The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-09-07
GEN. TON. MOLTHE.
some Account of the Great Organizer Of
German Nistories.

rom ne LINTON IeifgidHh
An exceedingly shabby looking. not 10 say
miserable, house IN reurens ttra,se Berlin Is
7ontod oUt 20 strangers the residence OF tins
great Genera and cOnsummate war administrator,
% whom no plan, rs whole, seems too great, and
no microscopic detail too trivial The vatchmakpr's
accCrIte ucltness Of hand, labOring .unerrngiy In
We hs-em N@e 81 parts TO who,e, mas been ngurl-
lively cite0 Wth respect to many great and complex
works, " m the construction of the universe down
ward. The house in Bearens strasse maY he re-
gardcd Us the workshop where wheels aud wheels
nave hsea put patiently together by uair OF
strong b .njs for strength implies dccacy, whether
IA playing son'ta- making tmrpiece. or adjust
iEs the numerous minute matters neccdiul 20 the
arry.nl through Of victorious c.mpaisn Here II
- tuat thc d ost wonderful piece OF human uechan
ISM known 20 military history. the German army OF
lsN-- continuation uupara leled in The multitude
VI ~ elements u q tue perfection and vastness Of
IT. eutrey-Nas put together The Watch has
proyel IN excellent piece OF work and peupe are
curious " know what manner Of man 10 the Watch
Gen HelinutI Baron Won Moltke, to whose al.
ready proven skill and energy VAS entrusted the
,igfn &c ask OF setting In immedilte motion half A
million OF meh--of calculating from all corners OF
he land tie time required to bring on certain day,
and at certain hour, to certain point many single
corps, uniting ss vast, COMPACT, and solid army
belongs to amily of OH Mecklenburg. lie was
born in The first year Of lie century, at a farm
known as Samow, near Rbnitz. lis traditions
all military, His father had served IN the FOL.
lehdori regiment and was resolved on giving a
thorough soldieriy training 10 his sons. very soon
alter tie birth OF hun whose career we are now
briefly sketching, the family went TO Hol-
stein and in the year 1879 be was sent with an
elder brother TO the Land Cadet Academy at
Copcnhagen, so shat Prussia IL Indebted TO Den.
mark as well As 70 tile Dncny o. MeckenburE for
The production OF soldier Whose services will
have LEFT their mark In te history Of this young but
powerful monarchy. When twenty-five years Of
ond Lieutesant in the Rixhta Leib Infantry regi.
mont, which Was stationed II Prank fort ont the
Oder. me cores wa, commanded =. The time by
Counties. yon No IKE. To this Circumstance ma,
be possibly ascrbed the fact that ths young odicer,
small, found influential frienda, lie was entirely
dependent on his slender pay, for HE nearest rels-
lives had fallen on evil days. and their fortune was
loet
BY great Terertions and seit-deniai, Lieutenant
Moltke educatsd himself In modern languages, and
his dihgsnce obtained for HIM In . short time the
direction OF the Division School, In which post his
duties were discharged with such eminent satisfac
ton TO his superior ofncers that lac was attached 70
the stat OF General Won N min and was empoyed
TO take Typographical ments IN Si!esia and
elsewhere. Soon afterward he became Captain
While holding the rank oi Captain, he was sent u
Turkey, With Captains Lane Won Mahbsch, Fische
AMI Won Wlnke, TO organize the army there on the
Prussian model The WORK was attended with re.
suits almost lndicrously unsuccessful. As soon rs
the Turkish troops we're disciplined and Organized
owes to Noltke's Eastern visit his popular and Ia.
sirnetiNe -" Letters from Turkey" and the same
mission also gave him the opportunity OF making
valuable drawings Of the Dardaneles, the Bospho.
rus, AMI COnstaninople.
In ls3J-and We may remind the reader that Won
Noltkes years are the years Of the ceniury-ne re.
turned, after q most Interesting journey through
Lesser ASA. 10 III tle year lOllOWlng lie
married Miss Won Burt, OF Holstein, and about the
same time he was promoted TO the rank OF Major
in 1915 he again left Germany, and went TO Rome
where he was attached as atJutaut To Prince Helm.
rich Of Prussia Few people now remember this
Prince, who the uncle OF the present King of
Prussia, and who, having become \ Roman Catholic
ended his Days In the city OF the Popes. Alter
leaving Prussia, Prince Heinrich wus reported dead.
Bat he lived TO furnish tAeme which the historical
novelist OF another generation may turn 10 good
account.
Having brought the desd body OF tho Prince back
10 Prussia, Major Won Moltke became chief OF the
General S,aG OF tho Fourth Army Corps in Masde-
burg; IN lsJO he made Lie tenant Colonel, In
1851 Colonel, in 1855 MsJor-Genersl, and 10 1859
ldeu'onmt. General. During this year he accom-
panied tie Crown Prince OF Prussia to Balmoral.
aud afterwards, being in command Of he Eleventh
Infantry Regiment, resided vita the Pruce for
tweNemohth In Breslau, On two other memorable
3ecaNons he went Ia attendance on tho Crown
ftlree TO England first when his Royal Highness
tkponsed the Princess kOyL, and Afterwards when
the frhce wa. present AZ the funeral Obsequies OF
her lamented father, the Prince Consort
In 1864 when Fielt-Narshal the Count Wraugel,
after the Duppel victory, gave the command to
FRINGE frederck Charles, Won Motko became
Cbief OF the General "a. and II must have been
with strange feelings, as he remembered his cadet
days in Denmark, that he projected the successful
be more firmly established. The seven DAYS war
with Austria brought into conspicuous proniinencS
those brilliant qualities which have again shone
forth 70 the Areat glory of Prussia and the German
cause, and TO the signal discontinue, II not conhl.
sion, OF their enemies. This Is the man who guides
the great army which, repeiDg INVASION has carried
conquest into the heart OF tie Invaders territory,