Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-22
CADETS DISMISSED
Punishment for Mutinous Demonstra-
ton at West Point.
REPORT OF COL. MILLS APPROVED
Rigorous Means Adopted to Crush
Out Hazing.
HISTORY OF THE TROUBLE

The action of the War Department in the
matter of the recent troubles at the Mill
tary Academy is shown in the following
order which was made public at the de-
partment this morning:
WAR DEPARTMENT,
"WASHINGTON May 81, 1901.
"By direction of the President the follow
ing named cadets of the second class,
United States Military Academy, are, upon
recomm endation of the superintendent OF
the academy, dismissed from the service of
the United States: Henry l.. Bowlby, John
A. Cleveland, Traugott F. Keller, Raymond
A. Linton, Brchie O. Mahaffey.
1.-The following named cadets of the
United States Military Academy are, upon
recommendation of the superintendent of
the academy, suspended, without pay, until
April l. 1902: Second class, Olan c. Ale
shire. Benjamin F. Mcclellan, James A.
Shannon. Charles Telford; third class,
Thomas n. Gimperlng. Harry Hawley.
"ELIHU ROOT,
''Secretary of War
Subsequently the following memorandum
was issued in regard to the dismissed and
suspended cadets, showing the congression-
al districts from which they were appoint
ed:
Dsmissed-Henry l.. BoWby Of Crete,
fourth congressional district of Nebraska,
appointed by Representative Stark; John A.
Cleveland of Linden, first congressional dis
trict of Alabama, appointed by Representa-
tive Taylor; Traugott f. Keller of New
York city. seventh congressional district of
New York, appointed by Representative
Nehsage: Raymond A. Linton of Saginaw,
eighth congressional district of Michigan,
appointed by Representative Linton; Bir-
chic O. Mahaffey of TeXarkana, fourth
congressional dist trict of TeSaS 9DDpiOt q
by Representative Crawford.
Suspended-Second class: Olan c. Ale
shire of La Harpe, fifteenth congressional
district of Illinois. appointed by Represent
ative Marsh Benjamin f. Mcclellan of
Tallulah, fifth congressional district of
Louisiana. appointed by Representative
Boatner; James A. Shannon of Duluth
sixth congressional district of Minnesota,
appointed by Representative Morris; Chas.
Talford of Bountiful. congressional district
Of Utah. appointed by Representative King.
Dayton, third congressional district OF
Ohio appointed by Representative Bore
man. Harry Hawley of Troy, nineteenth
congressional district of New York, ap-
pointed by Representative Cochrane.
A Lesson to Hazers.
Adjutant General Corbin, in giving out
the list of military cadets dismissed and
suspended this morning, said that that dis
posed of all the cases of that character be-
ioit TIE tepdi tllleilt, anu tIldI So lar dS MS
information went there would be no further
proceedings at the Military Academy
against any other cadets for alleged par
ticipation in the recent mutinous demon
stration.
The usual course of procedure was dis
pensed with in these cases. The five cadets
named above We're peremptoriy dismissed
without the usual court-martial proceed
lngs. In their cases the superintenden
acted upon the report.of board of inves-
tigatlon and his action was approved by
the Secretary of War This course was
taken in view of the serious character Of
the offense in question and is intended to
teach the cadets a lesson.
They will now understand that the reg
ulat1ons of the academy are to be enforced
and that any serious violations will be fol-
lowed by summary action.
The law under which the department has
acted was enacted at the last session Of
congress, as the result of the sensational
disclosures In the case of ex-Cadet Rooz
and others. The statute provides as fol-
lowG:
That the superintendent of the Military
Academy shall make such rules, to be ap-
proved by the Secretary of War as will
eHectualy prevent the practice of hazing
and any cadet found guilty of participating
IN or encouraging or countenancing such
practice shall be summarily expelled from
the academy, and shall not thereafter be
reappointed to the corps of cadets or be
eligible for appointment as a commissioned
ofhcer In the army or navy or marine
corps until two years after the graduation
| of the class of which he was a member
Report of Col. Mills.
The action of the War Department was
| based on report made by Col. A. L. Mills,
| superintendent of the Military Academy, to
| the adjutant general of the army dated
the 10Th instant, of which the following Is
a copy:
Il have the honor to report that at dusk
| on the evening of April 16 1901, Immediate
| y after the dismissal of the battalion of
| cadets on its return from supper, a large
| number of cadets became engaged in an in
| subordinate demonstration directed at the
| superintendent of the Military Academy
| The demonstration took place in the main
sally port 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 superintendents quarters. 1t
| consisted OF cheers, ending with the names
| OF two recently punished cadets, several
| profane yels directed at the superintendent
4 and the moving of the reveille gun from its
| accustomed place to position on the plain
Immediately in front of the superintend-
| entS quarters, at the door of which the
! muZzle was pointed
| THE pretext for this demonstration was
a punishment awarded Cadet Robert R.
| Ralston. second class, in orders published
| at parade that evening. The actual cause
| as established by the testimony of cadets
| under cath, taken by board Of officers
| convened the following morning, and which
has made a long and exhaustive investiga-
| tion into the affair, was the resentment of
| a group of irsubordinate cadets of the sec
| ond class at measures taken by the superfn-
| tendent to enforce the law forbidding haz-
| ing.
Punishment of Hazers
| when the civilian candidates reported at
the Military Academy for the March en-
trance examinations 1t became evident
that members Of the fourth class were dis
posed to improperly interfere with them
On March 1 Cadet ]. B. Richardson was
detected molesting one and was punished
| On March q, 1901, Cadet Lieut.. Myron s.
Crissy, second class, was punished for
| 'bracing fourth classmen in the manner
| condemned in the report of the congress
| sional investigating committee in session
| here last winter. On April 16, 1901 Cadet