The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-12-04
DEATH OF CADET BOOZ.
M WIS DEIIRIOCS AND MtDF No
LATER STATEMENr.
lie HAD Told III. Parents That His Hin csc Wa
Due TO Harins by Classmates sspt. Wills
of the military Academy Chsrscterses

PnILADiI PIMA. Pa Dec. Oscar Booz.
tho West Point cadet who left the Military
Academy n few months after entering and
who. n few days ago. while seriously VI at bis
home in Bristol. To Id his PARENTS that his illness
was due to hazing by his classmates, died this
morning lie was delirious and made no
statement His physician said he died Of con-
sumption. but would not say more.
WEST PoiST. y, y, Dec. s-Col. Albers
NJ Mill. Superintendent Of the Military Acad-
envy. to-day made the following statement
to a SuS reporter which Is the only authentic
one coming from him that has yet been pub
lisled regarding tho B9oz hazine case:
Tile many statements made in the press
OF the country alleging that Oscar l.. Booz
was atrociously hazed while he was q cadet
at the Military Academy, To such an extent
that he Is now dying from its effects. are untrue
and ridiculous x-Cadet Booz Was admitted
to the Military Academy June 20, ises. and re-
signed Oct. 81. 1895. lie was on sick report
but once. July 30, when he was excused from
the drills for that day on account Of diarrh1a-
Had he been brutally beaten in a fight with an
other cadet or had his throat been injured
In the manner claimed. II would have been
impossible for him to lave avoided the sick
report.
The reason given for his resignation was
weak eyes. His record shows he was In the
last section in mathematics and the marks he
received TO the date Of his resignation were
deficient. I believe therein lies the real cause
Of his resignation. and | think II most probable
the stories II his alleged III treatment arise
from statements he has made In endeavorine
70 explain to his friends his reasons for leaving
the academy. He made no complaint OF III
treatment at the hands OF other cadets lie
was under orders 10 do 80 II such was accorded
him. From inquiries made / am convinced
this particular cadet was little interfered with
or niolested by older cadets during his entire
STAY al the Military Academy
There seeplst 70 be no doubt that the author
tiles OF the Military Academy are being sub
iety on account OF this Booz episode. Col.
Mills was not Superintendent Of the Academy
during the time Booy was a cadet and there
fore does not remember the young man The
facts as gathered from records in the head
quarters building and other reliable sources
are These:
OscaI l.. Booz was admitted TO the Military
Academy from Pennsylvania June 20, lsas.
He resigned oct 81, 1893. on account of weak
eyes In regard to the specific assertion made
that ex-I adet Booz was brutally pounded in
q fight forced upon him by an older and larger
cadet and that he was forced to drink. some
fluid which affected and weakened his throat.
the statement is regarded here as absurd.
In recent years there has been considerably
haZing Of new cadets and there have been In
stances In which II has been carried TO an ex-
IRENE and cruel extent. but never In the
atrocious manner alleged 10 have been imposed
on Cadet Booz.