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Show MIDDIES BEFORE ; COURT MARTIAL Two Lower Class Men in Hospital as Result of Hazing. ANNAPOLIS. Md, Oct. 14 Trial! I of two midshipmen of the senior class j before a nayal court martial onl charges of hazing, anil the opening of the sessions by Hear Admiral Henry ,B Wilson, superintendent, were the outstanding developments of i he haz- llng situation at the naai academy Friday. Fri-day. further denouncing the alleged acts of the seniors, especially In view of the extensive privileges he has granted grant-ed them, Admiral Wilson lelteraied his determination to curtail these, privileges privi-leges to a marked extent. Two members of the fourth class aie under treatment at the naval hospital hos-pital as the result of the alleged hazing haz-ing escapades, instead of one as at first reported. Admiral Wilson refuses re-fuses to disclose the names of the victims vic-tims for the present. The offense is alleged to have been committed at one of the mess tables in Bancroft Hall a few days ago when I hn "nlatA11 w a q , -t i i i i . i , . ' tn H.lt his mCal beneath the table. 'Getting under the table," was one 'of the old forms of hazing v hen the I practice flourished at the Institution.! a plebe" was put thiough the physical physi-cal exercise known as the "sixteenth ." In naval academy vernacular This occurred in one of the sleeping rooms. Of Bancroft Hall. Hating is punishable by dismissal! from the service. Tin. offense as dc- fined iy the act of congress 1 any unauthorized assumption of authority I oi molestation of a lower class man j bv an upper class man r,n |