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B)t corirse, In tho history of yViist H) hi hailng 'lbu case that stands out HHHtn-o all ptbora was the hating of HHSo ms" Oiicar Dooz of Pennsylvania, to B" rigors hf which treatment his fara-kvqnt fara-kvqnt before tho congressional In-iBWwKitlintf In-iBWwKitlintf committee and swore wfos due the tuberculosis of tho t'niont that pveu(ualh'caused that poor young fellow's fel-low's dorfth. , When Ilooz died tho cause of death m given as throat tuberculosis, and ftrni&eormbcr 11, eight days nftor hit de'llth,, tho matter was brought Up In (congress, and after tho warmest sorl of debate tho congressional committee was appointed to Investigate condl tlonit nt West Point. 'fho father of Cadet Dooz told tho rirooke bo?rd that his son had ro tuned tQ titq dying day to disclose the names, of tho cadota who had torment fd him with such relontlcBsness that the boy was finally compelled to Rend In his resignation as n cadet. Ho salt! that hla son told him, In nddttlon tc the tabasco treatment, that ono of the things they did to hlitf at West Point was to pull tho bedclothes off of hlir at night and then pour melted wax on bis baro bod;. Ills mother testified that hor son wroto her that tho cadotr at West Point wero "brutes nnd but I lies." Hut the bpnrds that Investigated had their' bauds full getting the cadets tc talk, as Is shown on every page of tho records of tho proceedings. Cadet after cadet would admit having been BUb-Joctcd BUb-Joctcd to tho meltod wax treatment, and other lnnocont tortures, but they i woro loath to loll tho namo of the young man who molted tho wax and did tho pouring. "I put my flngor In tho sauce," said ono cadet witness, "and' was told tc ! lick It, t made on awful face, and licked tho wrong flngor." "I officiated nt d rat funeral," said another cadet. "What la a rnt funeral?" asked a member of tho Investigating board. - "A, rather simple llttlo affair," answered an-swered the cadet with a smllo, "and didn't ido anybody any harm. Tho rat was caught and killed, and wo wore ordorcd to give him a funeral. The j rodent wnS placed In a llltld box that looked llko a coffin, and this box was placod on a tablo and surrounded by four lighted candles. Then a whlto towol arranged to look like a shroud was placed over tho box, and thu funeral fu-neral ceremonies began. Wo read n few extracts from tho 'black book," (tho cadet namo of the book of regiila tlons). Then wo placed flowers On the casket, Thoro was a song or two. and then tho rat was taken away to be burled." Tho cadotfl admitted that they woro compelled to crow llko roosters; that they had to climb the rldgo polo, brace, oxerciso, one fellow admitting that he stood on his head In a bathtub bath-tub full of water, and adding that It did -not hurt him. Tho Investigation also made public tor tho first Umo what a cadot has to do to qualify, as tho cadota put It, for tho moss hall. Hero In how n cadot cxplalnod dlnlqg room qualifying! "First we wero given h largo dish full of prunos, tho exact number of which was ,85, nnd wo woro requlrod to eat all of them at ono sitting. Tbon wo wero given a bowl of. molasses and told tp awaljow that, after which wo tried to cat six slices 6r dry broad. Tho molasses test sometimes took two or threo trials before wo could accomplish accom-plish It." Young Phil Sheridan had to rldo around tho campus on a broomstick, tho oxerciso being Intended to remind "those (hat saw him that hu was a son of tho commander (mndo famous In "Sheridan's Jlldo." -Ulysses S, qrant. 3d, used to get up and shout; "I will fight It out along thoso lines It It tukes ail Bummer," while. J. M. ifobjon, Jr., a brother of tho. naynl commander, had ici toll ovor ,nnd over again tho story of Ills' brother's foxplolt at Santiago, Of cm'irSo there Wero singing, epenk-Ing, epenk-Ing, bracing, nniroxorctslng galore, b shins all this, f Of. tho ofllcoijj-who havo grown up since tho civilian nil tell of their (experiences na'nlebcs, but it Is Inter pstfng to note' that almost to a man (hoy Jiavo forgotton about tho roal strenuous things they had to do, l |