The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-22

..WashfnEton. MAY Il. 1901.

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class, United States Military Academy,
| are, upon recommendation Of the Su-
| perintendent of the Academy, dismiss
ed from the Service Of the United
| States: Henry BowIby, John a.
| Cleveland, Traue.rT, F Keller, Ray
nond a. Linton, E.-chie o. Mahaffey.
1.-THE following named cadets of
the United States Military Academy,
| are, upon recommendation of the Su-
| perintendent of the Academy, suspend
| ed, without pay. until April I, 1902:
| Second CIass-OIan c. Aleshire.
Benjamin F. Mcclellan. James A
| Shannon, and Charles TeIford.
Third Class-Th n. GimpeTling,
| Harry Hawley.
| 'ELIHU ROOT,
Secretary of War"
| BY command of Lieutenant General
H. c. CORBIN. Adjutant General,
| Major General. l. S. A.
| The homes of the cadets dismissed and
suspended. with the Congressional dis
trtcts from which they were appointed, are
as follows:
Dismissed-Henry L Bowlby, Crete
Fourth Congressional district of Ne
braska; John a. Cleveland. Linden, First
Congressional district of Alabama; Trau-
gott F Keller. New York city, Seventh
Congressional district OF New York; Ray
mond A Linton, Saginaw, Eighth Con-
gressional district Of Michigan; Birchfe 0.
Mahaney, TexaTkana, Fourth Congress
sionaI district Of Texas.
Suspended: Second cIas-OIan c. Ale
cF7ira
| district Of Illinois, Benjamin F. McCIeI-
ian. TaIlulah. Fifth Congressional dis
| trict of Louisiana: James A Shannon. Du-
| iuth, Sixth Congressional district of Min
| nesota; Charles Telford, Bountiful. Con-
gressional district of Utah. Third class
Thomas n. Gimperling. Dayton. Third
Congressional district OF Ohio; Harry
Hawley, Troy. Nineteenth Congressional
district Of New York
The summary action on the part Of the
President meets with general
favor among the War Department Of
| ficiais and among officers stationed here.
Colonel Mills VIII retgrn to west Point
today He is said to be pleased with the
result of his visit. and believes the action
taken yesterday viii put an end to up
risings ana hazing-
Colonel Mills report on the fnsubordi-
nation at the Academy was given out by
Secretary Root this afternoon, and is as
follows:
Headquarters,
United States Military Academy.
West Point. y. Y, May Is
+Adjutant General, Z S. A. Washing
ton, D. c.:
L have the honor to report that at dusk
on the evening Of April 16, 1901, immedi-
ately after the dismissal of the battalion
Of cadets on It's return from supper, a
large number Of cadets became engaged
in an insubordinate demonstration direct
ed at the Superintendent Of the Military
Academy The demonstration took place
in the main saHyDort of cadet barracks,
then in the area Of the barracks, IN the
sink on the plain north Of barracks. and.
finally. in front of the superintendent
quarters Il consisted of cheers, ending
with the names of two recently punished
cadets; several profane yelIs directed at
the superintendent, and the moving of
the reveilIe gun from its accustomed place
to a position on the plain Immediately in
front of the superintendent's quarters, at
the door Of which the muzzIe was pointed
''The pretext for this demonstration was
punishment awarded Cadet Robert r.
RaIston, second class, IN orders, published
at parade that evening. The actual cause,
as established by the testimony Of cadets
under oath, taken by a board of officers
convened the following morning, and
which has made u long and exhaustive in
VestigatiOn into the affair. was the re-
sentiment Of a group Of insubord1nate ca
diets of the second class at measures taken
by the superintendent to enforce the law
forbidding hazing-
When the civilian candidates reported
at the Military Academy Ior the March
entrance examinations. it b. came evident
that members of the fourth class were
disposed to improperly interfere with
them. On March /, Cadet J. b Richard
son was detected moIes-ing one, and was
punished On March q, 1901, Cadet Lieut..
NIvron 5. Crissy, second class, was pun
ished for -bracing' fourth cIassmen in the
manner condemned in the report Of the
Congressional Investigating Committee IN
session here last winter On April 10, 1871,
Cadet Robert r. RaIston, second class,
was punished for fiaSrant neglect of
duty.
The evidence taken before the board
shows that the group OF cadets referred
to. resenting the first and second Of the
above punishments, began TO engage in Sc
cret meetingsin waich the superintendent
actions were criticised and condemned,
and ugly terms We're applied to him before
other cadets The evidence shows that
the demonstration vas first proposed in
ranks at parade. Immediately after the or
der furnishing Cadet RalstoH was pub
iished, by three cadets prominent in the
group. and the arrangements for it were
completed by them in the mess hall at
supper
a copy of the findings of the board Of
investigating officers is forwarded as
an appendage 70 this report The findings
give fuller details OF the demonstrate
and also name the cadets who fnstitgated
it; those who were prominent in it, and
those who aided and a5etted it.
\ have read carefully all the evidence
taken by the board. It supports the find
ings, and both show that considerab bic has
yet to be accomplished to irnpIant in
cadets the essentials Of good discipline
when matters concerning the proper
treatment OF new cadets are concerned
This has been a task which has engrossed
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