Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, May 27, 1976 General seeks end to Marine scandal WASHINGTON ' -- Marine Commandant Louis Wilson testi- fied yesterday he is "taking all possible action-rapidly" to min- imize boot camp abuses such as the alleged beating death of one recruit and shooting and wound- ing of another. "I am determined that our re- cruits will be treated firmly, fairly and with dignity-and still be transformed into the world's best fighting men," Gen. Wilson told the Iluose military person- nel subcommittee. TIE COMMANDANT told the congressmen he wished he could say the incidents were "aberra- tions in an otherwise perfect system. "Unfortunately, I cannot," he said. Wilson was referring to the alleged beating death of Pvt. Lynn McClure in San Diego and the accidental shooting of Pvt. Harry Hiscock in the hand dur- ing hazing at Parris Island, S.C., last January. GEN. WILSON said he is tak- ing three major steps to mini- mibe boot camp abuse of re- cruits: -Reducing the "l e v e l of stress" on both drill instructors and recruits in several ways such as reducing the number of training hours. -Doubling the supervision of officers over drill instructors at the company level. -Improving screening a n d training of officers and ser- geants before assigning them to recruit depots. WILSON SAID the Marines had found no evidence of wrong- doing by the recruiter who sign- ed up Pvt. McClure, a mentally deficient recruit. McClure died in March of head injuries suf- fered in a mock bayonet train- ing exercise at the San Diego Marine recruit depot. Witnesses said he was hit with pugil sticks as he lay on the ground pleading for his life. McClure's death prompted an investigation into recruiting practices. Wilson said McClure did not tell the recruiter he had been in a mental institution and had a police record and said the re- cruiter did check with police and found no record. BUT AN aide, Brig. Gen. Rich- ade Schulze, said later that while the investigation found no evidence of wrongdoing, it was unable to answer definitely sev- eral key points. Schulze acknowledged that the recruiter quoted non-existent po- lice records as saying McClure had no record. But he said the recruiter proved he had tele- phoned three police officials and had apparently had w r i t t e n down the wrong names. The investigation did not an- swer the question of why Mc- Clure scored 7 per cent on his first mental test and then scored 59 per cent a month later and was able to get into the corps, Schulze said. SAFEST TRAVEL YEAR CHICAGO (-) - The Na- tional Safety Council says that - on a mile-for-mile basis - 1975 was the safest year for motor vehicle travel in Ameri- can history. The council says preliminary traffic safety statistics for the year show "the mileage death rate, dropped to 3.5 fatalitites per 100 million vehicle miles traveled - the lowest mileage death rate the council has recorded, in the 52 years it has kept motor vehicle statistics." In 1974 the mileage death rate was 3.6 fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles. BIG WEEKEND COMING UP at the UNION U-H Stylists Open regular hours thru Saturday HE SAID that if the 7 per cent reflected McClure's true mental ability then it is "highly unlikely" that McClure could have scored well enough to get into the Marines a month later without improper coaching from recruiters. Since the investigation found no evidence of wrongdoing, the recruiter was allowed to retire, Schulze told reporters. But he added: "If further facts are brought up, we'll re- open the investigation. We can bring him (the recruiter) back if we have to." Schulze also confirmed to the subcommittee the substance of testimony b ya former Marine recruiter in Detroit, Kenneth Taylor, that recruiters cheated under pressure to meet quotas and signed up men who did not meet the Marine Corps' mental, moral and medical standards. "The situation in Detroit at that time was very poor," Schulze said. He said an in- vestigator was sent in to "clean up the place." -0) 55)SDED,5ND50 ED) D~ll 71 SALTY DOG 50c DISCOUNT on admission with S udent I.D._ - COMING JUNE 1 L HERMANS HERMITS k Hours, Fri. &Sat.: 8 p.m.-2 a.m, Weeky Hours: 9 p.m.-2 a.m. 516 E. 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