Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-06
GERMANS CHANGE
OPINION Of lANKS
THESIS AT MINEOLA DISPEL A
WIDESPREAD DELUSI0N. DIARY
OF CAPTUREb OFFICER SHOWS
ABANDONMENT OF CONTEMPT
UOUS VIEW.


CFrom Committee or Public InformationD
Washington. - The contemptuouS
opinion of the Germans for The night
ing ability of American troops changes
Overnight as shown by the diary OF
German officer who was captured and
taken into American lines by the ma
lrines.
The writer of the diary, Reserve
Lieutenant Tillmanns, belonged to the
Second battalion of the Fortieth regi-
Iment, Twenty-eighth division, the
fourth division which the marines
had against them in the fighting
around Chateau Thierry. The other
three divisions were so badly cut up
they could not carry out their orders
to attack. Lieutenant Tillmanns wrote:
"June 7-At the Front. American
troops have made cOunter-attacks. We
have to move to the front again. Route
lof march over ROcOurt Epaux. we
are lying in the weeds to the right OF
lEtrepilly, for the present in position.
In the night OF the Sth and 9th we will
relieve the front line. 1t must be a
sad Outft which allows itself to be
Ithrown out by the Americans. In
tAe eVeRiHg Of the day Of the 9Th there
was heavy artillery FIRE. Fortunate
lly the artillery fire did not reach US.
"June to 9-Moved forward at
taiaht and relieved the Four Hundred
and Sixty-AFst regiment at four in the
morning In the Boise de Belleau. In
compEehepsibiy wide sector Where
there were three companies we have
only one
June 0 to 10-The worst night Of
my life am lying in the thick woods
on an open height in little holes be-
hind rocks-fOr this is heavy artillery
Edre-nntil six o'clock in the morning
ut is a wonder that the fellows were
all at their posts when the Americans
attacked. The attack, thank God, was
trepulsed. God has again mercffUlly
preserved pe."
The dairy ends abruptly here, as
the next day the writer was a pris-
oner in the hands of the Americans.
Deaf mutes will not be accepted for
the aviation war service oby the divi-
sion of military aeronauticS. Hun
ldreds Of young men have been encour-
LACED to seek such enHstments by I'M
authorized statements which are be-
hng investigated because of a suspicion
that German propaganda might be at
the bottom of the agitation.
The medical research laboratory at
Mineola, L. l., conducted a series Of
tests to ascertain what effect, If any,
the absence of the delicate balancing
apparatus that exists in normal inner
ears has upon persons who are without
them. The erroneous idea was circu-
lated that since deaf mutes possess
little, If any, sensitivity of the inner
ear they would be little subject to
dizziness and therefore make good
flyers.
Seven deaf mutes who had never
flown were bllndfolded, seated in
lplarps and told that after reaching a
certain level the pilot would execute
a number Of evolutions which he, the
passenger, was to record and to make
particular note In which the plane had
been turned to t1e'right or left, up or
down. The flights included stretches
of level flying, climbing, left and right
turns, dips and banks.
Being blindfolded and minus the
equilibrium of balancing organs In
their ears, the deaf mutes failed to
note changes of even as much as 80 de-
grees. They could not differentiate
the deepest right from the deepest left
banks, nor notice the difference be.
tween climbing or diving in a practi-
cally vertical position. They were vir-
ltualy lost in space.
Members of the medical research lab
oratory have reported officially that
the less the sensidvity of individuals
to change of position the less efficient
would these individuals be in the air ::
and that 1t would be ridiculous for
deaf mutes to attempt to fly. It has
lbeen determined that one who shows
Iby the turning chair tests that he has
a normal ear mechanism possesses
good detection of movement in the air.
and that one who fails to pass this
test possesses poor detection of move
ment in the air,
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