Show I WONT DISCIPLINE CADETS Superintendent West Point Declines to Take Action West Point N Y Dec Authorities Authori-ties of the United States military academy acknowledge that Oscar 4 Booz who lies dying at his home in Bristol Pa was hazed and cadets oC the first class admit that they forced the young man to drink a burning liquid of tomato ketchup Worcestershire Worcester-shire sauce and cayenne pepper The young man was called out to thc woods where refusing to meet a fellow fel-low cadet In a standup fight he was branded a coward and subsequently forced to resign from the academy The authorities have made an investigation investi-gation and have learned of the hazing episode Col Mills the superintendent superintend-ent of the academy declares that Boor was only put to the customary test of manliness lIe will not discipline the cadets Involved Col Mills said Boo was not a favorite fa-vorite with his classmates and was not liked by the old cadets lie had a quarrel with a cadet and was called out to a personal encounter He went outside the academy to meet another cadet In a fair fight but when the crucial moment came I am told lie burst into tears His fittltnrlr was uu regarded as cowardly and unsold ieriy I dont feel called upon to inquire into an occurrence of this kind There was nothing unmanly In a cadets being be-ing called out to meet another in personal per-sonal encounter We train men here for the army They must grow up soldiers sol-diers and not cowards They must stand ready to meet an enelrJ at a moments notice even in the knowledge that they are facing defeat When cadets in a spirit of manliness manli-ness call out fourthclass men the authorities dont wish to Interfere If a cadet was called out for obeying an academy rule or for an offense forcing a matter of discipline that would be a subject for our Investigation There did exist in the academy many cruel forms of hazing This was abolished by the cadets own volition voli-tion about one year ago |