The sun., 1900-12-21

| that ayuuns man whp wa di.,hatsrd her,u 80
y" ,"4,d not keep ~ vith hl- clsa. diad ~
ha,"h IN th" Military bc'drny too ,cr,s
/ a. ,,,,l lec' yoll tno,n 'o 80 f,g,iiar o,r
| M" dtnIr'i ''f 'uus" d. p"t rlUtta t,r'"
; 20 '.,if noisrt.. i.,,' pId IU"ud4 Ni'u
"sa' ud"ii'' - d"tH.I o." ,au., ut unu' Ihc'
| t"u'nnali" ,.'i'udn o,ic,'rI lu ih,.r
! i"i 'i's tpt noun" con .Iul'irf,t' ~ BE- ''t 90
I i'inr iik" 90 r'i'Irf tc. NLat,i. .,,ud,r,.
| Th"uld nave -r,.U 80. .l.ur If- rc,IId u'-
! 'hn'" ,'n" NJ O." yoirr men Nh", ~" not
I ,''v"''. . tlt! 'n I'D" "''"i - TSid r' -
. 10 .' h'llpI - 81" ,f "r.Iu o.. .,Io. -"iu'
"n' '1I ...i au'r. f." W'- "u - ~ 10
I "l such tuliu', BE- seen. ".Ir,lnu, where the
, NonnR man torc- iIp. ct ..uulI r,ui'uIu!', ,
! To- Wac" ih"5 ruN rc'uu torgcci O. tur "r "a
| 'rrr' "i "n"Wl'' ur the "lu',ug IlIui COM
! dolNlt@' Of s"ud-ldtHred 'ucuL.. ~ -
' .eu, uu,'' 'irlonL ,ovy ,r,, ,,"'nS g. VIZ mad.
"'",-nr. graduated i'r.i ln hts 'iI-- Ia every
branch oi study There Ha. - great dead
81 IL. al pr,de Ia 'h,- r.!u0rkdh.r achievement
Nat lardiiN. wn"n 5000 ~1W. a, ~, professors
and 'ia~- -inGir- saw, that in"r" was l'fl" ur
no hoI'o Of his IdsSluc the January c.HIul-
nations. ne wA~ sroatiy disturbed at the pros
classmates has testified TINT Bco5 spoke -
lam "i this and sand ho would leave before
mo eNamina,ions took rlao, lm', by tho
way. ~ common practice with cadets who
ioresrc their ilillIre at cNatul'9bun Bv
l"dNlng before the ordeal taken. place thpv
may come ba, and Try II again. WArrCUs. Il
they under;o the test ana arr lu.ad acI, ,.cnt.
they an only return by consent oI tho Aoa-
d"uic Board
~ +" ;O-aay the testimon, ns to the un-
popularity OF BnuI in tho cadet Corls las
born" upon his alleged showing uf he " tito
i"ather in PERSONAL epcoun'cr with cadet
Keller in which, according to cadet tradi-
lions, Book was tho offending party. In this
his entire class o! siAtl eight young men
hsgo unanimously agreed AMI have been
SllulOTttt IN the sIuNltg bl all fine cadets
Of other classes Who have been examined.
to-day thcr" was introdIc"d testimony
bearing upon another phase II the general
poor orinion In which the fou"g man un-
que 3tionably was he'd This wen. 70 the
supreme vitality with the young men who
are going through the severe Sitting Incident
70 hec,ominc an officer in the army Of the
moro forgiven by tn" cade. corps than tho
uumanlv one o. making false statements
TO avoid penal!y fairly Incurred. or, for
e"nr. And that is precisely what II. tesii-
monv of to-day tended TO show thnt the un-
Col Helm. command nj Of cadets. was
the frat witness on this point His testi.
mony consisted merely OF tNc production ~
a formal report, bcat9s % i'ye nJorsemcnts
an offence with which he Wa charged He
was accused by CADET raplas with having
takNu an incorrect position when Ia vas
pat on guard Ia that he stood facing inward
toward the canD when ne should have faced
outward. In Il- tAlhdlltll'lu Db'iG lli l'lhb
he did ~ h" was told aud faced outward
In his indor-'m-nt of this explanation
Cadet Cnp"s reiterated has charges. Re;
fcrred back 20 Boon egaln, the latter indorsed
on the back OF the paper taat ho had no oIuTther
explanation to make, Conmandant HEN
then testified that nothtne further W. done
Cadet Cnpir. was the next witnos>. lie
is from Missouri and member Of the, first
After relating the onoucr ii Boo2. and his
reporting il, with B2oz', alleged false eA-
p!anati?n,. he vas a.E'd; ,,ou.,,h -o,orouo.
