjourned until |
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