| Show of Honor In the Naval and Military Academies s How flow Ur Jams Sams Cadets Adjust Their Class Troubles ff ij UK recent r death of or Robinson Brunch Jr who lio was waB one of oC Uio tho thoI principals In III a 1 fatal I f linguistic tlc duel 1 nt tho t Naval IM III a 1 I j I nt refutation ii of oC the HIP Ih ode tIe IH hI extinct j Driven from mirth 0 south from re rr republic public to from civil life lICe Ij to to 10 army o i the no c H d 1 oC oCh if h honor which made It II rOt for the tha J moll purR pur gentleman U lu wipe out 1111 ti il ilI 1 With blood I lu iW v 11 f refuge lit III the tho Military of or tho Unite I Stales It I tru that thul Is III HII tho scene i i I of or nil on occasional farcical duel In which I no nil ono onn Is II Injured und mighty 1 l b obtained and 1111 that tho 1111 student i Ie of or German universities II nl I Ill still swathe In III tho leather that 1 1 rob their midnight of or any nil I danger morn thrilling than 11 of or orf I t Vi Vii f 1111 countenance but hul nt West Point i J 1 nt ot Annapolis wh it tho ambitious l 1 I young American l to lio 10 In hi training Ill to tn become n gentium and nn officer o the rello tit barbarism seems to 1 hu taken refuge and IH III nourished j tenderly I According cc to 10 recant developments It d I Hint tho Iho cadet of or today loday must I fj bo prepared lII fit al 1111 moment to 10 refer a 1 li n a formal Connal challenge to ceremonious sec seconds hl and obedient to their opinion nit os I II to what honor demand mu t fuco un I j u rallow lit III tho time I honored linguistic to n 1 rho scratch of or 1 i rapier Is I not deemed t c to h the tho demand of o fl i 1 l honor Nothing will wipe out tho Indignity In Have MiHe n light to tho hitter bitter v f 11 im end even n though that provo to bo be bovery 1 very cry bitter Indeed mm tr Tho honor of C orp comes as us usi i 1 1 I I W 1 fi V k today to the tho lips of a cadet an It did to the worthies created by h Alex Alexandre andre AH All late lato ax III 1001 1901 the Iho year In which the Hoog Investigation WO l held more morl than a 11 bun men wearing till tho spruce tray roy of or tho Mili Military IIII tary nt lit Vt lt nt at tho board of generals und and confessed that tho cadet who offered an 1111 Insult or told u n deliberate lie might expect to be Chill chal challenged to a duel to tl the finish They hy admitted furthermore that no cadet ever been 1 able to hold out th moral of or the thc oca 1110 i condemnation of oC a n mon man who I would to 10 end or to receive a when n 1 court of or honor hOllor A J f S 1 O DUEL I AT Ruch n now hold hIlI high Jurisdiction Hams pupil 1 hat had that blood could wipe out tho This court of honor U 18 another mediaeval Institution which I In III force nt the national Ho He HerOl fore rOl the civil war the th social matters at till tho acad us nR ho did nt ot Harvard Yale Yalo and U Il waa 1118 In the tho south the dueling code Willi perfected perr In Its It I minutest 1 details und It was Introduced Into the th national 1111 I academies by tho cadets According to tho Iho codo codon a n did not lIot compel c a man to tight light In Houth Carolina there was a tl formulated as 1111 the Smith code which Nettled many quarrels without thu Ihl principal l appear appearing ing IlIg on the Held U provided for a n court COUll of or arbitration made up of oC three Ihno gentlemen wh on tho In Intuit fult mid or 01 not It it x thu tho calling out lut of ot u II man No Xu ono one over thought of disputing tho Hat of ut this court Thin Is tho court of If honor which obtains at ot und at lit Went WI Point There In only ono appeal al from vur WI diet und that Is III to a class l meeting bo fore whose ruling even Cell of oC academic aro uro alleged to bow In hi submission Ho So lofty lot arc the tho standards of honor among lInel Sams Suma embryo herON that an upper 1111 catill man who hUH ban been convicted of ot lying In not per permitted 1 1 to light hut but Is II o with without out OUI further opportunity although a II or lower lowel class man Is II allowed to 10 retrieve his damaged reputation by IW bythe the ordeal of ot combat It Is n fact well known and acknowledged United States that this mediaeval code codo cannot be Ite disregarded by any a ny man bo hC bobo bo ho professor lIl or cadet clId t who ex cx expects to his connection with th o government Institutions More detail concerning the of tho code have h public through West Point Investigations thuit hum from those at lit The Thc lament ablo allio at It tho naval school IH Is un undoubtedly tho most powerful argument nt for rol the tho abolishment of or codo that has ever cr boen found Tho public Is 18 still gawping over tho knoll knowl knowledge edge that such a 1 calamity possible hi h tho light of ot modern In civilization It must not bo be too hastily concluded how however ever that thai the codo culo of or honor known to 10 the national academic will rail fall Into Inlo Immediate desuetude Tho Th practice la Is too well grounded for rOl that and too strongly fortified by II tho tacit approval of or the tho academy authorities It and who have hu Q had tha Iho opportunity of or V It Its effect upon th cadet cald body A graduate of ot th who has been In fr n years relates two tIll Of 0 tin this fo adjustment of or chi s which happened during hi hili entire CIUI I II thoy tho limy be lie taken ilK a 11 fair till condition con as III they today toI TI fl ot q the located at Newport i n I r Hi Ih civil Will war urn 1111 of lIr th H cia nit II u IL powerfully built buill t older than most ur hi hiM mates n uno gam sail I ami Iru fellow wan on bad brul terms with the lOll q da u Ono day ho was especially Jrr h 10 I u a plucky 1111 fellow of the JUI iu clat and bo h lIa Invited to r th Ilia mutter by hy a Il to t the til eoe Iok II tauntingly and threatened l 1 10 IIII presumptuous Junior T 1 latter who Is today lying MH hl l r lr U In command of on nf t thi Ih American laid 1111 the Ids hili das fluss and It wa l decided thai II man lIlan who vho wan moro nearly u II mat for C r the Iho ng ll i he c to 10 maintain the juniors Junior honor hono Th ht fell fd tu to the Ihl oulI who IE B now Hear nea Admiral lIon ll Laii borton was Willi whipped b h made a sal gal I lain lant stand and the tho dall honor Ila M U The other battle WIlH fought rought nt al An n In between belI NI a It cutlet om r I and u 11 claw man who ho was J ti strong of tho man mun academy It II i of a 1 feud of or long III being to IJ 1 hOlo which led Ild up to the th recent r fatal Catul en Crt counter The codo of ur honor us it XI I in both national academies must br w r 1 Bankd 1 as entirely distinct froni hazing In 1101 congress tit at West Point by II it It with Instant expulsion lolI T years ago ugo It II was t should t be hI punish d 1 for any allY t J mH L I rn |
