The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-01-20

trench was his-that he could lie still
with his gun at ready and when u
head showed he could get it-also any
dead later found there would show
how good shot he was. In short
time this shipping at the other fel
ow's head became a sort of game;
all sense of fear was lost, each
man trying to score hit and, In
becoming the hunter, each man lost
all thought of being hunted.
When Grant at Donaldson sent all
his staff to spread the news that the
Confederates were trying to escape
and called upon his men to prevent
1t he showed thorough grasp of the
psychological change that would re.
suit from letting is men feel that
they were the hunters, not the
hunted.
In his Memoirs, General Grant
teaches the psychological importance
OF remembering that, II you are in
danger, the enemy also is not entire.
ly safe. provided you do your duty.
As he was approaching what he
thought was to be his first battle as
commander he says: my heart was
getting higher and higher until 1t
felt to me as though It was in my
throat When we came in view OF
the supposed camp ground, the
ground was there, but the troops
we're gone. My heart resumed its
place. 1t occurred to me at once that
Colonel Harris was as much afraid of
me as | had been of him.
From that event to the close OF
the war, | never experienced trepid'
alton upon confronting an enemy
though | always felt more or less
anxiety. never forgot that he had
as much reason to fear my forces as
had his"
Upon the breast of a soldier killec
in Philippines was tattoed, "Deatf
before dishonor." What a sublime
motto and what an honor and pleas
ure to command men animated b!
such a spirit. 1t can be instilled int
the minds OF most men and glory b.
to the officer who can create It.
| knew a private soldier, who wal
modern type OF his progenitor
Cromwellien Round Head, and HI
manifested, the same sturdy courage
sustained by unquestioned faith IL
the justice of his cause and absolute
reliance upon Gods ever present PRO
tection,p resence and help.
Could Not Be Driven
The enemy might kill him, bu
they could not drive him, because hi
mind told him that unless the enem'
drove God also, there was no neces
sity for him to leave.
am too much of novice In psy
chology to tell you how to create tina
spirit. but II you should ever hav
the good fortune to command me
controlled by it, success will crow
, your efforts II you are able to max
, the remainder of your comman
stand up to the rack and go forwar
| with them.
3 You must constantly keep In min
that the courage OF your men depend
somewhat upon their physical an
[ mental condition. Fresh troops !
I fine physical condition with a goo
!. meal under their belts will stand Il
to their work, or go forward whe
called upon, when the same men Il
!. ed, hungry, sleepy, almost worn OF
, will waver ard hesitate. TROOP
, that have been driven time after tim
by superior numbers, will not stan
: as resoluteiy as men who have M
!, experienced defeat.
, I knew an officer with an eXceller
g record for gallantry on many a fell
, who lost his nerve in one fight an
a It was simply because he was d
PRESSED by enforced and unusui
@ abstemiousness
You can never tell how actual ba
b. tie will affect men until You hay
!. tried them In the furnace Of combs
, but you can give a pretty good CUES
!. when the storm Is approaching, tn
a sounds and scenes of impending CO.
' fict have such remarkable effe'
/. upon different men, that you can gej
, orally sift out much OF the chaff fro
d the golden grain. Sore footed stra
y glers close up, men in ambulance
and field hospitals Join their cor
r rades. In the quaint words of an a
$ my letter: Corporal Fletcher on sic
q report with fever, insisted upon g
ing in with his company and aft
|. the fight went into the hospitap
r resume his fever with agravation
h These men you can tie to.
d Another class who have boasted
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