The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-25
Veteran Make Com.
parison of Battlefield
Psychology Of Civil
War and Present lima

. lEnttG. knew ne was ....tirI
was an officer, but | said.
"I understand Pun y,.r...r
/ gether. Here, give me your ....'
And | went forward, caf,..t,.
gun. with my command. N,r.. .l.r,'
he had his gun again ana W.. rst,,.
with his usual Vigor.
| and cry-why, I'VE seen e.ri.ars ~,
| in battle when they fought th. ..ri.,.
| Yes. sir. I've seen the tears ,.a d.,,
| their cheeks as they aimed their gr,.
| I've heard them swear as they .r..d,.
as though they had pcrsou.. gr..y.
| anCe against the fellow they sh,, q.
III show you, damn you wls an No
| repeated expression as they r.mm.4
in cartridge and wiped the t..., fr.,
their eyes to get better aim. The.
were the crying type.
| Thoughts Of the soldier .r battle
oh, as various as there wcru tlru..
men. know this. that a genor.l oug..
was: Wonder If he's goins COB s.v,
way. Hope he does. Wonder Z We.
have to charge thar knoll over There
II he's going to give way, why don't b.
do IT and not make us chase .g.., a
front OF those cannon
"Calloused as to death and suffering
Don't get the impression that soldier
is bound to become SO. \ m.. ssh,
shows callousness has ii in him ..'.r.Iy
apart from battle. / know | u,y,r yr
So that the awfuness Of ciru.., v,.
not in mind. and I've calkod to many
other men who have told M I'll. sam.
| thing.
In battle when comrades are killed
| ~ oh
rear you will see men taking % ,,r.
ously quiet, saying perhaps: J.huuys
head seems badly broken or Billy 90.
hard one in the breast or Too bad
that Jimmy got It just before h.s fur.
louEh.' OF course death or wounds dur
ing a double quick charge gave no time
for comment of any sort.
"Ducking bullets? Oh, You 60, So
you won't duck a bullet, hut you meyer
get so you won't duck a shell. That is.
you will try to dodge, and yuu may
dodge just the wrong way. And You
know when you speak Of duckinr a bu..
let that it's too late to duck when you
do duck-the bullet is by you or ,n you
Bravery in battle or Carei,ssg,ss ~
danger? Well, l always had strong
realization that was in a place wher.
death might come in an instant. Others
I've snapped experiences with have
told me the same thing.
Before going into action always
saw to it that Identification papers we.t
on my person. What form of identified.
ton? oh, / just wrote down my name
rank, command and brigade and added
DO the best you can to put me- in a
box and ship me to Hoboken.
"One case Of funk at a critical mo.
ment may lose an entire battle. one
coward can upset the steadincss Of 100
men. A good officer always has his eye
out for this and gets the one no
good fighter to the rear before De.
moralization sets in. The aspect Of a
scared man within his own company
circle gives rise TO im.. ginings of all sorts
Of disaster. An officer will offset this
by turning the attention OF the mcn 70
their work in an encouraging way say.
ing, perhaps: There's a good place over
there-therc's a rip in the line-there's
a hole. Fire there-that's it-glye /,
to them there
You will note the differing ten.
p,raments of the soldiers in their
method of firing. When they get tht
. ''''' ~ nv aN VIII NIl4S - MUS
noticeable. 1t is then left TO the sol.
dier'S discretion. one man Will fir
calmly and deliberately, picking what
seems to him good mark. Another
, Will fire in a way that | would cal
hysterical. I've seen some clog W
their guns with several cartrids's and
thinK they mad shot them all In The
roar ana the excitement Their IN nd'
{ didnt operate rightly
comparison with latter day ciiec'
tiVehess! on the old muzzIe leaders
ala great work. 1t took what they
, C"'leu one time ana nine motions 70
Iuau '"erh' lou hau To p!te tn' 'a''
, 'iuses' you Know so as 10 sPll some
-. 'ne power IN the harrtl ana ,''''
'ne spark from the cap. shoutd Sd!
me average shoouhs might 'e o~
'"o' in'Hu'e-tne cam man anu W., w.
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, - W SIS 'eSe.p' 'or fo,V''
} - 'u''''oh tiia' were u'''l'" "
, - 'n "9e' ny aoo men Jul '",n,
, ~ sou eail HsuIe '"e ''I'""'
huHior IN war; Lots OF II ana II
, uoeSh mean that soldier Is les
4 'chuer, thoushttul, conslderdte or hu'
, nlane because at tunes ne lets H.'''r"
u'"' aioHs merry slde stream COZ"