New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-19
SAYS FEW MIDDIES
WOULD NOT CHEAT
Annapolis Man on Stand
Declares Majority Would
Steal Papers.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune J

Annapolis, June lS.-Midshipman
Daniel S. Appleton, of the second class,
testified to-day that he believed the ma
jority of the midshipmen would steae'
an examination paper or make use OF
one which they knew to be stolen. lie
admitted frankly that he would, and ad-
hered to both statements, despite the
reluctance of the court and counsel 70
leave his unqualified statement on the
record.
This testimony was, in a measure,
supported by Midshipman Ralph Wy
man, a classmate of Appleton. He said
he believed he would use improperly
obtained matter if he needed it TO get
passing mark. His point Of view
called attention to the opinion said TO
prevail at the academy that there IS a
great difference between using unfair
means TO get a mere passing mark and
to obtain high standing.
To-day's session made il evident that
the inquiry would not be sufficiently
advanced to allow the sailing of the
practice squadron for the exposition
on Sunday morning Eighteen midshlp-
men must still be called by the judge
advocate, and the testimony OF these
men can hardly be completed to-mor-
row. There will still remain long
list of witnesses for the defendants.
The general belief is that the squadron
will not be able to sail until Wednesday
or Thursday.
Five members of the present first
class of nearly two hundred members,
who. so far as is known, had no dope
on the examination in modern IAN
guages, were witnesses to-day. lhelr
explanations varied from conscientious
scruples against dope" to turning IN
early and missing It..
Midshipman J. X. Davis was the mid
shipman who had scruples against the
use of information which might have
come from an improper source, al,
though he admitted he felt that "dope,
might lead him astray as to the real
examination.
Midshipman R. s. Hitchcock said that
he could get good enough marks with
ont done" Midshipmen W. B. Mackay
and Milton s. Carlson were "shy on
done" the latter because he had pre-
pared on some "sure dope" given him
by friend and found nothing IN the
examination for which the tips had pre-
pared him. =.
Much interest attached to the testi-
mony of Midshipman Arthur c. Miles,
captain of the football team, and George
f. Hussey, jr., a leading scholar of the
class. The implication of former wit
ness was that these two men had re-
fused to sign a paper protesting against
the punishment of their classmates,
Hamilton, Evans and VESSEL, because
they did not care to state their conn.
derce in the honor and integrity or
their fellow students. They explained
that they did not sign the communica..
ton because they had no knowledge or
what the board of investigation had
found, and so were unable to declare
themselves of equal guilt. Both eX-
pressed their confidence in the honor
and integrity of the three midshipmen.
All the midshipmen were asked II
they had ever known a midshipman TO
"gouge" on examination or receive as
sistance from another midshlpman. All
said they had not. They also denied
they had heard that examination cues
tions could be bought from any one.
A memorandum of the midshlpmen
who have been named by other mid
shipmen as having had advance intor-
nation on the recent examination IN
modern languages brings the number
to IT'S. II all of these were made de-
PENDANTS or even called as witnesses
there would certainly be no practice
cruise this summer.