Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-01-12
TRUTH COMING OUT.
Some Cadets Tell of Brutal
Hazings.
MIR. briggs GAVE A WARNING.
Declared 1t Was the Intention That the
Country should BE Correctly Informed.
Intention OF Committee to Make Wit
Testify.

West Point. Jan. 12-The congress.
sional committee Investigating tie
causes of the deaths Of Cadets Booz
and Breth and making inquiries re-
garding the practice of hazing at the
military institute, decided that every
witness called must answer any ques-
tions put to him. Congressman
briggs, of Brooklyn. said during the
course of the nearing:
I'VE are here as representatives to
get all the facts, not only in the cases
of Cadets Booz and Breth, but in
every particular regarding hazing in
the mess hall or any other place in
this institution. The academy Is on
trial and every one connected with
it and we intend to show the coun-
try the truth Of the matter and hazing
must 60
Cadet Spalding of Michigan, In his
testimony, said in part that Mr..
Huetzler, of the class of 1902, an I'M
popular man, had been dismissed on
account of dement's. Witness admit
ted that officers We're inclined to ig-
more delinquencies except in cases of
unpopular men. He was asked:
did you ever know of case of
hazing In the hospitalY
II have heard of some things going
on there. There may have been some
funny formations. / never heard OF
any one being punished by the au-
thorities for hazing III the hospital.
Cadet John *. Herr, of New Jer-
sey said he had known of funny for
nations in the hospital, but he knew
of no hazing there, and had never
heard of any cadet being punished
for hazing in the hospital. Witness
hazed when ever he got a chance,
Cadet Grant being among his vic
tins.
The witness said he had been dis
missed from the academy about a
year ago, but had gone to Washing
ton and secured his reinstatement.
His dismissal was connected with
hazing offenses, Of which the author
| tiles had become cogni2ant
Cadet @. n. Tyler, of Maryland,
testified he had been eagled 400 times
for no offense at all, required TO hang
| from stretcher and do other things.
He came near fainting. Witness re-
fused ut first to tell who hazed him,
but the committee decided that he
must answer, and he did, saying Ca
DIET Evans. since expelled, and Cadet
were the hazers.
"Who hazed MeArthurY
.There were two men, of whom
Cadet Dockery was one
Tyler told of the hazing of Carpen-
ter. one of his classmates. Cadet
Meyer, Of the present first class, in
desist Carpenter was put to bed
suffering from muscular commissions.
He was also hysterical and delirious.
"What about McArthur?"
"He was the worst case, sir. He
had commissions. and it took quite a
while to bring him around. | saw
him in bed whmpering Historically"
Cadet Edward III. Dearmond. of
Missouri. said he had given Is drops
of tropical pepper sauce to Cadets
Pegram and Rose1le, but to no 9th
ers. He never heard of any hazing
being done in the hospital, but had
heard of funny formations there.
He also hazed Williams. who was af-
forwards dismissed. and n cadet
named Davis. Congressman briggs
asked the young Missourian to listen
to his reading three words and their
meanings from the dictionary. The
words were "barbarous.' brutal
and Cruel"
"Now. which Of these describes the
form Of hazing practieed by West
Point upper class men when maa
is n,lrished to the limit of his endur.
ance?"
an such extreme cases" said the
witness, 81 should say cruelty de
sctihes It best because it causes
pain"