The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-15
T9WAGE W AR JON THE LAYERS Vigorous Campaign to Be
 Inaugurated. CONGRESS- ALSO MAY ACT Representative Loud Has In- troduced Resolution. Two Midshipmen Win Be Dismissed From Naval Academy in Few
 Days and Others Are ESpec-
 ted to Follow.
Two Mid.hipmen VIII Be Dismissed

Washington, Dec. 14.--Hazing oi every kind, it was announced today would be stamped out of the naval
 academy, regardless of the number oi dismissals from the brigade of mid shipmen necessary to bring about this
 result. Two midshipmen will be dis missed from the academy within few days by the secretary of the navy, the
 one for hazing and the other for count enancing it by failure while on duty to | report its occurrence. Other dismissals will follow as often as midshipmen
 are found guilty of ,hazing. or counte- | nanctng it.
 Aroused by the condition of affairs l which reports show to exist at tho academy so far as the treatment of l fourth class men are concerned, Ses- 1 retary Bonaparte late this afternoon | telephoned to Rear Admiral James H. Sands, superintendent of the acade- my a request to come to Washington as soon as possible for a conference.
 This conference will be aeld tomorrow | morning.
 l It will be an initial step in new
 and vigorous campaign 70 be wased at ! Annapolis against hazing.
 Congregational Action.
 Congressional investigation of the I conditions at the academy has already l been proposed in a resolution intro I uuCGQ III tNe ftOQSC tllS aIttTnOOI ny Representative Loud of Michigan. | Briefly, these are todays develop | ments in the movement against hazing | at the naval academy. When Secre- | tary Bonaparte reached the navy de- | partment today he received an official report from Admiral Sands announcing the suspension of Midshipman Tren- nor Coffin, Jr., third classman, for
 hazing Midshipman Jerdone P. Kim
 brough, fourth classman, by forcing him to stand on his head until he be- came unconscious, and of Midshipman Warren A. Vandfver, second classman. because while on duty he observed the occurrence and failed to report 1t. The superintendent called attention to the fact that Midshipman Coffin and Van driver were guilty of violating we'll
 known rule of the academy and reconn- mended their summary dismissal. fin accordance with an act ot Congress ap- proved March 3. 1903
 Conference With Converse. Secretary Bonaparte this morning had a conference with Rear Admiral Converse, chief of the bureau of navi- gation and a plan of campaign was mapped out. It was first decided that the law was mandatory and that the recommendation of the superintendent would soon be aproved and the two cadets summarily expelled. Meantime
 however. the secretary wishes to ob-
 tain from the attorney general an
 opinion regarding certain phases of
 the case which, while exceedingly inn
 portant, will not affect. it is under
 stood. his final action approving the
 recommendation for summary expul-
 sion.
 No secret was made at the navy de-
 rartment of the determination of the
 officials to make short shrift of haz-
 ing, running and all such practices a.
 the academy. If necessary the presi-
 that may be passed by congress pro-
 viding the reinstatement of a mid
 shipman expelled for hazing or coun-
 tenancing 1t.