Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-03-23
TEXT OF NEW HAZING BILL.
IMPRISONMENT AUTH0 RIZED
AS EXTREME PENALTY
The Secretary of The Navy Is
Given Discretion In The
Bill And Officers
Responsible.
BILL FRAMED IN LIGHT OF
INVESTIGATION.

4 Inc text OF lhe new naZlng Oil
briefly referred to in yesterdays 5 Cap
ital is as follows:
That ii shall be the duty of the Su.
| peTintendent Of the United States
| Naval Academy, whenever he shall
believe the continued presence of any
] midshipman at the said Academy TO
be contrary to the best interests Of the
| service, to report in writing such fact,
| with full statement Of his reasons
| for such belief, 20 the Secretary Of
i the Navy, VINO, if after due consider
| alton OF the said report he shall deem
| the superintendent said belief rea.
| sonable and we'll founded, shall cause
a copy of the said report to be served
| upon the said midshipman and require
| the said midshipman 20 show cause,
| in writing aud within such q time as
| the said Secretary shall deem reason
able. why he should not be dism issed
| from the said Academy, and after due
| consideration of any cause so shown
| the said Secretary may, in his discre.
tion. but with the written approval
o the President. dismiss such mid.
shipmau from the said Academy
Sec. . That so much of the acts ap-
proved June %, 1874. and March 3,
| 1903 as requires the superintendent
of the United States Naval Academy
to convene a court martial in all cases
when it shall come to the knowledge
of the said superintendent that any
midshipman has been guilty Of the
oifense commonly known as 'hazing, -
and der lares the finding of a court
martial so convened, when approved
by the said superintendent. final. and
directs that any midshipman found
guilty by such court martial shall be
summarily dismissed from the said
Academy, and also all other acts or
parts of acts Inconsistent with the
present act are hereby repealed, and
that the offense known as 'hazing''
may hereafter be proceeded against.
dealt with aud punished as offenses
against good order and discipline and
for violation and breaches of the rules
of said Academy. But no midshipman
shall be dismissed for a single act of
hazing" excepG under the provisions
of Section of this Act
Sec ;. That the Superintendent of
the United States Naval Academy
may, in his discretion and with the
approval of the Secretary of the Navy.
cause any midshipman in the said
Academy to be tried BY court martial
for the offense of hazing, as provided
by the act approved June %, 1874, and
such onrt-martial, upon conviction.
may sentence such midshipman to any
punishment authorized. by said act or
by the act approved March 3. 1903. or
authorized for any violation or breach
of the rules of the said Academy by
the said rules, or in cases of brutal OF
cruel hazing may, in addition to dis.
missal, sentence such mishipmap to
Imprisonment for period not exceed.
ing one year; provided, that such mid
shipman shall not be confined in a
military or naval prison or elsewhere
with men who have been convicted of
crimes or misdemeanors and snch
finding and sentence shall be subject
to review by the cOnvening authority
aud by the Secretary of the Navy. as
in the cases of other courts. martial.
Section 4. That the offense of "'haZ
ing as mentioned in this act. shall
consist of any unauthorized assump.
tion of authority by one midsipman
over another midsipman whereby the
last mentioned midsipman shall or
may suffer or be exposed to suffer any
cruelty, indignity, humiliation, hard.
ship or oppression, or the deprivation
or abridgment of any right, privilege
| or advantage to which he shall be
| legally entitled.
sec. .. mat 1t snail be the duty of
every professor. assistant professor.
academic officer or instructor. as we'll
as every other officer stationed at the
| United States Naval Academy, to
| promptly report to the superintendent
any fact which comes to his intention
/ tending to indicate any violation by
a midshipman or midshipmen of any
| of the provisions of this act or any
| violation of the regulations of the
Academy, and every officer failing to
do his duty in this respect shall be
| dismissed from the service.
| Sec. @. That this act shall take effect
from the date of its approval, but no
| midshipman not connected with the
Naval Academy shall by reason of its
/ enactment be punished for any offense
heretofore committed otherwise than
in pursuance Of a c0urt,martial (if.
/ by existing law, such sentence would
now be necessary for such punishment4
| or punished more severely than is now
| by law allowed for any offense hereto.
| fore committed Provided. that anv
| midshipman now in the Naval Acad.
emy may waive his right to trial bv
| court martial under existing law for
any offense of hazing heretofore com.
mitted and may accept punishment IN.
der the provisions Of Section 2 Of this
act
This bill was framed in the light
of the investigation made BY the House
| subcommittee and includes many Of
the salient features nf the Senate bill.
| from which tho House measure differs
in uabar 0f reoylaufu