The Washington times., 1918-02-03
TEUTON YELLS
"KAMERAD" AS
SAMMY MAKES
FACE At HIM.
Look Fierce and Yell" InStruc-
tor Tells American Soldiers
in Bayonet Practice-Totem
Pole Wsage Furnished Idea.


Have you ever visited the National
Giuseum at Washington and had
distorted visags from the top OF n
totem pole from Alaska peer at you?
What would be your sensations II on
crossing q battlefield In moonlight.
tina: face, with q blOOd-curdlinE cry
pouring from the aperture intended
for a mouth rose from a trench and
coked a bayonst at you?
This was no doubt the idea that
fixed itself in the mind OF the in
Structors OF thousands Of Americans
now In training in American camps
IN this country and in France. These
men are being trained to throw
ror into the heart OF the Teuton.
In some instances the soldiers are
taught to distort their features end
look as horrible as possible, while
others are furnished with q mask
similar to the face that starss at you
from the Totem pole.
Fear Greatest Weapon.
several times in the world war
masses of trained troops have thrown
down their arms and rushed panic
stricken from the battlefield, says
Charles B. Cory, jr, writing in IL
Illustrated World OF how fear has
proved one OF the strongest allies Of
the allies. In individual cases. he
says. the enemy has often been liter
ally scared TO death. A well driven
blow has terrorized an army To- the
point Of rout.
There lie nothing strange In this
II merely goes to show, that. al
though methods OF waging war have
changed. human nature has not, and
very army that goes into battle to-
day is at some time face to face with
the greatest single force known to
military science-Eesr
When the killed Ladies OF HELL
the brave soldiers OF Scotland. dashed
at the German lines for the first time.
each cli1gtng TO the stiTrup OF a gal
coping Scotch Gray, fear surged be-
lore them and drove the enemy psll-
i'el back against its reserve forces.
Even the Kaiser's picked men,
kshooled against surprise and hard
"ned to the horrors OF armed conflict,
we're unnerved by these soldiers who
ought in skirts and hung from
rharging horses.
again, when the black Turcos from
Northern Africa dashed across NO
Mans Land" nothing could induce the
Fermans to face the charge. Negroes
are not common in the Kaissr'S coun-
try. and these wild black men veil
ing like demons and brandishing long
steel knives, uttCriy Unnerved the
Huns.
Germans Fear BayORetG.
Eut that Fritz fears a bayonet
large Is an established fact and the
allied armies have not been slow 10
utilize this advantage in more wRvs
than one. BAyonet instructors drill
their men for long hours in the art
- bringing fear 10 their aid when
they come foe 20 face with the
enemy. Americans arc learning 10
lunge and parry, not as II they were
pitching hay, but as II they were
striking TO kin.
Look ferHs and yell" .'-i.s the
driu master when our boys attack
IA" straw dummies at the training
amps behind the lines.
Hit EN- hard and make a horrible
face" he cries again as the th-ustinG
becomes less active and the men want
- laugh. For he knows the psyche
Iogicsl effect upon the German, or
upon any other man for that matter
Tho has to face distorted vissge
Z hoarse scream Of rage and a dartinE
blade Of steel.
Would # not be possible TO make
Fritz fearful as well as surprised?
There 10 no doubt that ~ loosed al
such . time fear would at least give
the attackers the drop" and q chance
o hurl their bombs and bring their
reVolvers into play with deadly effect.
DisregardInE the possibility OF bring
ing this about through q noise Of any
kind, let US consider something tina:
an be seen, something diBbolicsI and
Ehastly that will arouse fear.
Horrible Faces Effective.
What Is more effective than . hor-
ribis face? Conceive IL you can, your !
feeling, after weeks Of suffering with
very nerve on edge. on seeing in the
moonlight a distorted vlssge pesrinE
over tho psTapet. Then. ~ with .
blood chilling scream, this sppArition
hurting death into your comrades
msde the trench = ChArnel house. |
~ ould you not be seized with an un-
reasoning panic? In truth. Il is I'M
reasonable that anything else could !
be the result. Science tells US that !
nigh tension is always the fOrerunnsr !
% low courage and that nerve strain I
makes q man Of the strongest con- /
stitution e nj subject for fear.
But something more swe-inHptrinE I
'hsn the self-Scarred, livid faces OF I
Nftiia's Huns or the rHint-dAubsd Wis /
rges OF the American Indian must be /
Devised. A mask has been suggested. !
4 mask made TO look like nothing |
.arthIy, but still having the features !
= a living creature. Made OF steel, !
rneae heGdpieceG would serve as a
sGield against rifle and machine gun
bullets and hand Erenades: worn by
= Taiding party they would serve not
,nlv as a protection but as a weapon.
Military experts declare that sprirS
v.lll see great activity on the Western
p ont i is expected that the allies.
enforced by the American army,
viii launch a powerful drive At stra-
teEic points. Weeks OF preparation will
lie required to make these pushes sue
ocssful, and during that time the
rcoutinE and rsidinG parties will be
continually In action. Every effort
will be made to secure all the info
nation possible regarding the en-
irenc hments OF the enemy and his
s"''-''ies prior - th- time the pushes
al begin.