Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-12

and told me to go to certain tent where
l would get few peints on woodenness." ="
"And you got them" asked Mr.. Wan
"Yes, SIR
"Were you very tired?'
Il was very near to fainting, sir I got
back to my tent and my mate helped me
to dress for parade. l attended the pa
rade, but my knees were very weak. I
also had to do guard duty that night"
added the witness.
Were you laid up after this?'
mo, sir. I was pretty we'll tagged all
next day, but got along all right.
The chairman asked Tyler the name of
said: II would rather not tell
WAS it Hariee?"
mo. sir; Harlee sent me to the tent 1t
was a man who is now in the corps who
haZed me-
Representative briggs insisted that the
witness should tell the name, as the man
ought to be brought before the committee,
he said, to give some explanation. Tyler
said that he did not like to do so, as it
might injure the man, who Is now near
graduation.
The committee then went into executive
session to discuss whether the witness
would have to answer.
Tyler is Forced to Answer.
On the return Of the committee Maj.
Dick said to the witness:
MIR. Tyler the committee appreciate your
frankness in answering questions, and also
your embarra ssment at this question but
II appears from your testimony that no
severer test of hazing has been presented
to this committee. While this committee
cannot guarantee to prevent punishment
it Is not the intention of the committee to
secure punishment. The object of the COM
mittee is to secure information for pre-
sentation to Congress with view to pre-
venting recurrence of such practices. The
committee feels that 1t must insist that
you answer the question.
Tyler listened intently to every word ut
tered, and when the chairman finished
speaking the witness, in a falterng voice,
said:
Cadet Evans, who has since been ex-
PEELED. and Cadet j. A. Barry Of the pres
ent first class"
Representative briggs, addressing the
witness said:
'Mr. Tyler, want to exonerate YOU with
This committee wants to know all about
the Booz case, the Breth case and hazing
l will insist on answers, and l want you
and every cadet to know and understand
that we are here to get the facts, and that
hazing must stop. We will shield nobody
Now. want you to tell me of allsthe cases
of severe hazing.'
Cadet Carpenter was so severely hazed
that he had to go to hed," said the wit
ness.
Looking over list of the CORPS the wit
ness mentioned the names of Cadets Sher-
idan. Macarthur. Carpenter, Albert. Alvord.
zimmerman, ]. B. A. Barry and C. A.
Clark. The last three are not now in the
academy.
Cadet De ArmOnd Testffes.
Cadet Edward H. De Almond Of Missouri
of the present first class. who was one Of
the sentfnes at the keller-Booz fight, was
called. He only knew of Booz from the
day Of the fight. In reply to Representative
Wanger the witness said that Mr.. Keller
asked him to be one of the sentinels. He
described the fight and said he did not
think Booz was knocked out. Col. Clayton
asked De Almond about the administering
Of tabasco sauce in the mess hall. The
witness said that while he was willing to
tell everything, he felt, that he was not
bound to answer questions which might in
criminate himself. Representative briggs
said:
This is a serious matter This institu-
ton is on trial. and so is everybody con-
nected with 1t. We are here as represent
atives of the House Of Representatives, of
which your father is1a member, and we
must get the facts"
De Almond said he had given fifteen
drops Of tropical pepper sauce to Cadets
Pecram and Rozelle, but to ne others. He
never heard Of any haZing being done In
the hospital. but had heard f funny for
nations there He hazed Pecram in camp.
He also hazed Williams. who was after
ward dismissed, and a cadet named Davis
Representative briggs asked the young Mis-
sourfan to listen to his reading three words
and their meanings from the Standard Die
tionary The words were ''barbarous.'
brutal and "cruel.'
Now. which Of these describes the form
of hazing praeticed by West Point upper
class men when a man is pushed to the
limit OF his endurance?"
I'm such extreme cases." said the wit
ness. 81 should say cruelty describes it
best because 1t causes pain
Suppose a man tainted while being ex-
ercised, wouldn't that be brutal?'
"Well. 1t would be brutal, but not brutal
for the man who hazed him, as he would
not intend him to faint"