The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-06

WRITTEN For THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
The now celebrated Booz hazinE case
makes interesting some description OF Nest
Point experience along the lines covered py
the Testimony developed I'm the inquiry.
West Point men must be cleanly. "IIeoes
are frequently put through all the rue"
forms of a Turkish bath. In their hot tents
on a warm summer day they are SOM
times wrapped In blankets and heavy ram
coats. Then they are put TO bed uI they
have pcrspired freely. Their own COM
rades line on both sides Of the company
street. Buckets Of water are placed IN
their hands. Down the street runs the ~
cited ''plebe." The upper-class men urge
him on. He runs the gauntlet Of the bucket
brigade. and retires 10 his tent Tor Il fuo
down" amid the cheers OF his hazers.
Former Cadet George Mason Lee, the son
OF General Fitzhugh Lee. Is remempereu
for his part I'm a 'plebe' bath. re -"
"a Lieutenant in the army. but Is sun r.
membered at the academy as slam Lee.
The Ldeutenant's cadet namesake Is a Chl-
nese laundryman at Highland FANS
wooden willies' are continuous gun
drills. The name has been halideu ~
from class 20 class since the regime OF az
unpopular superintendent at the academE'
who was particular about the pr.c
with which the gun should be haholed At
drill and dress parade.
The "choo choos' bring the hah1s
cade, fat on the ground. He doubles up
tn,n a croncbing position and shambics
across the grass. In "stretchine u ~. %
hangs from a support. His fun weight is
caast Philip II. Sheridan. Jr.. the son OF
General phil" Sheridan. rode "a his
stick down the company stree "ui"s "
PisDs ~ fnrnr' shouted Cadet Shert-
dan ne he sat astride his brooinsuCh- ~
was forced 10 repeat al inc ~. eamcIs
poem describing General Sherluah
'ia a9,htIp Sheridan also participated In n
.bowi race" Several OF the f heDJs from
ordered TO take their wash po%dS aSHs
their tents. Sheridan and ms IN I'm
niaced the bowls in "a line across Ia onr
pany. street; Each S xoTd s saGso,' from an
washooMI nan the .fplebes' half rose;
LIN the white bowls still In positlom;U hiI!
raced through the enCa ~ ona Of these
sheridan, Jr., has a record TOT one Vi '
YOUNG GRANTS
EXPERIENCES.
IrIv.-.s 9 Grant. the grandson OF Gen
eral Grant. was severely hazed AT une un
% States Military Academy. ne Is ho" |"
student in the third class JIG 'e4S VII"
story Of his experiences: -.
81 was required to do everything tne
other men did. including 'eagiing: iootDln
dips and exercises with dumpoeIls. Ia
dips Included falling on my hands anu
knees and raising and lowering nlySeIl oI
the ground. One exercise was usuaI.y III.
lowed by another. They never Iasl~u h"e
than six or seven minutes.
sThe hazing usually occurred At night
sitter supper. I was hazed IN my own .en,.
TIT upper class men came IN ana t9ld ime
20 do what they said. was quall1ed OF
sammy or molasses. also on prunes anu
cabbage. We had a rat funeral ana a
'gammy' race. I made love to books and
instrIInents at the command OF upper-clacS
II took part in several practical jokes. !
vas compeiled 20 run down the company
street and call out all the members OF the
corps. / had 10 attend 'plebe ~soirees:
where a group OF fourth-class men are all
exercised at one time. one day an order
was given by the upper-class men reduir-
ing all those men who had obtained leave
20 go TO 4 hep at Highland Falls TO appear
''The upper class men also required me
20 do work for them. ! vas required 10 eK-
.rcise by upper-class men because made
blunders. was required TO sit on a locker
with my feet out and holding Indian clubs
I'm my arms because / did not do what 1
was told.
cadet II. s. Smith was dismissed for
. hazing me I'm September. 1899. He ordered
me 20 say what is known as 'teck' and TO
go through 'esgling was also punished
Were you engaged in any hazins during
the last encampmentT' he was asked. -.
questions OF people. I made them brace and
required their services"
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
TOOK THE TURTLE"
Douglas Macarthur. the son Of General
MACARTHUR, VINO Is a STUDENT NJ TIE neau
of the third class at West Point, described
his hazink and its effects.
Il came 10 the Academy I'm June n year
ago. i was haZed. / took the turtle and
made 1t go through the formation OF par
ade, the turtle representing the battalion.
Il had TO go through '~eagling' and wood
en- willies.' i kept them up TIL / Jecame
slightly exhausted. The upper-cldss men
Of US ipiebes' were placed in a tent. the
walls were dropped. and the bedclothes
were wrapped about US. We remained ly-
ing down with the blankets over us for
fifteen or twenty minutes on a hot day. 1
was required TO hang on a stretcner with
my toes on the floor. / became very tired.
j had cramps in my muscles and lost their
control in part through exercising.
The hazing took place In my tent. There
are two reasons for ~hszing-1rst. amuse-
ment. and second. the desire TO reduce a
mans rough edges. 1t is the only way TO
polish the rough edges Of men who come
Week to take the csSnceit out utG OF the a !Pfebes,:
They are quickly cured"
BROTHER FARED.
Cadet Hobson. brother of Lieutenant
Hobson. had a trying experience in THE
sinking of the Merrimac." He was ordered
TO plunge into a bathtub and sink small
Where are your he was asked.
This is Santiago Hsrbor." he was ex-
What are you doing?" he was next
sinking the Merrimac," he said. as he
plunged the chip again below the surface
OF the water In the bathtub.
Cadet Hobson was also the central fig
ure In a West Point kissing bee. He was
told to give a "Hobson" to the trees about
camp. At this he fondly en-
braced a giant oak and pressed his lips to
the rough bark.
LEWIS NIXON DEPRECATEs
: CERTAIN FORMS OF HAZING.
"When l went to the Naval Academy in
lsls- said Lewis Nixon, "hazing Of a hurt
past. While in former years cadets had
been made to Ft in dangerous positions on
window stills, drink ink, jump inta ice-cold
water and be partly smothered between
mattresses. the punishment had been so Sc
we're upon conviction that the hazing had
degenerated into a mild form OF running or
badgerins that served more than anything
else TO bring cadets into certain lines Of
traditional procedure. and when a cadet
showed a disposition TO comply with the I'M
written laws regulating the status of a
fourth-class MAJ he could go through the
hrst year without being subjected TO any
physical mistreatment.
A fourth-class man must say sir TO any
upper-class man when communicating with
him In any way, and in order 10 fix this I'm
his mind be Is kept stirring almost con-
stsntly during bis first months at the acad-
every letter when spelling his name. and In
a little while he is fortunate II he does
not use the word when talking TO the mess
boys.
class men, were not permitted TO drink
during the summer. and. having the run of
the academy that summer when all the up
per-class men were away, we drank milk
as we liked When the term began, at the