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Hazing Past at West Point and Historic Cadet Riot Remembered
Washington distric offices recount hazing as a past issue amid a West Point outbreak. The piece recalls a December 1879 riot at the U.S. Military Academy with 300 cadets arrested after a night of cannons, rockets, and powder stashed in barracks. It notes later discipline and historical figures like Maj. John D. McDonald and Col. Kennon, and mentions a Newburgh party run to test lantern inspections, ending in six months confinement for McDonald. A new curfew for adults is proposed in Paragould.
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Ny Ashington
Navy
Washington
West Point
Annapolis
United States Military Academy
John M. Schofield
Academy
Ijn
Trophy Point
Cro' Nest
Fort Putnam
Anthony Wayne
Battery Knox
Schofield
Ofhcer
Bhey
Corps of Cadets
Maj
Lytian Watson Vere Kennon
Infantry
Benguet Road
Philippine Islands
Col. Kennon
Philippines
Atlay
Kennon
Gen. Crook
Col
Military Academy
John D. McDonald
Maj. McDonald
Col. J. McClernand
McDonald
Philippine
McClernand
Hewitt
New York
John Breckenridge
Fairfax Montague
Virginia
Newburgh
Jocosely
Revellle
Lee
Benny Havens
Corse
Hudson
Leverett M. Walker
Benjamin Randolph
E. J. McClernand
Randolph
Walker
Bairfax Montague