Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-11-30 | Page 4 | Driven Mad by War

vn DRIVEN MAD BY WAR. Some of the official reports from the war zone have denied that the j heavy gun fire has had any disturb Ing effect on the men in the trenches c?rept when exploding shells have Struck their mark, but a letter from j Lord KnutSford to the English pn discloses how great is tbe. racking j effect of war conditions Here is an extract: "There are a certain number of our gallant soldiers for whom no i proper provision is at present obtain- nole, but IS sorely needed. The? are nun suffering lrom very severe men- I UU and nervous shock, due to excea sivo strain and tension. They can) V,q niirnH if nr.1v hv ran roeelvo ! proper attention from physicians who have made a specialty of treating in li conditions These men are quite unsuitable patients for general hos pitals, .19 their chance of recovery depends de-pends on absolute quiet and on the individual and prolonged attention of the physician. If not cured these men will drift back to the world as wrecks and miserable wrecks, for the rest of their lives." That Is a glimpse of war In Its most unnerving aspect. No doubt hundreds of men have been driven insane by the horrors of the battlefield battle-field The roar of heavy guns, tho strain in the trenches, the bayonet charges, all are so terrible, that the wonder is any man in the vortex of Ik fight i ver escapes with his mental men-tal faculties unimpaired. This war will fill Europe with ner-ous ner-ous wrecks and posterity will suffer.