Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-05

High Honors for tho Kaiser's Democratic
Grandson.

High 1kOnOr6 lOr tho hAiSerS DemOCfotiC
Grandson.
Prince William, the eldest son Of
the crown Prince, and the future heir
to the German throne has received the
title of MajSr-Geperal AS q birthday
present from the Emperor. The adj
Vanced age OF the monarch and the
frah condition of the Grown Princes
health have certainly had much to do
with tho grandsen's rapid promoticn.
Two years ago-he is now 29-Prince
William ranked only rs a Major, and
people in general spoke with surprise
at the STOW ness with which he adj
vanced. yet all praised the thorough
ness of his military education. In
Vulnerable ~pr.ncelings were then above
him, MS well as untitled men of not
much longer service, for a Prussian
Prince receives his straps at the age
Of 10! He was compelled to work like
the rest of his comrades, equally SUBJ
ject to m ilitary discipline. Early and
late he was with his regiment, ordered
about as an ordinary Majol. saluting
his superior, with little or no attention
in a military ~way-paid 20 his royal
rank. But all this is changed and he
wears now the brilliant insignia of a
Prussian Major-General. Any hour
may make HIM Crown Prince-yes,
may make him King and Emperor
aud the proud old ruler las at last
thought it best tn recognize this
possibility and prepare the young man
for It's realization.
Yet Prince William is a young-look-
ing Majvr-Gcncral He lacks the
premiuelL rugged features of his
father and the handsome lines of his
%Grandsire. The Hohenzollerns have
no hereditary physical characteristics.
Even Prof. VIro ow failed To find any
0ranial one ia MS scientific examine
Con Of the ancestral skulls. They
have never intermarr ed. having the
purest blood of all royal families "a
Custom Which tends to preserve and in
tensify pecnliarities. Prince William
has the appearance of a young man of
rs. HIS upper lip shows a sparse
blonde nHistache, his nose is slightly
Roman, with a medium forehead, and
hair stands back like Beethovcn's. But
despite t @ comparatively weak chin,
his cold blue eye has IA brave, daring
expression VIII ch reminds one a little
of the Great Frederick, whom he is
fondly said 20 resemble in character.
He is slender in build, aud shorter i'm
stature than his brother, the naval
Ho uenzollcrn." His right hand is
badly crippled. and his right arm ut
least two inches shorter than hs left,
a detect which has caused ns much an
noyauce aud mental pain as ever
n,,.,,'- .1,f.u,,, , a. ,lt,l H.. "a ga, ,.NN
every occasion Ia conceal it, bat tres,
of course, in vain. Yet tho skill he
possesses is remarkable. lie carries
his sword upon parade rs we'll as any
officer. and has become a most excel
lieut. %fenccr, rides like II Cossack. aud
shoots with uncrring aim.
No officer in the army is more popu-
lar than this royal scion and none
more clever No wonder that his men
are attached to him. He has n pleas
ant word for all, and cracks his joke
with the common man rs though he
were of his numbcr. His training has
been democratic. He attended school
at Cassel. boarding with n of the
teachers, aud being treated exactly rs
one of the other boys. Taking his
lunch II day. he noticed one Of his
comrades eating the black bread
which the poorer classes use in Ger
many. Wishing to taste it. he offered
to ''trade" with the boy-the son. / be-
lieve, of a poor mechanic-who, of
course, was only too glad to do so. 1t
pleased the princes palate s. much
that no made an agreement TO ex-
Change lunches with the boy every
day, and thcnceforwaro he always
Toasted upon the black bread baked in
the house of tie mechanic. He was
graduated after several years ut Cassel
among the first of his class. To the
great satisfaction of his parents, who
attended the commencement. He
after ard-as is Holcnzollern custom
attended the university at Bonn and
Joined the famous Saxo-Borussen
Corps, over whose annual meetings he
still prcsides, and is rs eager rs any in
relating the pranks Of his student days.
And today one meets him in streets of
Berlin i'm civilians clothes. mingling
with the people like the 'cltizrn-king."
1t is safe to say that the majority Of
the nation look Upon Prince William
AS the wearer of the mantle of
Frederick the Great, and believe him
destined to fulfill the cherished hopes
OF Germany, further tie plans of a
Bismarck aud Moltke. and cement the
union of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS let
ICr tn kcU Yorb Tribune.