Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-06-08

sal on the ground that he knew of the
existing conditions at the late exami
nations. and being a first classman he
was in duty bound to report it to the
Academy authorities.
Yet the record of testimony before
the Academy board shows that Rich
ard r. Adams, honor" man of the
| graduates, president of the class, cadet
commander of the regiment, the highest
| ranking officer, who won several of the
awards for excellence in the profess
sional brancehs for the years work,
likewise knew of the dope" that was
being handed about among the Mid
shipmen, but did not report it.
Adams got his diploma and has gone
en- leave. Nelson's sheepskin was with
held, and he now has TO face the Off
cial inquiry ordered by the Navy De-
| partment. Several other names of
| graduates also were prominently men
| toned in the affair, and the lawyers
who have appeared to act as counsel
for the seven accused Midshipmen, took
| time by the forelock late yesterday af-
| ternon and put in request to have
several of these summoned TO appear
| bebfore the court as witnesses.
| Those whom the Navy Department
| will be asked to summons are Richard
II. Adams. Washing ton, d. c.; George
| c. Kriner, Pennsylvania Harold OD.
Hunter, Georgia; Horace d. Clark.
| Iowa; William S. Hector, Missouri, all
among the graduates, and Henty b.
Broadfoot, North Carolina; Clarence
o. Ward, Nebraska president of the
new first and second classes. respect
lively, at the Naval Academy.
The whole of yesterdays session was
spent in reading over the report from
| Secretary of the Navy Daniels, detail
ing the inquiry, and to which was at
tached the record of the Naval Acad-
| eIny investigation, a voluminous record.
| The statements from the seven Midship
men as to ''why they should not be dis
missed" privilege granted them by al
| act of Congress when involved in Sc
| rious trouble, also were made part of
| the precept.
| So, when the court met today it was
able to go right ahead with the inquiry
| During the reading of the precept and
the evidence, much was brought out
that the public had never before heard
| of in a formal way, including the
| breaking into the room of the Modern
| Language Department, though there is
some doubt existing as to this, and the
| sending of the anonymous letters
| through the mail. ALI of these letters,
it appears, from the evidence, were
sent to James e. Moss.a member Of the
third class. He received them, ire
| Guently, he said, several times the
epistle containing mathematical prob
lens that had been worked out.
The last of these letters was that
which contained the questions for the
examinations in French and Spanish
| These. the evidence shows, were ac-
cepted by all of the Midshipmen who
got them, as good dope" and so it
turned out to be when the day for the
examinations rolled around, as the ad-
vance questions were practically the
same as those given in the tests. This
Letter reached its destination several
days in advance of the examination
date, and, from all indications, the
questions were given general dissent
nation
1t appears that the members of all
four classes profitted by this so-calIed
dope" The evidence shows that the
letter in question was not sent through
the regular mails under postage In
this connection, it is thought that the
letter was distributed through the Ma
val Academy postoffice, as matter de-
posted there and destined for points
on the government reservation ,doesnot
require postage, as it does not go
through the Annapolis postofice The
envelope, enclosing the papers, was a
large white one of official size.
1t would seem, from the evidence ad-
duced by the first investigation, that
Midshipman Moss was the pivot of the
whole trouble, because of the anony-
nous letters received by him, the rec
ord shows that a number of Midship-
men either got the dope" from him
first hand, or indirectly.
During the reading of the precept
the following-named Midshipmen were
mentioned in the evidence as having
got the information as to questions in
one way or another, or were aware
that it was being circulated, in addi-
tion to the seven who are the partic-
ular subjects of the inquiry and those
mentioned above:
II. H. Harrison, A. E. Smith, ]. T. Da-
Wis. t. NJ Friend,R. Buhren,J. s. Farms
worth, E B. Hough, II d. Clark, w. ].
Nunelly, w. ]. Confer, NJ H. Spriggs,
G. Fl. Easton, II. E. Overesch, A E.
Struble, all of the first class; r. j.
Walker. A G Rogers, F. r. Marston.
G. d. Price, w. S. Heath, H. NJ. Horne
c A Krez, B. r Holcombe, W. A.
Thompson, Bacon and Kenworthy. OF
the second class; H. 3. Baugh. third
class. This makes a total of over
thirty students, mentioned as actually
apprised Of conditions.