Show j ji WHAT MILLS SAYS I Denies that tho Cadet Was Outrageously Out-rageously Hazed West Point N Y Dec 3BefOre the death of young Booz at Bristol Pa was announced today ColA L Mills superintendent of the military academy acad-emy made the following statement The many statements made In the press of the country alleging that Oscar Jj Boos was atrociously hazed while ho was a cadet at the military academy to such an extent that he j snow s-now dying from Its erects are untrue and ridiculous ExCadet Booz was admitted to tie military academy June 20 1E9S and resigned I re-signed October 31 189S He was on sick report but once on July 30th when he was excused from the drills on account ac-count of diarrhoea Had he been brutally bru-tally beaten In n fight with another cadet or had his throat been injured In the manner claimed I would have been Impossible for him to have avoided avoid-ed tho sick repprt The reason given for his resignation was weak eyes His record shows he was in the lat section In mathematics and the marks he received to the date of his resignation resigna-tion were sufficient I bellovo therein lies tho real cause of his resignation and I think It mOst probable that stories of his alleged Illtreatment arise from statements he has made In endeavoring en-deavoring to explain to his friends why 1 lao left the academy |