Show hazing makes pension needed inflicted indicted by cazers while title I 1 INJURIES lie he was it 0 tit it the lie united states santos annval academy at annapolis have brought it life pension for william 11 mcgregor of johnstown in ila on nil an appeal from a ruling of the pension bureau secretary of the interior work decided that the th injuries were received in the line tin e of duty and therefore entitled tho the victim to federal pension mcgregor was appointed to annap anlap olla oils on juno june 10 15 1022 and afterward while on duty was hazed buzed lie he was waa taken to sick quarters and was bently transferred to the naval hospital on a stretcher wh where ere lie he remained in bed for almost live ive months as it result of injuries to his left lill hip and a stomach affection tho the victim did not know of the serious extent of his injuries ut ot the time and refused to disclose the identities of life ills assailants or to reveal the manner in which lie he was injured ills his silence his pension application sald was due to a custom that exists at lite hie naval academy of not tolerating squealers squeal ers pud ond yellow streaks toward whom the classmates classi nates assume a tit attitude of aloof the severity of his injuries however forced an investigation ond and an er ex of the hazing smarting un tier der the lash of his classmates and believing his career in the navy lind had been destroyed mcgregor resigned and his resignation wits was accepted 0 on september 15 1023 1923 the navy department held lie was entitled to a pension but the pension bureau tou took the blaw its his injuries ere era not received in line of duty but were wera flue due to conditions to which N lie voluntarily submitted in reversing tills this decision the secretary of tile lie interior states hazing Is in violation of the rules rulea of lie abe academy and the laws of the tha U united n I 1 t e d states and the claimant was entitled to such protection us would prevent the net which was not afforded him to hold that the victim was out of line of duty when the ho fact la is that it was the cazers who were not in ire Is a paradox the most that can be sald said adversely to tile the appellants pel lants claim Is lint lie did not promptly complain against these upper classmen clasemen class men but that failure cannot bo be held so to react na as to put him out of line of duty tit t tile the timp imp of the infliction of the injuries the department therefore concludes in harmony with ahk ing or of the navy department if HIP claimants injuries tie as a greult if f linz inc were incurred in ikpe tit of dilt unity y |