The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-12
West POINT IS ON TRIAL
SAYS CONGRESSMAN briggs. ANN
HAzING AT THE ACADEMY
MUST STOP
ARE HAzED INTO MYSTERIES
Testimony Shows That the Practice
Is No Joke for It's Victims
Unpopular Cadets Forced
to Resign.

WEST POINT, n. Y, Jan. 1.-THE
congressional committee investigating the
causes of the deaths Of Cadets Booz and
Breth and making inquiries regarding the
practice of hazing at the military insti-
tute decided today that every witness
called must answer any questions put to
him. Congressman briggs, of Brooklyn,
said during the course of the hearing:
I'VE are here as representatives to get
all the facts, not only in the cases Of
Cadets Booz and Breth, but in every par
ticular regarding haZing in the mess hall
or any ether place in this institute The
academy is on trial and every one con-
nected with 1t and we intend to show
the country the truth of the matter and
haZing must go.''
These are the lines on which the COM
mittee is endeavoring to pursue its in
Vestigation and consequently today's ses-
s1ons were more than usually interesting.
STANDING FIGHT COMMITTEE.
Cadet George r. spalding, of Michigan,
who acted as time keeper at the Keller
Bcoz fight, was the first witness called
and was examined by Congressman Wan
ger. He said he was an eX-off1cio mem
Der of the "scrapping committee" being
vice president of his class.
rs that standing committee?"
Eyes, sir, but there is not as much use
The testimony then reverted to the
Bookseller fight, bringing out nothing
new.
Cadet Spalding said that Heutzler, of
the class of 1902, an unpopular man. had
been dismissed on account of dement's.
Witness admitted that officers were in
clined to ignor delinquencies except in
cases of unpopular men.
Cadet John K. Herr, of New Jersey,
said he had heard Of funny formations in
the hospital, but he knew of no hazlng
in the hospital Witness haze5 when
ever he got chance, Cadet Grant being
among his victims The witness said he
had been dismissed from the academy
about a year, but had gone to Wash
ington and secured his reinstatement
His dismissal was connected with hazing
offenSes, of which the authorities had be-
come cognizant.
Cadet O. N Tyler, of Maryland, testi-
fed he had been eagled 400 times for no
offense at all, made to hang from a
stretcher and made to do other things.
He came near faiHting. Witness refused
to tell at first who hazed him, but the
committee decided he must answer, and
he did, saying Cadets Evans, since ex-
PEELED, and Cadet ]. A. Barry, Of the
present first class, were the hazers.
who hazed McArthur?"
.'There were two men, of whom Cadet
Dockery was one
HAZED INTO MYSTERIES.
Tyler told of the hazing of Carpenter,
one of his classmen, and Cadet Meyer,
of the present first class, interrupted the
hazers and made them desist Carpenter
was put to bed suffering from muscular
commissions. He was also hysterical and
delirious
what about McArthur?"
HE was the worst case here. He had
commissions, and it took quite a while
to bring him round. saw him in bed,
whimpering Historically"
Cadet Edward H. De Almond, of Mis-
suori, said he had given fifteen drops of
tropical pepper sauce to Cadets Pegram
and Roselle, but to no others. He never
heard of any hazing being done in the
hospital, but had heard of funny forma-
lions there. He also hazed Williams,
who was afterwards dismissed, and a ca
Diet named Davis. Congressman briggs
asked the young Missourian to listen to
his reading three words and their mean
fngs from the dictionary. The words
We're: "Barbarous," brutal and
"cruel."
Now. which of these describes the
form of hazing practiced by West Point
upper class men when a man Is punished
to the limit of his endurance?"
In such extreme cases. said the wit
ness, I should say cruelty describes it
best. because 1T causes pain"