• Author	C. Douglass Kroll
  Publisher	Naval Institute Press, 2002
  Page	18
  Periodical	Commodore Ellsworth P. Bertholf: First Commandant of the Coast Guard
  Source Type	Book
  Source ID	S568
  Text	On 31 August Captain Ramsay convened a court-martial to try the third-class cadets accused of violating the Hazing Law. The court-martial made national news and received daily coverage in the New York Times and other large newspapers. The first cadet tried was Benjamin Trapnell, who had the most numerous and serious hazing charges against him. Trapnell’s alleged acts included making some fourth-class cadets stand on their heads while wearing only nightshirts, making another sit cross-legged in his hammock while he swung the hammock until the underclassman was thrown to the deck, and making another lie motionless in a tank in the washroom for ten minutes. The court convicted Trapnell.
  Linked to (1)	TRAPNELL, Benjamin

  
  

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