| Show PENALTY WILL LL 1 8 MODIFIED I House Passes a Bill for the Ian of Hazing at Annapolis Navai Academy SOME SEVERE CRITICISM FLING AT OFFICERS NOW AFLOAT w After clear elear clearIng ing th of 65 bills the bouse today put on its e the senate senate bill r t the e of haz lug ing at tire th naval nal academy Mr Rixey Vs Va proposed a substitute tuto tute and Mr Vreeland N Y 7 chair chairman chaIrman man of the 11 1 1 committee in IH Z Ing took the floor to detail his impressions referring to the inquIry Mr ir r condemned the present hazing law which left rio no discretion but to dismiss a boy for hazIng when ten len demerits might be sufficient pup pun punishment for the particular offense As Asto Asto to the tho of Midshipman Men Meri Meriwether wether to c for a year he declared L provisional pardon ought to be MInorIty VIew Mr W W Kitching N C who has made a minority report on the bill bUl explained hIs jils views The me measure ure he contended was too groat greot a 0 modification modification tion of the law in the direction of leniency It would ht said greatly encourage hazing Mr Smith Iowa made the observation tion that it if political Interference with the naval and military academies should ce cease se the officers in charge could absolutely abolish hazin CritIcism by Hepburn A speech by Mr Iowa was a severe criticism or of what he s said ld was a of the r al object of the training These cadets were being prepared aLtho at the expense of th nation to the ships and men of the navy They were as a matter of fact living In constant and open rebellion of If a plain law of the laud with which they y were more familiar than with any other The result of such a course of train i ing he hesaM ft iQ was shown by the inefficiency clE ncy of naval officers He called at to a list of ships I had met disaster by bad navigation tion and d n reference to the re in New York h harbor Yet I he id there was no punishment ever everIn In Iii flied on n it officer They were tr trl by t their friends awl form former r class natEs f Defense of the Cadets t defense of the cadets cadet ws Plade by Mr lIr Padgett Tenn a member ber of o the hazing committee who ize the general charge as due to the of boys boi Mr Hepburn secured the adoption of n requiring cadet officers as instructors to report infractions of the baa haz hazing baaIng ing regulations aft r which the bill va passed ie house adjourned ed at 43 p m in |
