The age-herald., 1901-01-12
CADET DEFINES
 HAVING AS CRUEL
Bare KnuckIe Contests Better
 Than Six Shooter DueIS
WITNESSES MUST ANSWER
Congressman DrisJs Says the Commit tee Intends to Give the Public the Truth in Regard to Prac-
 tice at West Point.

West Point, N. Y, January 1.-The Con- gressonal committee investigation into the causes of the deaths of Cadets Booz and Breth and making inquiries regarding the practice of hazing at the military institute, decided today that every witness called must answer any questions put to him. Congressman Driggs of Brooklyn said dur ing the course of the hearing today:
 We are here ase Representatives to get all the facts, not only in the cases of Ca- dets Booz and Breth, but in every particu- lar regarding hazing in the mess hall or any other place in this institution. The academy is on trial and every one connect ed with it. and we intend to show the country the truth of the matter and hazing must go."
 The Congressional committee resumed it's labors at 9:30 o'clock today.
 Cadet George R. Spalding of Michigan, who acted as timekeeper at the Keller Booz fight, was the first witness called, and after being sworn was examined by Congressman Wanger. He said he was an ex-officio member of the "scrapping com mittee," being vice president of his class
 Some of the Congressmen wanted to know why cadets did not settle affairs of hon. OA Nieh lhC eti ny SiA-SliOOlcI, Dul WilHeSa said he thought in that case the fourth class men would be at worse disadvant- age than in a bare knuckle contest.
 Cadet Spalding said Mir. Huitzler of the class of 1902, an unpopular man, had been dismissed on account of demerits Witness admitted that officers were inclined to ig- nore dehnquencies except in cases of un- popular men.
 Cadet Herr of New Jersey said he hazed whenever he got chance, Cadet Grant be- ing among his victims
 The witness said he had been dismissed from the academy about a year ago, but had gone to Washington and secured his re-ins tatement. His dismissal was con- nected with the hazing offenses.
 Cadet Tyler of Maryland testified he had been eagled four hundred times for no off, fense at all, made to hang from a stretcher and made to do other things. He came near faIntng. Witnessed refused to tell at first who haZed him, but the committee said he must answer, and he did so by saying that Cadet Evans, since expelled, and Cadet J. A. Berry of the present first class were the haZers.
 "Who hazed McArthur?"
 There were two men, of whom Cadet Cookery was one"
 Tyler told of the hazng of Carpenter, one of his class, and Cadet Meyer of the pres ent first class, interrupted the hazers and made them desist Carpenter was put to bed suffering from muscular convulsions. He was also delirious and hysterical.
 What about McArthur?"
 "He was the worst case here. He had convulsions, and it took quite a while to bring him around 1 saw him in bed whimpering hystericaly."
 Cadet DeArmond of Missouri said he had given fifteen drops of tropical pepper sauce to Cadets Pegram and Roselle, but to no others Congressman Driggs asked the young Missourian to listen to his reading of hraa pd hair fro ha dictionary. The words were "Barbarous," Brutal and Cruel" Now, which of these describes the form of hazng practiced by West Point upper class men when man is pushed to the limit of his endurance?' he asked.
 Tn such extreme cases," said the witness, "I should say cruelty describes 1t best, be- cause 1t causes pain"