The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-07-14
IN BATTLE ONE
GETS TO imagine
He IS IMMUNE
Cannot Seem to Realize That II
You Are Killed You Are
Dead.
REVENGE IS RULING PASSION
Capt. Morton Webber, Twice Wounded
in Three Campaigns With Allies,
Discusses Psychology of Bat
tIe-TeIls How He outwit-
ted Clever Woman Spy.

New York-A man dressed in we'll
cut clothes limped into the Rocky
Mountain club. He was Capt. Morton
Webber of the Royal field artillery,
who Is months ago bade good-by to
his club friends when he went off to
fight for the British empire. Yester-
day he was glad to be in a city Of
peace, but at the same time there
seemed to be trace of sorrow now
aud again in his demeanOr caused per
haps through his being physically in
capacitated and therefore for the time
being unable to rejoin his regiment.
Captain Webber is the type of sol
dier who disllkes to talk about what
he has seen. 1t was difficult to draw
from him details of his experiences at
the front. In fact, it was only through
Il good friend of the British officer that
in his enthusiasm for Great Britain
he said something about the three
campaigns in which he had fought. If
Captain Weber had had his own way
this story would have read:
First | got a commission. Then |
went to France and afterward to Alex
andria, Gallipoli and the Balkans.
Now I'm here"
Captain Webber is Il consulting engi-
neer, an expert on mine valuation. He
gave up comfortable income with
out an iota Of regret to go to England.
That Ypres Salient.
"Ten days after l landed in Eng
land" said Captain Webber, 81 re-
ceived commission in the Royal field
artillery. Previous to that ! had told
them that / was accustomed to ham
ding men, as | had been doing so for
about twelve years. | said that l was
giving up a good living and that If they
did not want me l would stay for two
weeks in Devonshire and then return
to the United States.
'Then went to France" he con-
tlnued. Il was laid out there at Hill
No. 60 on the Ypres salient
Apparently this was final with Cap
tain Webber and l then said: Tell
me what happened"
ooh, we practically got wiped out.
1t was a bloody fight. One Of the no.
ticeable things about the fighting (and
there's no secret in telling this, be-
cause | would not discuss anything OF
military value) was how much the op-
erations were dependent on artillery
control An attack cannot be followed
up without the guns. Artillery do
mlnation, has, of course, long since
been appreciated by both sides.
Psychology of Battle.
you see so much ON the battlefield
that you are absolutely detached from
yourself, especially after you have lost
half Your men. You can't realize that
IL YOU are killed you are dead. Some
how or other you get to imagine you
are immune, but you always have the
feeling, after you see one man an0
then another drop, that you want tc
take il out on the enemy. | was soup
pered-laid out--and was taken OH the
! battlefield. With able medical attend
ance it was not long before l recoV
cred, and then | was sent to AleXan
dria and from there to Gallipoli. | Wa'
at Gallipoli from June to September
when our brigade was lent to French
general and we were sent on the origi
nal Balkan expedition. We drove thf
Bulgars across the Vardar to their OWL
country, but owing to the collapse ol
the Serbian army, which exposed ou
flank, we were forced to fall back OF
Saloniki, and in the rear guard actions
our battery and another were sacrl
| aaoa Ii, nrdnr To get the infantry Oul