The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-10-01
EMOTIONS
ARE LOST
IN BATTLE
THERE IS NO FEELING" AN
AUSTRIAN OFFICER
SAYS


Rotterdam, oct THE psyeholo
sy es the battlefield gets a sharoae
And able treatment by an ANssfia'
reserve officer, wAo, after havinl
been wounded In an eAsaeement Wit
sAe asaesians, gave the Following IN
tersiew TO an Hungarian journalist
qae efsieef n question was with Gen
eFal l5ankl IN the tagAtsng southeast
iof Krasnik.
"Yoa feel little or nothing while n
battle" he said Az least yea FOR.
gel how things affect yoaF mind. The
eyes see ana the ears hear, bat those
are perceptions which 30 not result
IN Impressions one coald ee~ordiaate,
They 40 no4 even affect yoaT senti.
seAts Bat 1t is not esnfeisnh eor all
shat, merely toe lack of appreciation
af what takes place. Ny captain, A
naae4 aovable aellow whon 4 ala not
alone respect as an officer, bat of
gw8em ] also tAoaeAt great deal
personally, wAs heading his company
fata flge ~hea three boilees hit him
IN the abdomen, saw him fsll, but
taoasAt nothing es It and marched
on.
NE f4Sre Feelings, E~ensen
IN spfte at the fstt thst yoa have
no all Feelings against the enemy, ana
may net even Tear him. yoa Destroy
him as best yoa can. The might be.
FORE oar first battle We eere sitting
about me mess table-4most olf as or
feers Oh the line None az as haa
ever k5llea & man 4 said Friends,
when . prest ahe FIRST Rassisn offies
OF tomofv0% my impulse wsll he tol
shake his hand. NJ comrades az
reed with me lsat on the f6llo~ins
day I @as Obliged TO lay 8 nnrnher 81
p2assians how
MY $l0paes are the most phleg-
fhatie people in the world, but ok
celleht soldiers. They shoot with
ent anger. bne simply because thes
are faea upoa. One rights because
0he h on the battle fteld and cannot
40 ans aIrserent The Seig'ible thing
u that often yoa are shot At without
belhs sbla 10 return the Sre. But
this is not ss Fear inspfring ss Il -
disSSarasihs You learn 10 know
What seat Is whom Won begin 10 resi-
ne that you tnieht he killed without
llIllns somebody first.
or course. ! have been wounded
We he'd been firing q lone time and
when nevt we advanced we came in
10 aeap sanas ROAD. out or which
We could NOT eet because oI the en-
emys terrible fire. we had 10 iie3
perfectly stin while bullets simply
poured over us. rhtt vas asfuI"
veeuhdsa, rge Kept on.
The offisar omitted 70 state that
While IN thls p0sitioh he was shot
three simes in She arm, but contlnued
70 ls.sd his trc6m tlirough0ut the Sc
sion.
NJ "a q well known fact thet che
soldief sees ~ery litele a. she bstsie
August - early IN the morning we
'eceheH nrdes 70 occupy . low hin
ri she edee o. q trsct covered with
Forming psrt a. the re-
seree. We vee expected 70 remain
under c6vef. N frou5 of us wss p
ls-ee opat battle Reid. 10 eaoh side
b. No were hss,efies which had thun
iered away slnce early mortinF T'he
-esuh of ths wss thst Misty og che
auemss shells dropped risht N front
a. us Z remember noticing that
v'hiie the smoise a. our shells ha6 a \
lilsc coIor thst a. the enemys was
whise 4
80 far We had mot hear disuuiessd
b. the sheiK x, az IN 'the edEe or
ihe hrushwcoH had been nlsnted
rellov--hlacS fae showing thai some
she-e IN ibat vielnily was " h. fount Z
suf Fene-.l STAFF osr eolane' left us
ant v.sl.tes owsris q. possibly %
ret orders. hui iust ~ he so tharp
\ shrarnai sxaleliaa iiine s.haa6 lofi
hln m she al.. ssne we ssv-,cuf conf-|
officer a. whom We placed !
ai our confidence. rD down Affnr
ihai & vas Is ser-hlr feaiin1 to be-
siii f-som .fhsi uioment on. 100. a
haii o. shells hessn 20 cume Semp
sa'1rers. vho bad hrsr bnst dlEahu
aitrensl fpsr ii,e lronfcifucs the re,,-
HI stasl etartat 81 rtin. 3 fea-ed lthai
M soldiers would eailoe M eonspb
sug beFau ~ nas,s nn ~ fhe reof
siarer s,utdmt theu ai aiin sau,e
llnis r'hsui iso.i M lataiiiot felmd
tha' fsnut sul nesrin " h,,a,h They
lfse5 thruusr 3 fsrrfft sbrapnai -fgre