The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-08
MADE TO SIT ON
BAYONET POINT
Cadet Declared to Have Been
Thus Treated.
ALSO FORCED TO
USE SOAP AS DIET
Breth and BOOz Said to Have
Fared Badly.

Philadelphia, Jan. According TO
the testimony adduced before the con-
gressionaI investigating committee,
which is inquiring into the charges OF
hazing at the West Point military
academy. oscar L. BOoz of Bristol, Pa,
and John f. Breth, Of Altoona, Pa
had a rough time of il during their
--pIebe" year at that institution. The
star witness of the day was Cadet An
thony J. Burnam, jr-s of Frankfort
Ky. son of Judge Burnam, Of the court
Of appeals of the state Of Kentucky,
who was Booz's tentmate while in
camp The committee also heard for
the first time Testimony in regard TO
the experiences of BreJh from the lips
Of his father and family. tomorrow
the Breth family viii submit turther
evidence ia letters from the cadet "hlle
he was at West Point,
The committee VIII probably conclude
its work here tomorrow and will begin
the taking of testimony Of the cadets
al West Point Wednesday.
Calls Booz a Nice Boy.
Rurnam was the first witness called.
1898. He asked BOOZ TO become his tent
mate when they went into camp IN
July of that year. Oscar .BOOz, he said,
was a nice sort Of young man and up 10
the standard of other cadets The older
cadets had a lot of fun with BOOZ on
account of his name. The upper class
men and q cadet named BettlSon IN
particular, Burnam said, ordered new
cadets to do various things TO see II
the new men would obey them. BOOz
did some things asked of him, but nm
ally refused 10 do 50, believing the
thId class men were only trying To
hdrass him He was ordered out to
fight by the fighting committee"
Burnsm did not know any members Of
the committee After the contest
Burnam saw ROOZ lying in his tent
lie looked detected and had been cry
ing BooZ told n m he had been call
al cut" and that he had received a
blow in the stomach which rendered
him absolutely helpless. BuTnam said
other cadets said that BOoz had laid
down" The upper class men kept
tauutinE him, saying he would make
Eu soldier. This was kept up until he
resigned.
Claims Odds Were Uneven.
Burnan said Eooz. like all other
fourth class men. was always tired out
10y the severe routine of camp. Keller,
his opponent i'm the fight, was an eN-
pert with his fists, Burnam said. and
was d fine gyr-nast. BOOz studied very
little on account OF his eyes hurting
him. ON this account he stood low in
his class.
oscar told Burnam how upper class
men fold him tBOoZ) TO take tObasCO
sauce. Booz, said Burnam, was given
a small bottle of tobascO sauce and told
10 take all Of il before he left the table
took 10 =rtnRrffrFl
casion, Booz told him that he put a lot
OF the sauce ON "a piece of steak in
tending not 10 eat it. An upper class
man noticed this and ordered BOOz to
eat the steak oscar told Burnam the
SUN was running his stomach.
Burnam said he had taken tobascO
sauce, but never more thar drop at a
time He did Not know that physical
violence had ever been used To induce
Eooz TO take il. He said.
"BoOz was very unpopular and if he
had made a complaint he would have
been treated still worse"
DO not the officers Of the academy
Try to prevent hazing2"
They do, but the officers are not
always around when the hazing is go
ing on. When any haZIng was in pro-
Eress number of cadets were usually
ON duty To watch for the officers and
warn the haZ-rs il one should come
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