The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-25
THE BOOB ENQUIRY CLOSED.
Ex-Cndet Cunnfnsham Testines BE-
fore the Congregational Committee.

| nsA-tuuet tunnfn&hum TeStifcs He
fore the Congregational Committee.
| F. H. Cunningham, teacher In Hamii-
| ton Institute, New York City. formerly a
cadet at West Point. was a witness be-
| fore the House Committee on Hazing yes
| terday. His testimony closed the case
Mr.. Cunningham was the terminate OF
young Macarthur. who was hazed Into
commissions. This case is said to have
been the worst of the Academy. Witness
described the hazing. Iaying a high COM
| pliment to MacArthrr's spirit. An inves-
| ugation followed but amounted TO moth
! ing 1t was conducted by Colonel Mills.
Lieutenant Colonel Helm. and Lieutenant
| Anderson
! Mr.. Cunningham said he resigned be-
| cause he did not think he would like mill
tary life. The reason he did not think he
would care for military life was because
of the brutal hazing of lower class men
! by upper class men and It's influence upon
military life.
What offence did Macarthur commit
that subjected him to hazing?" asked Rep
resentative Smith
His offence was being the son of Cen
eral Macarthur"
Then it was a continuous offence?"
There is no doubt in my mind that it
was his only offence. Dockery claimed
he did not brace sufficiently, but this was
not true as Macarthur always walked
erect"
Macarthur had never boosted of his
parentage. witness said and no upper
class man ever complained that he ex-
hibited undue pride in IT,
Chairman Dick wanted TO know why
Macarthur did not fight instead of sub
uniting to hazing. Witness thought Mac
Arthurs mother was opposed to fighting.
IF understand yCu." said Judge Smith.
accomplishing submission to outrages In
violation of the rules of the Academy is
regarded there as an evidence of cour-
age.
las an evidence of not being fresh,'' re-
piled Cunningham.
Cunningham was also a witness at the
afternoon session.
Representative wanger asked the wit
ness If he had known OF any other cases
of hazing, and he said Cadets Hill, Has
kel, and Kensel had been hazed. Hill
qualified on peach pie and ate SO much
ne had to be attended by the post surgeon
for commissions. Haskell. he said, was
oyer-exercised the same night Macarthur
was hazed. and suffered from convulsions-
KenseI, ne said, had been choked by a
cadet who had hazed him to prevent his
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cnvulsions from over-exercising.
Witness said that he did not know what
the offence which caused these cadets to
be hazed was. Asked II ne had been hazed
the witness said: Not to any extent. I
had been through college and had played
football, so / think they refrained from
hazing me on this account. l also knew
fresh freshman when l saw one. and
think that made a difference. Also the
7 know cnllppe life
On cross-exanination by Representa-
tive briggs. Mr.. Cunningham said he re-
called that Cadet Howe had besn eagled
$50 times and suffered so from it that
when he went into line for the dancing
lesson he was unable to control himself,
and tears ran down his cheeks.
All Of this hazing, he said, occurred in
the hot summer weather after long days
of work. when the victims were in an ex-
hausted condition The witness said that
he and Cadet Crum had given Cadet Ca
ruthers a sweat bath" This consisted
in wrapping the victim in eight blankets
outside his uniform and rain coat and
keeping him in this condition for half an
hour. until he was wet through
Cadet Barry, who has since been dis
charged eagied Cadet Gimberling. witness
said. to such an extent that Barry's class
mates told him 20 quit or Gimberiing
ouiu iehiiieF DetiA > cPiiSu thdt that was
what he wanted. Witness said that the
object was to make them END eagling."
which meant "eagling once after they
were exhausted Gimberling refused to
stop even after 450 eagles. he said. and
Barry told him he could stop when he
wanted to. for he would be called out in
the morning anyhow.
Witness said Cadet Crown qualified" by
eating 135 prunes, and this made him so
sick he was given the "old guard privi-
lege of going to sleep without disturbance
every night for a week.
He said some of the cadets often went
to Y. NJ. C. A. meetings to escape hazing.
He added to the sixty-nine forms Of haz-
ing already scheduled by the committee
the requiring of the plebes to write let
ters TO the friends of upper classmen