The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-15

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Of German Victories.
From the London Telegraph
An exceedingly shabby looking, not to say
is pointed out to sranstrs 4 III 14itienoe Of |
this great General and consummate war ad- |
seems too great, and no microscopic detail |
neatness q hand, loAering unerriIgly in the
i:s'sS lff6 to q 1k13 XII
and complex works, from the construction
Of the universe downward. The house in |
Behren strasse may be regarded as the work |
shop where wheels and wheels have been put |
patiently together by one pair Of strong
hands; for strength implies delicacy,
whether in playing sonata, making time
n mater. 'e e, ssss sso %. ia
victorious campaign. Here it is that the
most wonderful piece of human mechanism
known to military history, the Geaman
army of lS7O-a combination unparalleled
in the multitude Of It's elements and the per-
lection and vastness of its entirety-was pat
together. The Watch has proved an ex-
oellent piece of work. and people are curious
to know what manner of man is the watch
make. I ,iJErjXH 2'hiOdfaIo5
Gen. Hellmuth Baron Won Moitke, to
whose already proven BiiH Snd energy was
entrusted the gigantic task OF setting in I'M
mediate motion half million of men-of
calculating from all corners of the land the
time required to bring on ! certain day, and
1t certain hour, to a certain point many
single corps, uniting Is a vast, compact and
solid army-belongs to 4 family of Old Meek
lenburg. He was born in the first year of
the century, at farm known as Samow, near
| Ribnitz. His traditions were all military.
His father had served in the Mollendorf
regiment, and WAS resolved on giving a thor
oagh soldiery training. to his sons. Very
soon after the bilth Of him whose career We
are now briefly sketcling, the family went to
! Holstein; and in the year 1872 he Was sent
| with an elder brother to the Land Cadet
Academy at Copenhagen, 80 that Prussia is
indebted to Denmark Is wei! as TO the Duchy
of Mecklenburg for the production of a sol
der whose services Will have left their mark
in the history Of this young but powerful
monarchy. When twenty-five years of age
our cadet entered the Prussian service as
Second Lieutenant in the Eighth l>cib lnfan-
try regiment, which was stationed at Frank
fDrt-on-the-Oder. The corps wits command
81 at the time by Gen. Won der Warwick,
whose wife was by birth a Countess Won
NOltke. To this circumstance may Ike pos
ibly ascribed the fact that the young officer,
whose means and worldly prospects were
now very small, found influential friends.
4 He was entirely dependent on his slender
paw, for his nearest relatives had fallen on
evil days, and their fortune was lost.
| By great exertions and self-deniai, Lieut..
Moltke educated himself in midcrn Ian
guages, and his diligence obtained for him
in short time the direction a: the Division
School, in winch post, his duiiss were
discharged with such eminent satisiac-
ton to his superior officers that he was at
taceei to the staff of General won Msflling,
4 and was employed 10 take Typographical
measurements in Selisia and elsewhere. Soon
afterward he became Captain, and in two
wears was admitted to the General staff
While holding the rank Of Captain he went
tn Turkey, with Captains Iiahe, Won. Muhl-
bach, Fischer and Won Winke, to organize
tlre army there on the Prussian model. The
work was attended with results almost ludi-
cro,lslv unsuccessful As soon as the Turk
ish troops were disciplined and organized,
they deserted en- masse. But military liter
AZURE owes To Moltkes Eastern visit his pop
ular and instructive Letters from Turkey
and the same mission also gave him the OPP
portunity of making valuable drawings Of
the Dar,iancllcs, the BoSphorus, and Con
stantinoPle.
In 1SS9-and We NAV remind the reader
that Won Moltkes wears are the years of the
ccntury-hc returned. after Il most interest
ing journey through Lesser Asia, to Europe.
In the year following he married Miss Won
Burnt, of HOLSTER, ;anl .iLtaM tAe SANE tiise
he was pronpteI Y, the rank Of Major, y IN
Rome, where RI Vii attached as adjirtant "a
Prince Heinrich Of Prussia. Few people
now remember this Prince, who was the
uncle of the present King of Prussia, and
who, having become Roman Catholic,
ended his days in the city Of the POpeS.
After leaving Prussia, Prince Heinrich was
reported dead. But he lived to furnish a
theme which the historical novelist Of an
other generation may turn to good account.
I Having brought the dead body of the
Prince back To Prussia, Major Won Moltkc
became chief of the General Staff Of the
Fourth Army Corps in Magdeburg; in 1850
he was made Lieutenant Colonel; in 1851
Colonel; in 1856, Major General, and in
1859 Lieutenant General. During this
year he accompanied the Crown Prince OF
Prussia to Balmoral, and alcrward, being in
command of the Eleventh Infantry Regi-
ment, resided with the Prince for a twelve
month in Breslar. On two other memOra-
bic occasions he went in attendance on the
Crown Prince to England; first when his
Royal Highncss espoIsed the Princess Roynl,
and afterwards when the Prince was present
at the funeral obsequies of her lamente,l
father, the Prince COnsort.
In 1864, when Field-MarShal the Count
Wraugel, after the Duppel victory, gave the
command to Prince Frederick Charles, Won
Moltke became Chief of the General Staff;
and it must have been with strange feelings,
as he remembered his cadet days in Den
mark, that he projected the successful PAS
sage over to Alsc;,. His fame was after
wards to be more firmly established. The
seven days war with Austria brought into
conspicuous prominence those brilliant quail
tiles which have again shonc forth, to the
great glory of Prussia and the German
cause, and to the signal discontinue, if not
confusion, of their enemies. This is the
man who guides the great army which, re-
polling invasion, has carried conquest into
the heart of the INVADER territory.
WASHINGTON.