A Hajdú-Bihar Megyei Levéltár évkönyve 28. 2001 (Debrecen, 2001)
Tanulmányok - Szűcs Ernő: Egy 39-es baka leveleiből
189 marching drills and target practices, especially the former of which were extremely tiring. Initially, the postcards also deal with the question of ranks and promotions, but because commissioning as an officer meant a longer service, Égervári decided to give up hopes for bone stars on his epaulette, and chose telephone training instead. In the course of his service he encounters (meets, sees or hears about) the ruler, the hereditary prince (Franz Ferdinand), and then the later heir to the throne, Charles Robert (later becoming the last king as Charles IV) is transferred to the regiment. Égerházi makes sharp-sighted observations about these people, which do not always coincide with the opinions of the historians of later ages. The letters also deal with other issues such as the street uniforms, packets received from home and the financial support sent. The letters sent to the family members are especially touching and warmhearted. The war propaganda also greatly influences the rhetoric of Gábor Égerházi in the beginning after the news of the war is received, but the deployment of the regiment and the losses inherent with this change his “too enthusiastic” opinion about the war, and he then wishes for the quickest conclusion of the hostilities. In any case, these letters provide an insight into the conditions in the army at the time they were written through the writings of a person of wide horizons in the joint army of the monarchy times. Hajdú-Bihar Megyei Levéltár Évkönyve XXVIII.
