Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-15

fan to aid IN the physical dsvelopmsrt Of a
lArge pescentags OF the student body.
sriEsdis1 GENERAL. q. s. sgpe saae
4 N these words Brigadier General NDns.
superintendent OF the Military Acad-
envy, epitomizes the method now IN use
at the institution to prevent haxing ana
the overt expression OF eNuberant spir-
Its Of the largest number Of students
ever gathered within the walls Of that
historic war college
Alleging that hazing does not now szisf
at the Academy and has not for several
years the superintendent offered every
courtesy one day last week 20 q reporteS
for the HERALD TO examine the workings
OF the system that while keeping the more
than four hundred young men under con-
slant espionage. yet allows them the fullest
personal liberty.
.'Whlie YOU are here" said General Mills.
II wish you TO know and TO tell the people
Of the United States, through the HERALD,
that this Is public INSTITUTION In every
sense OF the term. There is nothing exists
here In privats that a citizen OF the country
should not know. Our methoos, our rec
Gas and our daily routine Of duty are an
Dr,blic matters and say this 10 olsPea 80 49,
belief that may exist on the - -. tb,ngs
yvhole United States that there are ullllIss
IN ms academy that are done In SCI
ana Of which they could not learn
,srhere Is no hazing here, a1lege, nov
sver distasteful Il may be 10 TecaA a SUI
tect that had hoped had been oroppeo ou s
OF the minds Of the genera p.sa,s so,, go
constantly there are invesugauons e0lhs
on IN order 20 Determine II there 10 the
Siivhtest infrAntion Of this inneNoie rule
On discipline OF the academy. FROM uIne
10 time reports came 20 ne, almost innaIl-
ably from the outside worio' that tneie
has been a case OF hazinE.
AT once through the commandant OF
cadets. Lieutenant colonel Robert L.
Howe. I order an investigation, which Is
conducted with such nervousness that ~ 10
impossible for the guilty persons 10 es-
cape.
we have found that shess rumors have
been without, in many cases, the slightest
foundation. and when there has been an
infraction 4 Is far from the serious ac-
count that has been published broadcas;
outside Of the Academy. There have been,
Il Is true. momentary exhibits OF temper
on the part Of cadets, which have LED %
momentary encoounters- These have been
severely punished. but these have not
taken on the form % hazing.
How these young men, the pick and
flower OF the United states, exercise and
overcome this exuberance can best be told
by their commandant Colonel HOWE, who
has Immediate charge OF their welfare,
ana as rel you there is nothing secret
here. so Colonel HOWE has the fullest lib
erty 70 show you how the Institution Is
conducted, especially along these lines"
Heaos cf the Academy
Brigadier General Mills, courteous TO the
degree OF punctlliousness. Is superintendent
OF the national Academy for the army, n
from him all the orders that are required
for the smooth running OF the many rami-
hcations OF the institution emanate. Gen.
eral Mills is a soldier In every sense of
the word. but Il Is well that between
him and the turbulent spirits Of the -four
classes that are housed In the castle liz
granite barrASka. such q DsrsonASe q