New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-30
MILDLY COT dope"
IN REGULAR WAY
Moss TeStifies He Received
Papers by Mail in Off
cial Envelope.
NAVAL BOARD WILL
LOOK after hAZING
Rear Admiral Fullam Will Get
to Root of Trouble-Midshipa
men Defend Nelson.
lBy Telegraph to The Tribu

Annapolis, June Occupying the
stand as a government witness for
nearly the whole of long afternoon
session, Midshipman James L. Moss,
who received the papers which turned
cat TO be the examinations of all
classes in modern languages, was put
through a gruelling examination by
Judge Advocate Watts before the court
of inquiry at the Naval Academy to-
day. His examination will be continued
tom orrow.
1t had been the intention Of all the
defendants to 80 or the stand. but their
counsel wished TO wait until the judge
advocate had closed his case. Moss
kept cool or the witness stand and told
a clear story, which remained mistaken
in spite of the close questioning. He
stated he had received five papers
through the academy mail. They were
/. large white envelopes, he said, and
Tad been dropped in a letterbox within
the academy limits. being delivered &C
cording to the regular system. He had
thought, he testified that some friend
had sent him help, and did not suspect
he wBs receiving the examinations in
advance, particularly as he had been re-
ceiving through the same channels old
examination papers in mathematics
with the problems worked out. He
stated he had given or allowed 10 be
copied such papers as referred to the
work Of midshipmen OF different
classes.
Jidshipman Moss stated that to his
knowledge Midshipmen Nelson, Evans,
al
only other men who saw the original
papers, but that he understood several
others had seen them. Nelson, he said,
had copied the papers apparently re-
ferring TO the work which had been
done by both the first and second
classes, and some days later had Sc
curca the paper referring 10 fourth
class work. The judge advocate sought
II develop by bis questions that the
papers were handed in a secretive way,
Indicating that the midshipmen real
lied they had improper information. He
also attempted TO show that the sub
stance OF the papers, as well as the ar
rangoment and manner OF printing, in
dicated plainly that they were exami-
nations 20 be given this year.
Midshipman Moss stated he had
found out that the sender of the mathe-
matical work to him was Instructor W.
J. King. There is no intimation that
this was improper, as it consisted only
Of old examination questions, with So
lutions, but it testified that Instructor
King took the same method as the
sender OF the modern language exami-
nations, placing the papers in a plain
envelope without any indication of the
identity Of the sender and dropping
them in box within the academy
grounds, Mr.. King is on vacation in
the West, but Moss said that his father,
Counsel Robert Moss, Of Annapolis. has
Mr.. Kings affidavit, in which he states
that he sent the mathematical work to
Moss.
Superintendent Fullam announced
this morning. that he had appointed a
board of investigation to determine
whethe. hazing was still practised AZ
the Naval Academy and TO find out, II
possible, the names of any guilty mid
shipmer The board consists OF Com,
manders ]. +. Hines, II. B. Price and
J. J. Raby, <and Lieutenant Alfred NJ
Cohen IS recorder.