Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-19
whipped by a plebe," interiected Mr..


fight him, but chose to do my own
fighting" said Caples.
Was he a bigger man."
"No, sir; he did not have any de-
cided advantage"
You say Clark swore at your" said
Mr.. briggs.
Then, in my opinion, you werep err
fectly justified in calling him out,
said the Brooklyn Congressman.
That is not necessarily the opinion
of the rest Of the committee, hape,
said Judge Smith.
Cadet Leo Israel Samuelson, of Tex
as, testified that he was Jew, that
he had never been interfered with by
cadets on account of his religion, and
knew OF no cadets who had been SO
interfered with
Cadet Samuel Frankenburger, Of
West Virginia, corroborated the testi-
mony Of the previous witness.
Rev. Herbert Shipman, Protestant
Episcopal chaplain to the cadets said
the moral tone of the cadet corps
compares favorably with that of any
other institution Of which he knew.
The witness said there was absolute
ly no religious intolerance among the
cadets
Cadet Truman w. Carruthers, OF
Illinois, was called out within the first
month for disobeying orders given
him by upper class men.
He fought with Cadet shannon and
had his jaw broken in the second
round. He was called before the SUI
perintendent and asked several ques-
lions in regard to the manner in which
he had his jaw broken. He declined
to answer questions on the ground
that they were discriminating in char
acter. He admitted having hazed sew
eral fourth class meu last year. He
exercised about fifteen cadets.
Cadet Francis II, Farnum, Of Penn
Sylvania, said he had been hazed for
being "B. j.
'7B. j." in the cadet vernacular
means fresh before June of the year
following the entrance of cadet.
Cadet "A. j. Lynch, Of New York said
the scrapping committee" had refus-
ed on three occasions to allow fourth
class men to be called out on the
grounds that the ohensas were not OF
sufficient gravity,
When a man is called out by the
committee can he get out of tighung?"
asked the chairman.
Yes, sir, he can simply refuse to
go into it, replied the witness.
Gen. Dick suoOQ his finger at the
witness ana said slowly:
Don't you know that he did so he
would be cut and ostracised by the
whole CORPSE"
Yes, sir, said the witness in an ar
gumentative tone, at the same time
| shaking his finger at the General, and
rightly so. The man who would re-
| fuse to fight man of his own size and
| weight has no business in the army.
Give me a man OF my own size and
| weight and III fight him" said Lynch,
The witness went on to tell OF fight
ing with either fists or weapons, and
said the French code gave man a
| chance OF defending his honor
Gen Dick quietly reminded the young
| man that the United States authori-
| ties had not sent him to France for
his military education and gave him
| some friendly advice to OBEY the laws
and regulations Of the academy.
Cadet Henry A. Meyer, Jr Of Ar
| kansas, said that he had no recOlicc-
| ton of calling former cadet Albert
jew
If you asked Cadet bert what his
nationality was and he answered that
| he was an American what would you
| do?"
Il would tell him lat he was a
Jew"
III you called Albert a Jew, were
you rejecting on his religion?"
mo, sir I would just call Jew
| Jew, the same as / would call in Irish
man an Irishman was the reply.
Name some OF those you hazed,"
said Mr.. briggs.
The witness looked at the list and
said:
Cadets Sheridan Hobson. Heinrichs.
| LOney, Vernon, MunrOe and Behkop."
In the case Of Vernon, Meyers said
that the cadet fell on box on which
he was sitting holding out Indian clubs
after doing about one hundred eagles
and other exercises.
DO you think it was fair Of you to
! haze a smaller man into such a condi-
! ton, and not give him medical aid ?"
| II don't know, sir"
Suppose a man like Jim Jeffries
hazed you into that condition with the
threat that if you refused to do as di-
rected you would have to fight him, do
you think that fair?'
/ Meyer did not answer this question;
! it was evidently too much for him.
| Cadet Louis G. Brinton, Jr Of Penn
sylvania, was asked.
7 did you ever know man To 90
through this academy without being
hazed?"
4 I heard of one; / cannot remember
his name, but ! think be was 'plebe'
in 1855"
| why did he escape all bazing?"
"He whipped every man who was
pitted against him. SIR. He fought
five men in one day. and In all he
licked about thirty said .Brinton.
is there a monument erected at the
I post to his memory" asked Mr. Wan
ger
NO, sir"
Well, then there should be-"
Orders for Engines.
ALTOONA. Pa. January E.-The
Pennsylvania railroad has placed orders
for fOrty-ome new engines ~ various de-
signs and intended for several divisions,