Hazing At The Military Academy

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Download or read book Hazing at the Military Academy; Testimony Taken by the Select Committee of the House of Representatives, Vol. 3 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Hazing at the Military Academy; Testimony Taken by the Select Committee of the House of Representatives, Vol. 3: Appointed to Investigate and Report Upon the Alleged Hazing and Resulting Death of Oscar L. Booz, Late a Cadet at the Military Academy, and Upon the Subject of the Practice of Hazing at the Said Academy The committee met at 10 o'clock a.m., Hon. Charles Dick in the chair. Cadet Lewis Brown, Jr., Sworn. By the Chairman: Q. Give your full name and class. - A. Lewis Brown, jr.; class of 1901. Q. When did you enter Westpoint? - A. I entered first in the summer of 1895, and was discharged in January, 1896; I entered again in the summer of 1897. Q. Are you now a member of the first class? - A. Yes, sir. Q. And expect to graduate next June? - A. Yes, sir. By Mr. Wanger: Q. Who was the president of the class of 1901 in 1898? - A. Cadet Ennis. Q. Were you on the fighting committee of that year? - A. No, sir; I was not a member of the committee; I was consulted about the first fight, I think, that took place; that was all. Q. Which fight was that? - A. I have forgotten who the principals were; it was the first one of that year, sir. Q. Maybe if I read some of the contests. - A. Oh, I remember now, sir; it was between Cadet Dougherty, of the present first class, and Cadet Ralston, of the present second class. Q. That was in 1897 or 1898? - A. That was in 1898. Q. Were you consulted about the contest between Keller and Booz? - A. No, sir; except that I was asked to act as second to Cadet Keller, and I did so. Q. You had not been consulted about the cause of the fight? - A. No. sir; I didn't know anything about the cause. Q. Or with reference to the propriety of calling out Booz? - A. No, sir. Q. Had you been in any fight before that, either as principal or otherwise? - A. Yes, sir. Q. How many? - A. I should judge five or six, sir. Q. Prior to that time? - A. Yes, sir. Q. Any the year before? - A. Yes, sir. Q. That is, during the preceding academic year? - A. No; the most of them were in the camp preceding - not the camp preceding, but the camp two years before, the camp in the summer of 1896. Q. You came here when the first time? - A. In the summer of 1895. Q. You were here how long? - A. I was here a year and a half, until January, 1897. Q. And then when did you return? - A. I returned the following June. Q. In June, 1898? - A. I returned in June, 1897. Q. Oh, June, 1897. - A. Yes, sir. You see January and June of that year would be in the same year. I was dismissed in January. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.