The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-01-06
TO QUIZ CADETS AGAIN.
CONGRESS TO CLEAN STRAW A.
READY THRESHED.
War Court Satisfied That HaninE Had Nothing
Ia DO with Doors Death At the same
Time the Brutal Practices Are Denounced
Fist Fights a Fair Field for inquiry.

Fist Fights a Fair Field for inquiry.
WEST PoINT. Jan According to the
programme NJ NJ present arranged the Con-
gressional Committee to investigate the
Booz "a se. will begin it, sessions here on
Monday next There j. a good deal Of Curl
o~ity to know just, how II will conduct its
line uf inquiry The court Of army officers
that adjourned here last saturday went
through ,ue Academy So Thoroughly that IL
il dinic.lt 20 soc lust what the congressman
have left for them to do unless 1t il to thre.h
over all the straw that the Army Court OF
Inquiry apparently exhausted
This will bc Il tedious process and can lead
tn little result AZ far as facts bearing on the
treatment " the late Cadet Oscar Boo2 while
he was here ar. concerned On this point
the testimony Of all the cadets was unani-
nous and IL il safe to say that every member
of thp army court went away conscientiously
, convinced that Boo2's death had not even
a remote cpnnec,ion with any hazing 20 which
h." Nas subjected here. and that so far from
brlus specially singled out for torment he
wa- subjected to less ANNOYANCE than the
large ma. nritv Of his class In fact. the In
Nos'igntiou IN the end. IN 2 certain way. in
evitably drifted from the specific case Of Booz
To- the subject NJ ha1ing In general. and what
l. closely connected with hazing the fist
-'
"a engage In IL he refuses t. submit 10 ordeals
which the upper classmen impose upon him
In the matter Of these fights there Is for
the Congressman a possible field 81 inquiry
Tint may add 10 the cadet lore which the
army court nccumulat"d NJ three mem
hcrs of the latter BODY inquired INFINITELY
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