The times., 1901-05-23

April /. 1902.
The official order is as follows:
war Department.
Washington, May q, 1901.
by direction of the President. the
| following named cadets of the second
| class. United States Military Academy,
are, upon recommendation OF the Su-
| perintendent of the Academy. dismiss
| ed front the service of the United
States: Henry l.. Bowlby, John A.
Cleveland, Traugott +. Keller: Ray
mond a: Linton, Birchie o; Maha1ey;
! 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, lgg:
| Second class-Olan c. Aleshire,
Benjamin T. Mcclellan. James A.
shannon. and Charles Teiford-
Third Class-Thomas n. Gimperling,
'ELIHU ROOT.
Secretary of War
by command of Lieutenant General
H c. CORBIN. Adiutant General,
major General, L. 5. A.
The homes of the cadets dismissed and
suspended, with the Congressional dis
tricts 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; Birchie o.
Mahaffey Texarkana. Fourth Congress
/ sional district Of Texas.
! Suspended: Second class-Olan c. Ale
shire, La Harpe. Fifteenth Congressional
district OF Illinois; Benjamin f. AcClel-
Ian. Tallulah. Fifth Congressional dis
trict of louisiana James A. Shannon. Du-
luth, Sixth Congressional district of Min
nesota; Charles Telford, Bountiful, Con-
! gressional district of Utah Third class
/ Thomas n. Gimperlng, 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
/ ficials and among officers stationed here.
Colonel Mills returned to West Point
! yesterday. He Is said to be pie ised with
the result of his visit, and believes the
! action taken on Tuesday will put an end
! to uprisings and hazing.
Colonel Mills report on the insubordi-
/ nation at the Academy was given out by
Secretary Root yesterday, and is as fol-
! lows:
Headquarters,
United States Military Academy,
West Point. y. Y, May Is.
! AdJutant General, U. 5. A. Washing
Il have the honor to report that at dusk
! on the evening of April l6 1901 immedi-
ately after the dismissal of the battalion
/ Of cadets on its return from supper,
| large number of cadets became engaged
! in an tnsubordinate demonstration direct
/ ed at the Superintendent of the Military
/ Academy. The demonstration took place
| in the main sallypOrt 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. 1t consisted Of cheers, ending
| with the names of two recently punished
/ cadets; several profane yells directed at
! the superintendent, and the moving of
I the reVeille gun from its accustomed place
TO a position on the plain Immediately in
front OF the superintendent 5 quarters at
the door of which the muzzle was pointed.
The pretext for this demonstration was
q 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, takS1 by board of officers
| convened the following morning. and
which has made long and exhaustive In
vestigation into the affair was the re-
sentiment OF group OF inSubOrdlnate ca
diets of the second class at measures taken
by the superint tendent to enforce the law
forbidding hazing.
at the Military Academy for the March
entrance examinations, 1t became evident
that members of the fourth class were
| disposed to improperly interfere with
them. On March l. Cadet ]. y. Richard
son was detected molesting one, and was
punished. On March q, 1901 Cadet Lieut..
Myron S Crissy. second class, was pun
| ished for 'bracing fourth classmen in the
manner condemned in the report OF the
| Congressional Investigating Committee in
session here last winter. On April l6, 1901,
lot PF1.E a N-FT ole
was punished for hagrant neglect OF
duty.
The evidence taken before the board
shows that the group of cadets referred
to, resentiug the first and second of the
above punishments, began TO engage in Sc
cret meetings in which the superintendent
actions were criticised and condemned
and ugly terms were applied "a him before
other cadets. The evidence shows that
the demonstration was first proposed in
ranks a t parade, Immediately after the or
der furnishing Cadet Ralston was pub
| lished by three cadets prominent in the
group, and the arrangements for il 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 to this report. The findings
give fuller details Of the demonstration
and also name the cadets who institgated
it; those who were prominent in il, and
those who aided and abetted it.
Il have read carefully all the evidence
fngs, and both show that considerable has
yet to be accomplished to implant I'M
cadets the essentials of good discipline
when matters concerning the prOppr
treatment Of new cadets are concerned
This has been a task which has engrossed
my attention for many months, and in
endeaVoTing to attain the desired end and
secure from cadets reasonable regard
for the obligations under which they
serve, the measures resOrted to have COW
cred the several fields Of personal repre-
sentation and persuasion. published orders
ana warning punishments Of different
grades of severity Punishments also
which have seemed to have accomplished
the end in view have been invariably re-
m1tted when the fact became plain.
AS 1t is evident from the facts set
forth above that these measures have not
been fully successful in their purpose |
have the honor now to recommend to the
war Department
First, that the following cadets be dis
missed from the Military Academy.
Henry l.. Bowlby, John a Cleveland.
Traugott f. Keller. Raymond A Linton.
and Birchie o. Mahaffey second class
Second, that the following cadets be
suspended from the Military Academy
without pay until April l. 1902: OIan c.
Aleshlre Benjamin +. Mcclellan James
A shannon, and Charles Telford second
class. and Thomas n. Gimperling and
Harry Hawley, third class OF these ca
diets, those belonging TO the second class
have all been prominent In the insubor-
dinate group of cadets to which reference
IA hf4 q Alra 4 Nfvvur.