New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-14
GENERAL Won MOLTKE RETIRED.


capituiations do not apply to Masso"ah.
GENERAL Won MOLTKE RETIRED.
GENERAL. Won wALDERsEE HIS SUCCESSOR
THE DISTINGUISHED SOLDIER NOMINATED
BY THE EMPEROR As PRESIDENT OF
THE COUNTRY DEFENCE
Eerln. Aug 13-Gencra Won Moltke has been
placed on tho retired list OF the army General Won
Wa,dcrsce succeeds him. Emperor william has
written General Won Moltke gracious and affcc-
tonaic letter nominating him as President OF country
Defence. This office held by Emperor Frcdenck
until he asccndcd the throne, since when 1t has been
vacant. Count VOL Moltke continues on the active
40" SKETCH OF TUE RETIRING CHIEF.
Count Won Moltke, one of the Oldest and most
distinguished soldiers of modern times, was born az
parchm, Mccklcnburg, the Goth OF October, leoo'
the son OF a Danish General Educated In the
Cadets Academy at Copenhagen, he became an 9fi-
GER at eighteen. In 1922 he entered the Prlssian
service for ten years ariuously serving In the In
fcror grades, until in 1892 he was promoted 10 the
General staff with high reputation for ability ana
diligence In 1855, by permission OF lis Govern
ment, he went TO Constannopc aud was cmpioyeu
by Mahmend II in improving the foruhcations OF
Turkish cities and in the against the kuius ana
against Egypt While thus engaged he addressed
series of letters TO Mrs. Butte, his sister. who han
married an EngllShman, upon the condition OF IuI-
kew and these I'm 1871 were collected In voiumc.
subsequent edition in 1876 revised and corrected
by the author lie married at the age of forty Miss
Butte daughter of his sisters husband. Upon the
death of tho Sultan In 1889 Moltke returned 10 Bef
lin and was for many years employed IN staf service,
Incoming I'm 1856 the Adutant of Prince FREDERICK
William and in 1858 Chief Of the General stan OF 'h3
Army. lie was made "a Lieutenant-General III lo'o'
Won Moltke planned the campaign in the liosteln
war In 1864 between Denmark and Prussia ana AUS
trla ACCOMPANYING Prince Frederick Charles TO the
field In le66 he was upon the staff of King william
I'm The Prssian war with Austria, and the operations
at KocniCCratz were planned by him. Aiter uo
battle Of Sadowa he had fully determined 10 march
up6n Olmutz and Vienna, but after hVc aays 'ruoo
negotiations were followed by treaty of peace FOR
his services In this campaign the Order Of the blaoA
Eaglo was conferred upon him, and he receiVeu 'no
command of the kolberg, Pomeranisn regiment
The war between France and Prussia had long oeen
foreseen by Won Moltlc, and when 1t camc IN lo'o
Prussia was fully prepared for IT, chlehy, perhaps
through the Improvements Introduced py MIN "'o
the discipline Of the army. lie had Niseu i"''
during the Universal Exposition IN loo'' ana 10 A'4
at that time to have made many observations "mcn
were subsequently found useful. lie acted as Ohlei
If the General stan Of the entire German force. tho
chief command assumed In person Dy iiu IN mn, ~
Al sedan Moltke the military, as BsmaIch & was % -
civil commissioner appointed to arrange tho 'oi"'' "
Ills services were gratefully rewarded by the Ger Ger
"n,nary gratiiies was appointed in 1871 General
Field Marshal, and in 1872 life memoer o,rc% o 'nv
tn rfhc Rririsag and I'm February delivered speech
on the necessity preparation for letaauon o1 uo m
part OF France. Another speech IN APRIL i0''' o'
the same topic attracted much attention"
COUNT WALDERsEE AND HIS AMERICAN VIE T.
Count Won " Wadersee was born NJ Potsdam IN APRIL
,eno NJ = noble family lie began his military career
in 1850 as second lieutenant in the artillery ana nine
Gears later was made first lieutenant In le62 nc was
put in of a battery. did brilliant service !"
the campaign of 1864. and the following year was
transferred to the Iral1enpIS Fleid Arullery hes-
men with the right 10 anedate his captalncy three
years on the outbreak Of the PrussoAustrian war
he received staf appointment with the active army
and with the rank of major was placed al inc seIN'o
Of the Provisional Government of Hanover IN oc'o
ber 1866 he transferred TO the stan OF tho Ieht
Army Corps, and in January, 1870 was maze MN
tary Attache of Prussia at Paris When the war win
France broke the Count became colonel ana chle
of staff TO the Grand Duke OF Mcckenburg Sch"erlh'
In August, 1871. he took command OF the haio-
veran Chlans and in 1873 he was made CHIEF OF stan
to his army corps In 1873 he was appointed priga-
der and IN 1876 divisional general In 1ss@ Inc
Office of quarcrmaster general was created for him.
and he became the assistant and direct repreich'a'o
OF Field Marshal Won MOltkc.
Count Won WalGerscc married in 1866 the Countess
Won NOcr an American lady with romantic history
The Countess born about 1s4O in tis city, where
father, David Lea, was wholesale grocer iic
died leaving wife and four children son and three
daughters with only small fortune To divide among
them In course OF time the eldest daughter married
Baron Wachter and when he was sent as the Ambassa
dor of the King of Wurtcmberg To Paris, Mrs Lea ana
the three children went 10 visit him. soon aiter
their arrival in Paris the second daughter married
CAPTAIN Murray. of the British Army Miss Mary Lea,
the third daughter. made the acquaintance OF the PIN
cess Louise of Schleswg IIolsten whose father the
Prince had been driven off his throne by the Prussians
The two young women became Intimate, and MISS Lea
met the old Prince, who fell In love with her and laid
aside his title of Serene IIiGhness I'm order TO marry
her He then accepted from the Austrian Emperor
tho title of Count NOer After the wedding the
pair started for the East. the Count dying In Egypt
only two months later and leaving his young BRIDE
fortune. The Countess returned 10 Vienna ana sooi
won the Of Emperor, who raised her to the
rank of Princess After the AustrO PrusSian she
married the Count Won Waderscc.
Al Berlin the Countess has had strong influence IN
political society, especially with the BlsniarcMan
partv she was never popular with the D0wsger I'm
sncy Ver the new Empress and the Emperor William
She is one of tho few really brilliant women al the
Court Of Berlin, and has built up there SALON. some
thing after the Paris model.