teat te p''f t told him that be had coiamittei a
very grave offence in maxim. tho false rcport
he had falsined That VIE on saturday
afternoon ne Sai%nLa1I W. , afternoon nat p 20"
nam Booz hal Just come from Il lie lad
nothing on from. the W4'st up There were no
Hiood on the end Of HI nose ana th"re was a
ligit cut and brl.ise near nna OF l. cS"s
Q Did you take any action with difference
portad the fact Of hls having falsItied 70 the
PRESIDENT os the first class cadet, now Lieut.
Foy had very little to do with Booz after
@ What were ,Booz's habits as a cadet1
A JIs was not clcanly He would not tako
a bath until forced to do so, ,,
do. what action is taE"nf \ When n cadet
qys %d he fas f1 and hSt ena 'r'e' We take
@ How long is il since the cadets agreed
to do away with ha!ins: 4 year s,S asTS,
class has agreed yet, or not. The other
three have done So l. suppose he fourth
cq,. i n% on Ht o1gaITri ID VIII is Is o5 oSeT mem.
her OF the first c!aa., void aomethng about
the fight. between, Booz and Cadet Keller
cldet code which governs these personal
4 know the man who fought Booz Pgt I
N. En flo Ia
Il was Oh our class conmiti"e 10 regulate
these matters Each class has a committee
for mat nTTnSss c,dS ne 'e ,Iry S ara u nSot
the same weight, they rettle u Themselves
IL they are OF ure lupl weight; the committee
body to meet tho otnrr cadet II cadets ere
within ten pounds OF the same weight teI
are consder"d near rI"Gsa nSaa I" @" 'te &s ndns ans
fight came before our S;Mmit"e and We
picked Keller ont TO fight him., DO not know
whether Keller aud Eooh mad had any d"-
Q. What II man refuse 20 hTht'. 4. I
never know an instance OF man refusing 10
fight sir.
For the first time cadets we're found TODAY
who not only saw Booz hHzcd, hut who saw
lin taste tae historical E"pr"r snuce Cadet
Edmund c. Bail Of the tird class was ono OF
theSa
II saw Booz hezed.- la testified he was
standing up and somebody told him 10 blow
and blew over cacn shoulder saw him
IKE pepper sluce. He took three drops iron
a snour never saw him physically forced
To- TAX" paper sauce. He TOOK II nimssII.
sometimes catsup was put INTO the pepper
sauce bottle to scare ~" lulrtl clas yn"n
vi on they were tod 10 take n lot uf II. ! saw
BogZ m hour after u" Nglt IN company
formation going TO s4pper II" laughed
wfcn he spOi,e OF VI. rgnt. | saw him ioGr
hours before he left FOR home, Ha looked az
well es lie did when he came here.
There were twcitr-ilNe or thirty lanes
present In the inquisItiou room to-day and.
A con ierahla number Of officers 4 tho post
Mach nf the testimony Of the cadets as 10
-ua way they had been hayCd was very anus
ing and tie ladies IN particular -ecmei 10
c,rentIv aprTeclate this feature Of IL. $500
Back in ls5. or Is7s Ma yor samuel NJ Mills
wa, here a. quartarma-tcr ana h" INTRO:
duaed bread aud molas""s ~ an article OF
diet From that dnv - this bread aud mo-
lasses has been idcutltcN with his name and
n figures . great deal in thr cadet haZing.
one OF the hezing ordeals l. called qualify.
ing for the mess .room,, and i consists 81
eating s.Van or eight slices OF bread thicEly
covered with molaSse'
Before the new cadet has qualified" by
eating this delcCta able mess, he l. AT Tavs oom-
pci I'd 10 speak OF bread and uo'asses with
rrspcct ful awe and the Right Honorable and
Ravcrcnd samuel" After be has disposed
OF his seven or eight slioas oi mo!n-s"s
sn4eared bread he Ia 2raClouSlv lermitted to
refer 70 II n, sammy IN test l,nony OF MS
advanced social position. StIll another
article on wlich new ca diets have to gI2liiy
for the mess is the prunc. Thn .usurl allow
anoo is cight"-iivc prunes. w,lch the cadet
-t,.. Ial ss.ag..