Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-19

"When a cadet Is called out anu az
refusal 10 comply with the requhe
nents OF an upper classman anu ~
lights once does that settle lti i ~,
~ ne hazed or made to fight again
~ does not settle IT, sir. Ihey az
hazed and may have 10 nghl asSiii'
know one who had to fight TWICE.
'Who ~ he2' .n rbs
Cadet Coley Of my class, ST, ! ~ ~,
witness was unable to add 70 lne la ~
forms Of hazlng or eXercislhs Vd liz, ai,e
the COMMITTEES has now my 'h'"'
methods recorded, - -, Missouri
cadet william @, Caples OF mlsso ~,
was sworn. Judge smith Ieau 4Ne' va wa
list OF 1fty-uIne forms oil ha@lsh 49, a.,
asked the witness how many Gt , ILL
were In vogue IN the camp Oh 1891 "'N''
he was fourth-class lnan' -, ,r,,ut
Cadet Caples said he knew OF ABOUT
forty Of these being prac'ceu WIG" "e
was IN his plebe year aun,on
mia Won ever take part In tghtf'
a,,,ad t,doe smith Of Cadet Caples'
"Ves eir when / was third class
man I fought Cadet Clark. fourih
nisssman because he swore at me IN
he barracks. ] was whipped replica
"That Is strange. an upper classmah
yyninne meg by a plebe," interjected Mr..
Smith
"He was a good boxer -, ..,s
you say Clark swore at your said
Mr.. briggs.
Eyes, sir
"Tben IN my opinion YOU were per-
fectly Justified" said the Brooklyn con-
gresham.
s"Tbat Is not necessarily the opinion
~ he rest Of the committee. / nope
said Judge smith. &C.
"Sow. before you are excused, MrCa.
ples. Is there anything else you wouid
yisb TO say TO the c0mmitteeF SAID
Mr. Dick.
class ought 90 be judged on It's record
mill n reaches the frst-class stage. II
ebould be remembered that up TO us
first GLASS year II acts always under
The ultelage OF the first class, ] think
our last camp was remarkably free
from hazine and exercising Of every
kind
that last summers camp showed
marked improvement in that respect
said Gen. Dick.
cadet Eli samuelson Of Texas and
Samuel Frankenburg Of West VIZ
qinia testified that they were Jews ana
that they had never been interfered
with By cadets on account Of their re-
lgion
Rev. Herbert shlpman, Protestant
Episcopal chaplain TO the cadets, said
the moral tone Of the cadet corps com
pared favorably with that Of any other
institution II which he knew. witness
said there was absolutely no religious
intolerance among the cadets.
Cadet Truman w. Carruthers Of IT,
llnols said he was called out within the
first month for disObeylng orders given
him by upper classmen lie fought with
| Cadet shannon and had his Jaw broken
In the second round He was called be
fore the superintendent asked several
questions IN regard TO the manner in
which he had his jaw broken. He had
declined TO answer questions, on the
ground that they were discriminating IN
character He admitted having haze1
several fourth classrnen last year He
| exercised about fifteen cadets.
Cadet A. l.. Lynch Of New York said
| the scrapping committee had refused
on three occasions to allow fourth class
cadets 20 be called out on the ground
that the offenses were not Of sufficient
gravity.
when a man IS called out by the
committee can he get out Of lighting"
asked the chairman
Yes, sir; he can simply refuse 10 go
into t." replied the witness
Gen Dick shook his finger at the wit
ness and said slowly: Don't YOU know
that n he did so he would be cut and
ostraclsed by the whole corpse
yes. SIR" said the witness. In an
argumentatlye tone at the same time
shaking his finger at the general, "and
rightly so. The man who would refuse
TO fight a man Of his own size and
weight has no business In the army
Give me a man sof my own size and
weight and I'm fight him. said Lynch
The witness went on 10 tell Of fight
ing with either fists or weapons. and
said the French code gave a man
chance Of defending his honor
Gen. Dick quietly reminded the young
man that the United States authorities
had not sent him TO France for his mill
itary education and gave him some
friendly adyaice 20 obey the laws and
regulations OF the army.
Cadet Henry NJ. Myer Jr,, OF Ar
kansas. told Of hazing plebes. In the
case Of Cadet Vernon Myers said that
the cadet fell off box on which he
was sitting. holding out Indian clubs
after doing about 100 eagles and other
exercises.
do you think II was fair OF you to
haze a smaller man into such condi-
ton and not give him medical ADJ
he was asked. Il do not know, sir
Suppose a man like Jim Jeffries
hazed you into that condition with the
threat that II you refused to do as d.
rected you would have to fight him. do
you think that fair?'
Myers did not answer this question.
II was evidently too much for him.
Cadet Louis Brinton. Jr, Of Pennsyl-
vania was asked: Did you ever know
man TO go through this academy
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