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Show SOME HEW FORMS OF HAZING APPEAR Midshipman Roberts Was Compelled Com-pelled to Eat Under the Table. ANNAPOLIS. Md . Jan 4 -Today' proceedings before the court-martial which Is trying Midshipman Worth W Foster Of New Albany, Ind., for the alleged hazing of Midshipman Chester S FtobeitS, wr re nf Interest, as not only were BOOIS n. vv forms of hazing . aplalhed but the number of witnesses who sought to be excused from answering answer-ing questions on the ground that they would Incrlnilnnte themselves Indicates how thoroughly the practice of hazing ha permi ati i th institution. Fear Incrimination The court ruled that a midshipman did not Incriminate himself If he did not actually take part In it himself, but even after this explanation several midshipmen midship-men asked to bi ozi ised from answering answer-ing questions. saying they would Incriminate In-criminate themselves If they answered The record of vest, i ,ia.v s proceedings In Decatur's case was verified and Home small changes made in tin- record Of Midshipman Coffln'i trial The court then took up th.- cusc i Midshipman Foster. Made to Eat Under Table. Ii is alleged that between the middle of October and December Foster hased Robt i Is bj Compelling him to si md on his head, to hang from the chth locket and SSI under the table Mr Theall, Foster's counsel, objeoted to the Indifferent nature of the time alleged for iL commission Of the acts He said that he was not able to properly prepare a defense when the time was s.. uncertain and asked thai the Judge Advocate he, compelled to specify more exactly. The court was cleared to consider hla request re-quest Foster pleaded not guilty to the charge and all the snediica 1 1 ms Reluctant to Testify. Midshipman Chester S Roberts was the first witness. He Identified the ac-d ac-d by name He appeared most re-i re-i totant t.i testifv against the accused and parried the question of the Judge Advocate until Cant. Rees, the president of the court, cautioned him that he was und. r oath to tell th-- whole truth In the matter. He then said that about two reeks after the school had opened Foster had or.l.-red him to report to Foster's room and he had done SO, Foster had ordered him to go in the small room and thai some one had then held his thumb In four positions, these Indicating, he said, thnt he was in succession to tell his name, where he was from. whom he succeeded in ihe nadeniv nr.d to Kt on his head Hangs on the Locker lb was compelled then to do "Number W and then to hang on the locker, both of which he did. He then vva asked II he , ould do anv better at the. table The witless unsw.-re.l thut he had done his best before and was then ordered to hang on the locker again Roberts said that Foster then sent him for Midshipman Midship-man Clevenger. Foster and Decatur were in the room, he said, and he believed be-lieved that Foster had made th- motions with his thumb Court Makes a Ruling. Midshipman William R. Mannler of the second class, was tho next witness. Counsel 'asked that the witness he caution.. cau-tion.. I that he need not give testimony which would Incriminate himself He was then asked If he had seen Roberts sent under the table at any time and In reply, asked if, in answering this question ques-tion in the affirmative he would be Incriminating In-criminating himself by admltlng being present when the hazing was going on and not reporting It. The court ruled that bis mere presence would not Incriminate In-criminate the witness He then said that Roberts had been put under the table, by Mr. Foster, he thought. Corroborates Mannier. Midshipman C. R- Hyatt. William L Beck and Paul H Rice, who followed on the stand, gave testimony corroborating Mannlor. Midshipman John C. Campbell said that he had heard Roberts ordered under the table by Foster This was the first witness before Roberts who said directly di-rectly that Foster had given the order to H-t under the table. l.leut -Commander S T P Magruder. aide to Superintendent Sands, and who has charge of the preparation of the charges and specifications upon which Midshipmen are tried before the court-martial, court-martial, said this afternaan that the only charge which had been prepared up to this time except those ajn-adv tried whs one against Midshipman S P. B. Marsonl, Can't See the End. "However.'' he said, "there will bo charges In a new case ready for the court as soon hs It has disposed of the previous one and I cannot say when the end will come." In all the cases tried so far the charge has been framed under the act of 1874, under which active participation In hazing must be proved In future cases the charges will be framed under the amendment to the law approved March 8, 1903 The words of thlH act make It an offense, punishable by dismissal "to participate In, encourage or countenance hazing." A printed form for tho charge, under the act of 1!K3 has been made out b order of the superintendent and there are Indications of a wholesale use of them. |