The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-25
HAzINGMOST BRUTAL
Ex-CADET e.. II. CUNNINGHAM's
TESTIMONY.
THE WORST ACCOUNT YET.
HAZING CARRIED TO THE POINT OF.
INDIGNANTLY.

Confradicts the Recent Testimony
of Cadet Macarthur That the Lat
ter Was Not Seriously Hazed-Hnz-
cd Because He Was the SON of Gen.
Macarthur UntII He Went Into
COnvuI siOns--SeyeraI Other Cadets
Hazed In Very Cruel Manner.
Washington. Jan. 2i.-Before the con-
gressional committee investigating the
hazing at West Point f. II. Cunningham,
teacher at the Hamilton Institute New
York city, the committees last witness.
to-day testified regarding the hazug in
1898 of Cadet Macarthur who was his
tent mate. Macarthur, he said, reeled in
to the tent after being hazed and went
into commissions. He was writhing and
moaning so that he Cunningham cover
ed him with a blanket to prevent officers
hearing him. MacArthur's inquisitors af-
ter the hazing he said were very much
exercised. They had done everything
which came under the head Of "exercls-
ing"
The commissions, Mr.. Cunningham said,
were IN paroxysms and continued for sew
eral minutes at a time. lie acted as ie
his mind were wandering. but witness
thought part of that was assumed,
Macarthur had been hazed because ne
was a son of Gen. Macarthur. Witness
said he Cunningham had left the acad-
envy because he felt that hazing exerted
brutal influence. He said Cadets Hin,
Haskell and Kensel suffered from hazing.
'dna on Mo aff
ward suffered from commissions. requiring
medical assistance to be summoned. Has
keil suffered the same night as MacAr-
thur and witness heard Haskell had con-
vusions Haskell was worked over for
some time Kensel went into commissions.
The witness heard from cadet officer
that cadet had choked Kensel to pre-
vent his uttering cries. Cadet Howe also
had been hazed into Mysteries.
AS he fell into line uncomfortable SOP
bling. with tears, began. Howe had done
about $50 eagles" and was much *
hausted. Cadet Zell had told him that
when he was hazed nearly to fainting the
hazer said he wanted 10 make the man
faint. Zell had done from $50 to 900
eagles.
Crown qualified on prunes." eating
about 1876, which made him sick. This
guard privileges.
The witness mentioned two cadet haz-
ers. who, he said were OF a cruel ma
ture. one Of them had pointed to moist
ure at Cunninghams feet and had SAID:
That is the sweat Of many plebe." He
said there were no college practices like
West Point hazing.
He described hazing nothing short or
exquisite torture. He gave graphic ac-
| count of the agony suffered in certain
| forms OF hazing, which fairly sent a
! shudder through the listeners. Men
were hung on bars, their feet up so that
when they dropped from exhaustion tho
knees struck on the floor several feet be-
low. The fainting men were against
hoisted up and again repeatedly dropped
from exhaustion, striking on their knees.
| He gave in detail the horrors OF the
sweat bath" and told of the sufferiugs
| of Macarthur from this form of torture.
! Cunningham said the object of calling
! out" was to place trained upper class
man against an unframed lower class
man The result was inevitable. In dom
| Quoting a fight the purpose was to cut
! up the face Of the lower class man be-
| fore knocking him out.
When on guard one time Cunningham
was told by the corporal of the guard
mot to see a fight then about to occur.
The witness said cadets from foreign
countries admitted by act of Congress,
were "bulied and bothered I'm the same
way He mentioned Cadet Iglesias. reat-
ed to President Iglesias of Costa Rica, az
an instance, and also a Venezuelan ca
Diet.
The committee will now begin work on
its report.