Show how men act in ill battle A letter fr from a soldier maltes makes tile the follo following wa interesting comments on the Di manner allner in which battles are fou fought r bt aird explaining vp laining why it is is that hat after a terrible con conflict flicht of perhaps hours hour dit duration titration ration thero there should be so small a portion 0 of f killed and wounded wo if yon were never in battle you would not t guess there were half tile the random shoto fired that there ara are why air MI 1 have se een whole regiments and b brigades bigades deliver their heir firo fire when I 1 was suro sure that thy dwy did not even wound it a single ulan such stich tiring firing besides wasting tile the ammunition does not intimidate tile the enemy at all on oil the othor oth erhand hand it makes them feel that the there re isbit little dan danger zer consequently h lie v I 1 is s mot more e bold and delav delivers L A his ire fire more accurately besides irmen ir men are allowed to make anak e random discharges it seems to be become coine a habit a and nd they become so e excited at it that t they hey would oftener miss a man at ten paces than they would hit hini him just in that way battles are often lost while the company if lie he would only stop it and show them that I 1 they weve doing 2 D noi hogood good 1 they would soon become collected and atter alter they once knew their folly would of their own accord fire are deliberately bately airl probably savl save the day after it had been comparatively lost loft why sir in battle you often see company CONini commanders anders charging around with their swords flourishing above thi thair ir heads crying crying out I 1 give it to them boys give it to themi manifest inar in themselves and creating 0 in others au all the excitement possible now a second thought would show to their better judgment that they were doing more harm than good for men become so excited unter such cir es that they would miss inisi an elephant at ten tell steps you often see tile the above blustering around when the enedy anre at least it a thousand and yards distant and to hear the roar of musli musketry etry and the excited commanders you would think they would soon come toa hand to hand con contest what is it that talat excites a man inan in battle why it is the danger if you shoot it a man at once he fa aery much excited shoot at him a br hundred indred dinies and miss him bim every time thile and all his fear and excitement is ia gorle gone but reserve your fire until you can call do some smile execution an and whon they come to firo fire upon them thein cut his bis clothes wound his neighbor kill the second man inan from him and let him sov sot iti ib rad aad the day will be won w |