Show SHORT OF OBJECTIVE Supply Too Small to Properly 1 I Denounce Mazers Conduct I u I DRIGGS IS VERY SEVERE 1 Tells Cadet Dockory Missouri Who I Hazed Young TJacArthur Until the II Latter Had Convulsions That His Action In So Doing Was Atrocious I Disgraceful Outrageous Villainous and Wicked Gen Dick Scores the Micsourian Also Committee Obtaining I Ob-taining Very Interesting Facts est Point Jnn 16The C 9nGlc sloan committee put in a good days work at the WomtPolnt deader today I to-day While they relaxed for a few hours > Inlhe afternoon to witness a drill of the first das cadets In the riding school they got down to the bottom of the hazing practiced at the academy during the last four years and while At least a dozen other wit I nsssos have yct to be examined this I Connection the committee has laid out the work for finishing the Inquiry before be-fore the end of the week Three witnesses Cadets MahclXey 1 Dockery and Pegram wcro examined during the day All three were thoroughly thor-oughly examined by 1 Congressmen Wangcr Drlggp Smith and Clayton Not apoint was missed by these gentlemen gen-tlemen bUL what the witnesses received re-ceived at the hands of those Investigators Investiga-tors was tut nothing to their experience experi-ence at the hands of Chairmen Gen Dick of Ohio MADE WITNESSES WINCE The General questioned them In his quiet suggestive manner and led them on by i easy stages to the point he desired de-sired Then like a bolt from a clear sky he let loose his torrents of scath lug sarcasm each oC which cut deeply and made each of the witnesses Wince I Three of them left the stand in n breathless condition and In a worse state of mind and body than If they had Just been compelled to go through the entire curriculum of hazing which according to the evidence adduced at this Investigation consists of a half IIUIId red v1 lirerent arms I HISSING INCIDENT Before any witnesses were called Congressman Wanger of Pennsylvania addressed the committeemen He referred I re-ferred to the published reports of the Hissing incident at tIle close or the afternoon af-ternoon session yesterday Mr Wan gel said that in at least two newspapers newspa-pers army ofllccrs were charged with taking part in the hiBsng He desired however to express his firm belief that no expression of disapprobation disap-probation was made by any army olll eel present at the time He was pleased to hear that Cot Heln acting superintendent of the academy had Instituted In-stituted a thorough Inquiry regarding the matter Mr Wanger said thato since the committeemen had been treated with the utmost courtesy bal b-al the officers he would be sorry should any erroneous Impression become erloreous pije valent throughout the country Grfh Dick and all the commltteemen concurred with the views of the Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania Representative and the matter mat-ter was then drooped II Cadet Birehie Haheffey of Texas who was a claasamte of former Cadet Booz I was called and sworn The witness admitted I ad-mitted that the purpose of calling out a fourth classman was to have him I I whipped He had never heard Orl fourth classman winning in a light with a higher classman but had known of two such fights that were called draws WHY MAC ARTHUR WAS HAZED Cadet Albert B Dockery of Missouri acknowledged that he had exercised young MaeArthur who was with live or six other fourth classmen What was the reason for hazing MaeArthur For not bracing hard enough replied re-plied Dockery Are you satisfied you hazed Mr MaeArthur and that ho was sick in fact had convulsions after It said Mr Drlggs Yes sir Did you think It was cruel Yes sir RAN OUT OF ADJECTIVES I Well yomlr man for your Information Informa-tion I will tell you that I think it was atrocious base detestable disgraceful dishonorable disreputable heinous Ignominious negarlous odious outrageous out-rageous scandalous shameful shameless shame-less villainous and nicked said Mr DiIggs and the torrent of adjectives almost took away Dockerys breath DOCKERYS ADMISSION Judge Smith got Dockery to admit that when he found that MaeArthur was III he felt anxious on account of his responsibility for the 3oung fellows cond t thou Instead of exercising this young man to such a degree why did you not give Dick him a chance to light asked Gen DickPic Pic could have fought instead If i he had chosen to do so Cjiu you think of anything more cruel than to exercise a man Into convulsions con-vulsions No sir Was there anything soldierly about I 7No No sir Gen Dick then made the witness admit ad-mit that lie wns worried and wont to MacArthurs tent I was dark and he could see MaeArthur lying still on his bed and that fearing detection Mac Arthur was allowed to He there without medical aId Then you and the others who took part In the hazing of MaeArthur were I afraid to renort his serious condition fearing that by doingTso the facts would become known 1 to the authori ties and you would be dismissed from the Military academy Yea sir SCORED THE WITNESS Gen Dick switched to th methods of calling out fourth classmen and pitting them against welltrained upper classmen class-men He warned the witness against the practlqe and scored him heavily for taking part In unmanly methods of practically forcing a newcomer to cure defeat and a sound drubbing at time hands of a picked representative of an upper class The witness was then al lowed to go Cadet John C Pegram of Virginia said he fought with F M Smith of the third class in barracks on November 5th last He was awarded the fight on a foul and was in hospital for a week after It The committee then adjourned until S oclock tonight At the night session the examination of Pegram was continued the question ers being severe with him DENIES STATEMENT OF BOOZ Gen Dick read some letters written by former Cadet BOOB and when he pame to the nolnt where Booz spoke of the report against him for facing In the wrong direction when relieving guard Pesram said Booz lied in his answer to that comulaint I i was pres ent at the time with Corp Caples who made the report This assertion on the part of the wit ness did not strike the chairman as be brig charitable and he tried to get wit ness to admit this but Pegram vas adamant At the pncluslm pX his sti9ny = Pegram said he did not think that the fighting should be done away with at the academy but Gen Dick made It quite clear that he did not agree with the young cadet The committee adjourned if ad-journed until 10 oclock tomorrow k |