Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-10-09
BATTLE FIELDS
EFFEC! ON MEN
SOLDIERS FEEL LITTLE OK
NOTHING WHILE ~ NC.
T1ON THEMSEIAFN
LITTLE SENTIMENT SHOWN
No ill-ferling Against fucmy aud
W Fear Felt For Him Hut
lfupp'i Destroy. -
Bet lie Can

Special io ilr hpNu
ROTTERDAM. sept l3 DBy
Mail The psychology of the battle
field gets a rather thorough and able
treatment by au Austrian reserve
office. uho. after having been
wounded Iu au engagement with tine
Rus iana. gave the following Htcr-
yioN 10 au hungarian journalist
n q officer Boo question was with
G ,u. Dank iu the fighting south
east eft KraShik
You feel little OF nothing while
in battle" be- said "At least you
forget how things affect your mind
The eyes SOC aud the ears hear, hut
those are perceptions which do rot
result In impressions one could CO.
ordinate They do not even affect
your sentiments But 1t Is not cyuic-
ism Tor all that. merely The lack OF
appreciation o' what take. place
My Captain q most loyablc fellow
whom | did not alone respect as an
officer, but of WHOM ! also Thought
great deal personally, was leading
his company into Tire when three
bullets hit him in the abdomen. }
saw him fall. but thought nothing oil
% aud marched on
In spite of the fact that YOU
have no ill-fpolups against the en-"
my. and MAY not even fear him, yor
destroy him as best you can. ON
the evening before our first battle
We we're sitting about The mes, Ia
ble-most OF as officers oi the line.
None of ~ had ever Killed q man. !
said. Friends when ! meet the
first Russian officer tomorrow my
impulse win be- 20 shake his hand
My comrades agreed with me. But
on the following day was obliged
10 las a number OF Russians low.
M, Sloyacs are the most phieg-
matte people zoo the world, but excel
lent soldiers They shoot without
anger. hut simply because they are
fired upon Oac fights because one
!. ON the battle Held and can not do
any different. The terrible thing n
that often YOU are shot at without
being able 10 return the nre. But
this. &, not D. fear nspiri .-es = ~
& discouraging. You learn 20 NnOw
what fear Is when YOU begin TO real
ize that You might be killed without
killing somcb body first
"Of course. have been scared.
That was after I had been wounded.
i We had been firing long time ana
when next We advanced Ne came
into a deep sandy road, out OF when
We could not get because OF the enc
my. terrible fire We had Go i'
perfectly still while bullets simply
poured over as That WIS awful
The officer omitted tu state that
while BOO this position he was -ho'
three times iu the arm, but coniinu-
ed to lead his troops throughout the
action
.It fl. q Vcll known Tact tha, the
soldier secs very little of the buitl'
on August q early BOO the morniU-
We received orders 10 occupy low
hul at the edge of track covered
,ih brush wood Forming part ul
the reserve We Werr expected 90 re-
main under cover. ln front OF ur
was large open battlefield I'
each side oI ms were battrrios "hlcn
had thuudcrcd away since carry
morning The result OF TN wac
that many of the cu"W's n'I'
droppod right Zoo front of a. ~
member noticing that while the
smoke of our shells had % lilac color
that of tho puomys WAS white
SO mr Vc had not been disQui't
ed hy the shells at all. ON the 'u-'
of thc brush wood had been planted
yeuov-black flag showing ihaI
somewhere iu that vicinity was
be- found our general staii. 'u'
colonel lru us and walked toNai''
10 pos-ihly to get order. bur JUST
b, rof there a -hrapucl exploded
little ahead of him in the air ana "'
.,v ,ur commanding officer. DO
whom We placed an ous confluence 'r
20 down After that o. Nda terri
blc feeling 90 hc still From lhd
,r,,.ept on too. "a ycrtiable hail 90
I shells began 90 come some sap
p,r. who had been busy digging
trench for the protection OF the gen
eral staff. started Co run. ioaf''
THAT nv soldiers would follow 'h'
example. and began 90 make .pn I"
thc moor sapper. -coldIng them o.
fhe same time Thank God. my bat
TALON .ou0d hist funn, aud oeFai
ito LAUGH The, lived through Ger
rfir sursuuol tiro with u't o car
and even found occasion for laugh
ter
"A major took command OF in
r.gimelt aud vo received orders %
Irr,IRe h.u which tte enemy ha.
taken under heavy fire but "' ~.
enemy lothiug at au was 10 %
seen a. ge uearrd the position
tbopeh the hail o. shells and shrap
uels increased Boz furl The ila
besrer marched about Son paoes oi
m, side By accident o looked u
hi. direction. ,av the Hh.te cloud %
smoke o. Russian she'll and "Hr'
the lag bearer had been th'f' N'
uothinl more Co be- seen.
"The enemy meanwhile bad Take
10 flight and later Nc saw The hl-
slams vading through sNami
Then .hey got 20 tho rircr for an'
crossed i' We after them shootinl
. aadi.g. out ul breath OF dldr
rfff.~a t.I.rH .a went uu b