Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-04
President Has Taken No Final
Action as to Dismissal or
Reinstatement.
SECY. WRlGHT'S POSITION
Rather Embarrassing. Whatever the
President Says Is Right I DO Not
Wish TO Discuss Matter"

oyster Bay, Aug. 3.--ln the matter
of the dismissal OF the eight cadets
from the military academy. dismissed
for hazing. President Roosevelt has
taken no final action according to the
following statement issued through
his assistant secretary. Rudolph Fos-
ter. this AFTERNOON:
NO action whatever has been takep
by the president In the case of the
cadets, the statements that they were
originally ordered dismissed and that
they had been ordered kept. being
equally erroneous. An appeal was
originally made to the president to in
terfere. He declined to take any ac-
ton or to interfere in any way until
the secretary of war had expressed
his opinion, the view of the depart
ment then being, seemingly, that the
cadets should be turned out, but the
secretary not having come to any final
decision, the secretary notified the pres
ident that instead of making any re-
Port. he would like to discuss the mat
ter with President Roosevelt In per-
son. He accordingly came. and the
discussion was held. but no final de-
cision was reached. the secretary
stating that he was not able to make
a final and definite recommendation
as to all the cases and preferred to
make none az regards any until he
could do II as regards all. The pres
ident has not yet heard finally from
the secretary, and. therefore, of
course, he came to no final decision
This Is the first statement the pres
ident has made In the matter, and
he has come to no definite decision.
excepting that he would probably
favor the views of the department"
Secy. of War Wright, after his visit
70 the president last Saturday stated
that the cadets would be reinstatcd to
their Classes at West Point. The pres
ident's secretary William Loeb. short
w after the cadets had been suspend
cd announced that the president had
approved the recommendation that
the cadets be dismissed. and that the
only possible way for them 10 get
back to the academy would be through
congressional action.
SECY. WRIGHT'S ATTITUDE.
Washington, Aug. 3.~-.When seen to-
night as to the statement given out
at the executive offices in oyster Bay
today to the effect that the president
had come TO no decision in regard to
the dismissal of the eight West Point
cadets charged With hazing, Secy. or
War Wright said
right / do not wish to discuss the
matter further
In regard to the statement accredlt-
ed to him on Saturday. to the effect
that President Roosevelt and he de-
cided to reinstate the dismissed ca
diets, Secy Wright explained that tho
decision may not have been definite
ly agreed upon.
SUPT. OF ACADEMY.
Washington. Aug. 3.---Col. Hugh L.
Scott, superintendent of the United
States military academy at West
Point, is expected to be in Washing
ton in few days to confer with Secy.
OF War Wright concerning the punish
ment to be meted out to the eight ca
diets who were recently found guilty
of hazing by a board of officers of the
military academy. Just what the ma
ture of their punishment will be has
not been determined.