The Monticellonian., 1901-01-11
THE HAZIHG OF CADETS.
The Congressional Committee Re. times the Taking of Testi-
 mony at Philadelphia.
NEW WITNESSES ARE COMING FORWARD
The Breth Family and Anthony Bur nam, of Frankfort, IA ky- Tent mate of Booz Called as Witness es-Cndets Had Fun With BoOz OH Account of His Name.

mate of BOoz Called as Witness
 es-Gadets Had Fun With Booz on
 Account of His Name.
 Philadelphia, Jan. s.-The congress s'onal committee appointed for the purpose of inquiring into the alleged hazing of former cadets Oscar l.. Booz, of Bristol, Pa, and John Breth, Of Altoona, Pa, resumede1he taking of testimony at the Iz~ayette hotel. The committee has fixed nine o'clock for the beginning of the third day work, but 1t was 10 o'clock before the first eitness was sworn. The committeeman attached much import Bnce to the testimony of the days $ witnesses The Breth family, which firmly believes that John Breth died, indirectly, of hazipg at West Point, and Anthony Burnam of Frankfort, Ky, Booz's tent mate, were heard during the day. None of these wit nesses testified before the military board of inquiry.
 Anthony Burnnm's Testimony.
 Burnam was the first witness called. He was told to state in his own way what he knew of the matter under consideration. Bufnam said he went to West Point in June, 1898. He asked Booz to become his tent mate when they went into camp in July of that year Oscar Booz, ne said, was nice sort of young man and up to the standard of other cadets. The older cadets had lot of fun with Booz on account of his name. The upper class men and q cadet named Bettison in particular. Burnam sfzid, ordered new cadets to do various things to see if the new men would obey them. He did some things asked of him, but finally refused to do 50. believing the third class men were onl7 trying to harass him.
 Ordered Out to Fight.
 He was ordered out To fight by tine sighting eonnittee.s Earnam did moi know any members of this com mittee After the contest Burnam saw Beoz lying in his te9t. He looked deiected and had been crying. Booz told him he had been called out, and that he had received blow in the stomach which rendered him abso= lutely helpless Barnam said other cadets said that Beoz had laid down. The upper elassmen kept tauntiug him, saying he would make no soldier. This was kept up until he resigned.
 Tired out by severe Routise.
 Burnam said Boez, like all other class men, was always tired out by the severe routine of camp. Keller, his opponent in the fight, was expert with his fists, Burnam said, and was I fine gymnast Booz studied very lit tie on account of his eyes hurting him On this account he stood low in his class.
 Told to Take Tobasce Sauce.
 Oscar also told Burnam how upper class men told him 6Booz) to take tobasco sauce. Booz. said Burnam, was given a small bottle of tobasco sauce and told to take all of i before he left the table. He took it by the spoonful. On one occasion Booz told him that he put q lot of the sauce on piece of steak intending not 10 eat it. An upper class man noticed this and ordered Booz to eat the steak. Oscar told Burnam the stuff was ruin ing his stomach.
 Had Taken some Himself.
 Burnam said he had taken tobasco sauce, but never more than a drop al time. He did not know that pi sieal violence had ever been used 10 induce Booz to take it. He said:
 .Booz was very unpopular, and if he had made complaint he would have been treated still worse
 Do not the officers of the academy try to prevent hazing?"
 On Lookout for officers.
 s'They do, but the officers are not always around when the hazing is go ing on. When any hazing was in progress number of cadets were usually on duty to watch for the off cers and warn the hazers if one should come along"
 While Burnam was in the fourth class,a period of about twelve months, there were about ten men "ealled out" to fight. Fighting was prohibit ed at the academy, and yet no action was taken by the academy officers to punish any one as far as Burnam knew. Burnam knew little about the membership of the fighting commit tees. As far as he knew they were appointed by the class president and were not elected by the class men.
 Tn answer to Mr Driggs Burnam said he was discharged from West Point for deficiency in studies, espe- cially drawing and mathematics. He said he positively had no animus against the institution and had no known enemies there either among the officers of the cadets.
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