The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-20

principally military tt In significant that hs
has been generally looked upon as the presume
bic successor OF Won Moltks.
Prince William. said German gentleman
now resident IN Chicago and familiar with the
career Of the Prince. .'has been most carefully
prepared for the high station which he is soon to
be called to fill. In all but years and experience
at the helm of state he ia every inch king.
In one respect his education was unprecedented
Prussia. and perhaps in that of all
the royal families OF Europe. He and his
younger brother Henry were sent TO q common
school, not 10 primary public school, but to
the gymnasium at Cassel. where he was in the
same classes and sat the same benches filed
By the sons of the people over whom he will be
called to rule He was@a close student, and
graduated with his class. Practically all his
life has been spent IN preparing himself for pub
lie service OF the highest order. Few young
men In Germany have known so little of leisure
and the pursuits of amusement as he. From
the gymnasium he went to the Uni
versity Of Bonn. where he vas
was particularly strong in constitutional law
and political economy. Here again he the
simple student rather than the Prince Imperial,
and pursued his studies under the con-
ditions as those to which his classmates were
subjected. He Joined in all the exercises and
games of the college, including practice with
the foils and the schlsger or sharp sword. in the
use OF which he was an adept. He joined and
became prominent in of the corpora
tons of students, remnants of the old days of
German universities He time.
believe. leader IN the corporation called
Borussia. and an ardent champion Of athletic
sports.
AT the age of ten. in accordance with the GUS
tom of the royal house. ne had been put in the
army. nominally, but after leaving Bonn be en-
tered the service in earnest as captain IN the
First Regiment of Foot Guards at Potsdam. He
DEVELOPED extraordinary zeal and enthusiasm in
his military studies. His love for the army has
been notable. and the army ido!zes him. The
day he was married he rode from the railway
station at the head of his company past the
window of his grandfather From the Foot
Guards he was promoted to the rank of major
and transferred to a regiment of hussars of the
Guard at Potsdam. There he learned the serv-
ice of the cavalry, and displayed the same APP
piication and enthusiasm as whom with the in :
benefit Of seasons experience with
the First Regiment of Artillery of
the Guard. but though he quickly rose to the
rank of a brigadier-genersl in command of the
Second Brigade, with headquarters at Berlin,
the red uniform of the Hussars is his favorite
military garb. and the dash of the troopers his
favorite military maneuver."
You say he is popular with the army7"
He is the ideal of all the officers of the army.
He has won them by the patience and zeal with
which he mastered their profession, well as
by the uniform cordially of his behavior to all
with whom he was thrown in contact He Is a
| rigid discipllnarian. soldier by instinct and
| education. Particularly noticeable has been the
| fathfuness with which he has followed the in
| structions of Count WaIdsnsee, the chief of the
| Generals staff and great tactician. There is
| doubt but that for his succession to the
| throne he would in time and that before many
years have succeeded Won Moltke"
But he has had civil training as well?p
Yes. His military studies were occasionally
| interrupted to give him an opportunity to study
| the civil administration. This done by at
| taching him to NJ Ackenbach, first president OF
the province OF Brandenburg, and afterward by
| placing him with the Minister of Finance and
| the Minister of the Interior in Berlin. He has
studied with Bismarck too. During two or
three winter seasons his carriage was regularly
seen two or three times a fortnight az the doc r
| of the Chancellors palace What the master of
staUecraft taught him you well imagine
| as From this date those intimate relations
| of William with Bismarck which Germans as
| well as the observing of other nations take SO
much pleasure in contemplating"
| SIS il true that William is maimed2
| Eyes. He has had but partial use of his left
| arm since his BIRTH And should not be sur
prised if the circumstances attending the loss OF
| full use OF that arm would in time have ire
~mendous influence upon the history of Europe.
/ William has always keenly felt this impairment
of his physical strength, and claims that the in
/ jury was inflicted by the unskillfulress of the
| English physician who attended his mother a,
\ his birth. His enmity to the English, and bis
| distrust of English surgeons in particular. may
| have had origin in this circumstance But the
lack of full control of his left arm does not pre-
vent him being expert swordsmans as he
| at all times showed whom IN college and whom
with the Hussars, nor does it forbid him the
| pleasures of the hunt He is good shot, and
| has inherited the true Hohenzollern passion Tor
| the chase.
| prince William is as familiar with French
| party of Americans who two years ago present
| ed Emperor William with a basket of flowers al
Innspruck, where he resting during the hot
hours of the day, doubtless remember the per
feet grace and cordality with which young
William acted interpreter in conveying to
| them the Emperor's thanks for the compliment.
| He has artistic tastes and talents, too. Several
| OF his paintings, mostly marines, have been sold
in Berlin at fabulous prices for the benefit OF
| charitable objects. !"
lyon have heard of bis alienation from hi.
/ mothsr2
| Eyes. that is now common talk. It may be
| true. But know he is the idol of the army, Of
| young Germans, of all men who chafe under the
| dull, tradesman-like regime which Bismarck hai
| fostered. do not doubt that under William colo
| NAL Germany will have wonderful growth Ht
| is great admirer of America and the Americans
| one of his best friends. Col. Waldensee. being
| married to an American lady. Miss Lee, The
| daughter of New York banker"
His own family9"
He married In 1880, Princess Victoria Au
gusta. of Schleswig- Holstein. He has four boys
The new Crown Prince is about seven years old
Williams closest friend I should say, is hi
| brother Henry. who is in the navy, and predic
that the world will hear much more of both O.
| them"