The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-23

missed from the military academy az
the result Of the rscert disturbances I
there are Henry l.. Bolby, Nebraska;
John a. Cleveland, Alabama, Trangett
=. Teller rev York Raymond a. bfn-
ton. Michigan; BTehie @. Mahanertg,
Texas. All these. cadets are of the ser
Ond class.
The following cadets have been sus- T
Pended. Olau @. Aleshirei Illinois; Ben /
Ja1utn j.. Mcclellan, mississippi. James !
a. shannon. Minnesota. Charles Tel
5ora u tah. of Inc second class also
thomds n Gimperiiug, ohio, and Har- (
~ HaWley New ork. of the third
class. These cadets are suspended
without pay until April L 1902.
The order OF dismissal is signed by
secretary Root and states that it SIS Is
sued -by direction of the pies dent upon
recommendation of the suDerintedeut
or the military academy" The same
language IS used regarding the suspeu-
There was no court martial Of these
cadets, but under the law the secre-
iaiy mas The power 20 dismiss or sus-
pend cadets upon recommendation of
the superlntaRdeut. a board of officers
in tIis paE.tc ular case was appointed,
which made "a thorough examination OF
The disturbances. The board reported
the Facts Go the superintendent and he
mgde his report and RECOMMENDATION
10 the secretary Of war and upon this
The secretary acted
Following is the report Of Colonel a +
j. 2ltlls, superintendent or the military
academy upon which was based the
action of the sec. stary of war, DIS
missing five caaets and suspendtng six
others Tor a year A,oloneI Mills says.
Tells Of the Trouble.
,'T have the honor IA report that at
dusk, on the evening Of April Is, 1901.
battalion OF cadets on its return from
supper large number Of cadets be-
came engaged in an fusubOrdina1e d8m-
onstration directed at the superimten-
dent OF the military academy The
demons tratlo took place in the ioein
sally port OF cadet barracks. thea in
fne area of the barracks, in the sink.
ON the plain north Of barracks and
dnally in 'front.' OF the superintendent
quarters Tt consisted or cheers, end
iug with the names of two. recently
punished cadets5 several profaHe yeiis
directed at the superintendent AID the
Cusromed place to Il uosition on the
plain iu,tUe Iidrely IN front of the SUI
periuteudents Quarters at the door Of
which the muzzle was pointed- s-
The -reteKt Tor .nis instrumentation
was q punishment awarded cadet Rob
ert r. EaIstou, second class, lG orders
pueds6ed at parade ip the -evening,
The actual cause, as established by the
testimony Of cadets under oath, taken
Dy board o. officers rconvened the
follow ing morning and which has made
lIIL and EAlatIfH-ahee. IILN ION
into the affairs, was che res ntu1snt. Of
a group of insub0Edinate cadets Of the
second class mt measures token by tle
superiutendent % enforee the law for
bidding hazing.
When the civilian candidates report
ed az rne military academy FOR The
March entrance examinations, II, be-
came evident that members OF the
fourth class. were disposed to impr0p-.
er}y interfere with them on March
]. cadet j. y. RIchards9n was detected
m0lesting one and was punished
on March %. 1901. Cadet lieutenant
AyUOn : Crissy, second class, Was
punished for 'braCing fourth class pneue
in the manner condemned in the report
ofrRe congressional inves tiga.ting. cuIl-
mites in session here tast winter On
April -. 1901, Cadet Rohert r. ,I2alstorl,
SECOND class was punished for a flag
rant neglect OF duty.
Resented the Punishment.
''The evidence taken .Before the board
shows tbat the group ofCadets referred
10, resehting- the INST and second Of
gage In secret meetings. 40 which the
EuDerinuendsnf' S acU0ns were criticised
end condemned ard ugly terms were
applied to him before other cadets. The
evidence shows tldt ne deH19fsi.Tation
was first proposed in ranks - parade
iulrnptifatelv after thT order uTnishiug
Cadet Ralston was published, by cbree
cadets prominent fin the groups and tne
LllsfELs TOT DO were llLll tllsAr'A AAL
the mess han for supper
FL have read carefully all the evil
dence taken by the board Of inYestt-
eating officers. IL supports the Hrid-
vet t. be accomplished to implapt IN
cadets me essentials OF good discipline
when matters concerning the proper
treatment OF new cadets are concerned.
crossed my attention for many months.
end On endcavortnE - attain the de-
sired end and secure from cadets q rea-
E0nabie regard Tor the obligations un-
reported 10 have covered Che several
fields of personal representation. ans
persuasion. published orders and warn
ing pants lu1entS of diueTlnt grades OF
severity Punfshmcurs also which have
seemed TO have accomplished the end
in view have been invariably remitted
when the fact became plain
The superinte dent then gives the
names Of the cadets recommended for
5ismissaI and suspension, and adds:
Broke Their Promises.
"Of these cadets. those belonging to.
the second class have ali been prom
incnt fn the tnsuboruinate group Of ca
dots to which reference has been u1adsE
Cadets Gimperliag and Hawley were
engaged last summer. with other Ca-
diets of the third class in a di5respect-
ful Demonstration against an officer.
The punishment awarded the partici-
pants was reraitted on the voluntary
expression Of regret from the class for
the matter. aDd its promise to abstain
for the future from such affairs.
With references TO other cadets who
participated in the affair adeeaate
punishmenS .ese rs awarded thea here
Many undoubtedly hssd no int nti0n o&
beng fnsubordinate Ia their ACTON. and
each win BE dealt wit tn according to IBIS
conduct, taking thik fully INTO ceRsid-
ess.s5n.
There are other sl1b5ecs, SUN IS
class meetings and similar matters,
which tbes evidence ana findings Show
require attention These willie receive
careful attention here and then Cther
gteps VIII be taiSen, within he p0W'srs
Of the superintendent to break ND ciass
organ{zations as FEATURES in Gistipiine
cine main Issue h1weeer IS clear
ana has no parIicular new phases. It