Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1912-01-25
HAZING NOW ENDED
No Case Is Developed In West
Point for Months.
CREDIT DUE GENERAL MILLS
After Others Failed Ne Succeeded In
Breaking Up the system, for Which
Has Been Substituted q Better
Method OF Discipline.
By GEORGE CLINTON.

war department from West Point that
notwithstanding the fact that Il holds
the largest class Of ueN cadets which
has reported TO the Institution. the
members have not been haEcd, either
IN camp Or IN the barracks For some
months there have been no develop
cd eases Of haElug Of the new corners
I Recently Brig Gen Albert l.. Mills
vas ordered 20 take command of The
/ department OF the gulf. With headquar.
/ ters nj Fort Mcpherson, Atlanta. Ca
| Il 10 probable that the news that there
/ has been no hHgluF al West Point Ia
| u particular interest 90 Grncml Mills.
When tho Spanish war broke out
Mills VAS nrst lieutenant In the
First cavalry lie Vas given the rank
! II captain as an assistant adiuiant
I general ~ volunteers while on this
stan duty be was In the thick Of the
hght 10 front Of santiago lie showed
heroism that day that Won him med
" ~ honor. an appointment 20 West
Point ~ superintendent. With the rank
of colonel. and later q promotion to the
grade ~ brigadier general n promo
ton that advanced him over the heads
Of several hundred senior officers
Brig Gen Albert /. Mills 9. the man
who broke up haEIng a. West Point
m. system passed bcvalled by every
graduate % ne academy. except the
man Who gave % rs death blow Pos
sibly Say down IN his heart General
Mills vas sorry that he was able 10
go wat many soldier before him
had failed 20 80. but q, Was a matter
" duty and haz.nr was drum beaded
and driven out % the camp
The scars " var are on eneral
Mills. but conspicuous - VAS his Geld
service. g IL probable thar the nght
against the 'lmrreyucuiyed II not
time aonorcd "ulebe dpyIliug' 'nsiitu.
ton aIll 0utlye the other service 10
%, memory OF the army and ,le cuun.
Try Hrag.ng has succeeded haziDr
q West Point 4 plebo IS DO longer
asked 'o re,lre he Psalm Of Life,
Nfh appropriate gestures. So bis au.
ullIauun. and Co. rho deHgh. Of a
host n unrursrI#rlhI, yp8rIugs. but
ae gel. ne military end o. the siren
logs .'s as uo pl"be ever got % be.
ore ana ,lr perfauu'ory soldier On.
lies AZ he academy vere always soul
,rysnE and botyrack.ug
others Failed TO Stop HaH'ns.
When Albert |. Mills went to the
Military Academy as rs sup,ru'end
ar ne vas only captain. though the
na-..un OF chief o' the school car,
red With n 'hc temporary rank Of colo
ne. The JUS, OF h., predecessors at
IVES, POINT carried ne name OF some
% ,le most distinguished soldiers u
the American army Lee SeGohelt,
Howard and Merritt are four Of the
names hat pnmc 20 ,Gv memory Lee
could not or t'd 90. stop haz.ng Tn.
fer Sehote.H sIA cadets acre dismissed
for hazirg 10 us.rE.r summer. 1g' aaz
ing vent on Merritt tried bis band ~
-1gtlng out TIE practice he dismissed
Chicago hoy summa-.y on fhe
.asrgc nf dev.'jug p.cge sentinel but
nazlug wen on
General Howard was prnaahy the
srlv SUPERINTENDENT that he military
academy ever had Who dld not believe
.a hts heart that certain Kind Of
nar.rE vas good thing Tor the hazed
Rich mems sons can-e ~ West Point
ne most democratic school on the
footstool. and gave evidence that they
,honrht they wera better than the
.ons OF poor men {, didn't take ong
10 induce them 70 change their view
-oiut. The yearlngs changed +; fOI
hem There never was the brutal haz
irx at West point that there was al
Annapolis The sea school brand was
indefensibe Howard tried TO Kill al
forms OF hazing and failed,
Before General Mills had been in the
academy long there were several cases
NJ severe hazjng, and. mindful of his
duty. ne campaigued against an enemy
hat had overcome his predecessors as
no enemy had overcome them in war
fare Mills routed the well-intentionec
foe, but he took care that a system o.
discipline should be installed which
would do the regenerating work tina
the better kind OF haztng had done be
fore
Great Diplomatic Reception,
This Is the season Of the societ!
whirl II makes no difference wheth
er one is invited or not invited
he cannot keep away from tn
receptions and the balls and the par
Ties: that is. keep away from then
in the sense that he must not know
about them, for the streets are throng
ed nightly with uniformed corners sut
goers and their begowned wives
daughters and sweethearts Presi
dent Taft has Just given the creates
diplomatic reception ever seen Il
Washington. The crowd Of attend
ants was tremendous and It was
gloriously hedecked and bedigenet
gathering II was foreign night wit
an American environment Tn
guests were about equally divided be
tween aliens and native born
The diplomats are picturesque 10
and In the main their wives and thei
sisters and their daughters are beat
f{f,,l srp,,fhfrg which cannot ha saI