Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-06-11
ADVANCE DOPE CONTAINED 70
PERCENT OF EXAM. QUESTIONS
Walker Of Present First Class Of Mshpmen Says Matter Given
Out by Prof. Cusachs Was Of Material Aid the Two Upper
Casses-SOme Of Questions Verbatim Though Not in
Form As On Official Paper.
Three More of the Graduates Now Ensgn Are Parties Defendant
the Naval Probe Because Their Connection With the Scandal
in the Late Annual ExamnatOns-Many Other Names
Are Furnished by Superintendent FuIIam

Further testimony OF the system" of
giving out information or the so-called
dope" in advance of the examinations
at the Naval Academy, and that such
dope" in this years examinations
proved beneficial to the midshipmen in
at least 20 per cent. of the questions
in modern languages, was brought out
before the court of inquiry in session
at the Academy this morning.
Two midshipmen-G George ID. Price
and r. j. Walker, members of the pres
ent first class, were the chief witnesses
of the morning and their testimony
was substantially the same. Walker,
who left the stand just before the noon
recess was taken, made the most posi-
tive statements,and the name of Prof.
G. V. Cusachs,an instructor in the mod
ern language department, was linked as
the source from which the good dope"
came. II was Midshipman Walker who
made the startling statement that the
advance information which Professor
Cusachs gave out was helpful to the
or more,of the members of the first
the questions.
AIidshipman Walker also corrobora-
ted previous testimony that so per cent
or more, of the members of the first
and second class had possession of this
information and profitted thereby.
If Midshipman had advance infor-
nation pertaining to an examination
and reported it to the authorities, what
would his classmates think of him?
They would think he was d fool
Why?
Because custom is custom at the Ma
val Academy.
This was some of the pointed testi-
mony given this morning by Midship-
man George ID. Price, of the present
first class, before the court of inquiry
that is probing the gouging scandal
He is the first Midshipman yet to ap-
pear before the court. His name had
been mentioned in previous testimony,
and the Judge Advocate decided to call
him. Price said it has long been a GUS
tom at the Academy for the Midship-
men to get dope" or advice in advance
of examinations, such advice being
handed out by instructors in the sec
tion rooms.
He said that he offered up a prayer
that the dope" he had on the late Ian
guage examinations would turn out to
be much like the examination ques-
tions, and so it proved to be. He said
there were but few. if any, midshipmen
who did not have the same dope" He
gave the names of a number of mid
shipmen whom he personally knew
had the information.
Midshipman Price then told of how
rigid some of the examinations were,
and said that the late tests in Ian
guages was particularly severe. He
said that while the dope" he studied
seemed particularly hard, and he hard
ly thought it would turn out to be
material in the examination, yet all of
the other boys "boned" il, and it would
have been foolish for him not to do
likewise
In line with the alleged activity of
Rear r-AdmiralFullam in Connection with
matters pertaining to this inquiry, to
which Congressman Hayes. of counsel
for the accused, registered vigorous
protest yesterday afternoon. Price said
that he with three other midshipmen,
were called before the superintendent
at o'clock yesterday morning, and
they were given advice as TO their stat
US in the event of their being called
before the court.
After Midshipman Price left the wit
ness stand, Admiral Fullam appeared
to verify some previous testimony
Incidentally he furnished the court
with some forty names of midshipmer
who. to his knowledge, had advance in.
formationof the examination. This haC
been requested by the defense
Mr.. n. p. Bushnell, of Peekskill, \
Y, was admitted to court today al
counsel for Midshipman A C. Rogers
who became one of the additional par
ties defendant through testimon,
early in the inquiry.
Another witness of the morning wa
Midshipman r. J. Walker. of the frs
class. identified the paprs of his ex
animation in French, and admitted tina
he kuew of the questions of the tes
prior TO taking it in the form of bool
on yellow paper, and they were state
10 him orally. He said he was toll
that they were given out by Professo
Cusachs in his section of the clasi
and he gave the names of Midshipme
Tisdale and Gill as among the other
in Cusachs' 2ection who said that h
had given them out. This advance il
formation gave three of the examins
tions in detail. He said il helped hin
about 20 per cent of the examination
and the information was generalamon
the class that graduated and also th
present first class. He said he tol
. | Midshinman Price that Certain, santa,