The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-01-06

cadets safety in hazins or fighting 70 the
mere matter OF the authorities not even getting
wind OF IL or having their suspicious aroused
As an almost universal rule the cadet.
who come to the Academy come fully, m
formed as TO the hazins, 9rdeals 90 when
TO the neutral attitude they must nsslni.,
toward the practice; which they IRE toln
/, sh as b T,1 as zone sne bsesfaSaHee mby ay 1;'' been no c Sm'pe cd
TO submit and which they Themselves need
not hope to avoid. much less openly resist
before the Court Of Inquiry last week. that
the preparatory school at Highland .fails
prepares candidates in hazins As vel as in the
imps who are sent to this school there pfar:
tice upon NV comers the same 'bracing,
c cs1srG''i Sssndis and va stnfidai ' ali thsiri o SI}"
TO which the plcbes are supposed to be sub
iected. durine their first summer IN camp
Col. Mills struck at this Preparatory halins
practice a. at one OF the roots, OF the eyI
as il existed in the Academy itself. should
always be 1ndeI.t9Gd, Of S9nr's; mat ,ns
as vigorously concealed from tn. manage
nent Of the school as n Oh. cade, hazlng
&" pr inc sp" Of The S schooi CAV. material
aid to col Mills in the effort 20 e~xterminatc
the. evil, root and branch The Ing land
Falls hazing Is u the hand, OF 2 secret society
called the Hodcarriers. and Col, Mills learned
the name Of the President Of this august
body and had him before hun with the rr,lJt
each aspirant to Hodcarriar honors must
subscribe before he Is admitted to the Or
and ahominable composition, the COLONEL
showed 10 members IT the cadet corps, with
the result that i had the tendency AMONG
Them 20 create disgust for tIe entire hatins
business. which J.. relied upon in the end 10
uproot the practice in III" Academy
Many or the new cadets, ,msh' coming 20
teries OF hs2ing and with their mlnds pre-
AIRED To submit to " ms a, matter OF course,
preparation and the force Of tradition that
40 little attempt at resistance have been
however. and several Of them have had ser
ious results in moro ways than on" inns
particularly has been the case where ~ "r
pranka upon plobe sentrles when they w"r"
on duty. 4 Ilebe sentry walking his post
Is IN precisely the sane attitude legally a
a sentry In time OF war dong DUTY beIor"
the enemy. II he is molested he may shoot
or stab with n bayonet and shoot or stab
10 kill only n few years ago cadet Irwin,
then a plsbe. rose ny Ia the dignity OF ms
position in this respect - effectively that he
sent an uppef Classman, Cadet SERVER. e"
the hospital with a bayonet thrust in his
thigh that kept him under medical EAR Tor "A
month. A. soon a h" r"'"''Ied ne va,
academy. BY the irtc.n"7ltl"n nt tadot
Twins father at the Wlr Department IA
Washington SERVER was restored lie graz
ulted and IL now DOING good service" IN th"
Nothing was done with Cadet Irwin, any
more than there would have been had h"
killed SERVER uutrI ght. for he was wholly
WITHIN the liLes Of hi duty
There was still another case whore p pioh"
cadet from Texas gave an upper rlt--WHu %
savage iab with his h7yOr"t IN NH InSi1un"
IT" wound was not 80 severe, hut -" injured
cadet wa- able To- attend to hl- duties, and
he vas doCtored through 10y hi fellow upper
cla-smcu IN camp TIL" pl"h".e bafonr',
however. one OF the light, uld-tishIpn"d,
tAree-Cornerrd style. was bent ~ giving
the thrust and this led t. an Investigation
and severe punishment OF a." upper cl1-s-
man =, that the practice of PLAYING prar-
teal jokes IN plehe s"utlnels carries. With II
more dangers than one. for An armed N"uirE
doing his duty IL always q more "r les TICK
lisn customer TO fool with Md vet W."
"devil'ing. ~ II is called. II ploh" -"uiIn"Is
constantly goes on
Not 80 very long AGO there vas ucor ~"
camp n deep pit now filed NJ WITH rubbish
and il WINS bv no means an M common prnuN
to tie plpbe s"utries hand and foot and. Win
Their guns dashed fast To- them, roll them
down into this hole. whcrc they lay helpless
urtll released