The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-02-13

coasr?i tas,r E-e..o5z--~ ocorved by
"Moursains Of .corPsas,"
Crossing me caaspiaza. one of the
most .s.s.Hga Haa 4l. !
heard ilauata s.rst-s+ pj r"e.
rurned au. saw ssa zsay
one ot these VS. n.r ta sac
Geneva cyoS NGe ajmil
lar sigh,S n 0r
WoI Won %vA.l, .lsa Wt.r. isoU
Rur this was strange ease. The
cries came from Il sturdy man In pGt
gray field uniform. who had forced mis-
body almost through The narrow win
dow of the vehicle. His head was
bandaged. He and his fellows in ths
ambulance had evidently just arrived
at the northern station from the front
in Poland and were being taken L
one of the many reserve hospitals.
Meanwhile the driver and his assist.
ant had entered the ambulance and
Tad pulled the wounded soldier back
and calmed him for Il moment.
WAR psychoSiS." said man next
TO me on the sidewalk
"War psychosis?" | asked.
Yes" replied my neighbor. That's
the technical term for IT, It's forn
of dementia for which the war is re
sponsible. or. rather. TO be more exact
the sights aud experiences of the bat
tleield 1t Is by no means I'm uncom
mon thing. If you are interested &c
out TO Steinhof and you'll learn aL
about it,"
Visit to Insane Asylum.
Yesterday | made an excursion &c
Steinhof and did learn all about Ii
Steinhof Is the model insane asylum
erected by this city and the province
of Lower Austria ut cost OF about
$I,O00.000. Every American physician
visiting Vienna il sure 10 inspect it,
One of the assistant physicians, DE-
Waldmeyer. was made my guide.
I'm most cases the ailment terlAi
mates as quickly as 1t began. said my
informant. LAS general thing this
mental disease is due to softness III
disposition and to feeble will unable
to throw off the horrible impressions OF
the battlefield of today. The patient
physically, and all that
"One Of them told me he could not
sleep because his mind was constantly
dwelling on mountains of corpses. II
seems his regiment. after taking one OF
the Russian trenches, had to literally
walk over the torn. bleeding and dis.
figured bodies lying there.
This man was a woodcutter, used
10 hard work. He was in perfect phys
ical condition and naturally rather
rough and uncouth. But the scenes In
that battle and the storming of those
trenches completely unnerved him
made him hysterical and unbalanced
his mind for the time. In ether cases
there Is bias toward paralysis or hal
lucinations; but. as / said. in most I'm.
stances the trouble is cured quickly,
and the man returns to the front ap-
parently as good as before.
while In this demented condition
however. it is best to send him home
for rest cure. so to speak. AS rule,
improvement"
A Tyrolese from the Eisack valley
twenty-eight, of more than medium
build. had served in a regiment OF the
Kaiserjaeger and later had been put
In field battery. He was a good shot
like most men Of the Tyrol. had pluck
enough and became a corporal. He
married, took small farm on the
mountain side on annual payments and
saved money.
Unnervsd by Battle Sights.
When the war broke out Mazi an
swered the call. The field post was
slow and irregular and left him with.
out news from home. His battery toos
part In a number OF battles with the
Russians at Krasnik, Kcmaroff and
Lemberg. with Dankl and Won Hin
denburg near Warsaw and lastly at
Lodz. He bTcame moody and meIan
choly when he saw all this never end
Ing slaughter. One of his comrades
was Tony, with whom as a boy be hao
gone bird nesting ard who was his
best friend.
Mazfs battery had been in constant
action since early morning Tony was
Just bringing new ammunition when
shell burst in the midst Of the battery,
tore or the captains head and killed
or wounded DeerLv every one OF ths
men. Tony was one of the victims.
For an instant Mazi was dazed. he.
too. was seriously wounded. Then the
horror Of it all flashed over his simple.
plain mind. He ran shrfeking out OF
the emplacement right toward the en-.
emy, but was stopped on the way and
was sent home on an ambulance train.
travelling for days, his wound being
looked after just once, until he finally
rsached the Steinhof. He was insane
az that time The picture Of his
friends death would not vanish from