Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-23
THE DEAD EMPEROR.
'iiian OF Hohenzollern's Life and Wo
Tnr fl,a Eatv,orlu.xl

| ham OF Hohenzollern's Life and Work
FOR the Fatherland.
ne Emperor William has won O place in his.
| as one OF the most illustrious OF an exceed
5ig lllustrious family. Throughout his pub
ssFeer, IN length and eventfulness rarely if
Or exceeded, he has displayed oil the finer
ilities of that remarkable race of rulers
llch--since its establishment in the Branden-
.ts marshes in l4l2-has never produced IN
,,'o.u'ely incompetent sovereign. The Hohen-
l;ss early won themselves name for
fllt, sasacity. and valor. These character
,4 nave been obviously transmitted from
'nef to son throughout the whole history of
: house of Hohenzollern, and they account
~, t1e extraordinary propensity of the family
Seli. Tor the steadily progressive increment Of
slropean influence, and for the territorial
,anslon OF its realm, which has, within the
| ;. l"o centuries. grown from a barren Mar
a''te INTO u gigantic empire.
WILLIAMS MILITARY CAREER.
'uieror William began his military career
~ u, early age. Born March %, 1897. 1t was
., .Iie ISL ISL OF january, 1907, when, crushed at
na, ffuSsa had almost ceased to exist as an
I'ohendeEt nation, that Frederick William
!, who, with his family, was living in the
kp ,n furnished, half-ruined castle of Koenigs-
e. gave his third son, Wilhelm. then 10
~, vi age, the commission of u subaltern in
H. royal t grenadiers, with the remark: Il give
suit of clothes to wear on your next birth
~ ~ y E.stmes.o 1907 he was com missioned as
o o1,i lieutenant and ut once began to learn
lullinents of his military duties under the
a r%I..uS OF Mai. Won Pirch. In 1879, when
,sa .oyal family returned to Berlin, the Prince
4 S1 :, .s the city at the head of his company.
rom on. that time he lived the same life as
AZ 1t oillcers of the regiment Delicate health
f thni ms going into the field with his
+"4' et ana brother in 1913. and in June Of that
. q, nc was promoted to q First L:eutenancy.
ktt is gu Ln me following November, after the
M ~, Lelpsic. he was commissioned Captain
t 9.aered to the front to join his regiment.
en ne dst OF January. 1914, seven years after
4 49, ilt1o The service and at the age of II,
Du" alongside OF Marshal Butcher when the
~ 'n ns army crossed the Rhine to invade
AZ AZ. the battle of Bar-sur-Aube. where he
listed nu ~: nre for the first time, he was in
blI ~, WIN the reconnaissance of the battle
Sst Mo his ne ~ dld this with so much GOODNESS
kcora nla 1ather gave him the Iron Cross this
Ia ,a,,!9 IS only bestowed for military serv-
(a crnaa me Car OF Russia bestowed on him
la hoas VI ST. George, an order Of which he
Remhe.n 1of number of years the Oldest
ke ooa after this he was transferred from the
lies inta 70 the guards, and entered with the
hce tn VIZ ~ paris. an enterprise that he has
|li .ft ce repeated. The second time was in
|ok act;uo sue Belgian campaign, in which he
\ Wuter,esp arS, winning Majors commission
J his AN. ne did not remain long in Paris,
eipnta =. n 1nt was ordered to Berlin to par
faFed IN the solemn estiyals of victory cole
IN |Il army. Va VIC suceesses " sne Aus-
ter tb evolutionary storm of 1s4s, bursting
lillian, who!e continent compelled Prince
emmad W Mho lmplored the King to make q de.
''ana against the D. adicals-to seek