New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-26


Denmark's glory a. the ally OF Napoleon WIZ
passed. Her financial credit was gone ana Noiwsy
had been ceded to Sweden. The outlook Tor
young officer was not promising and Moltke turned
his cyes toward the fegenerated land Of bis oirtn'
His resignation was accepted in 1922, and after
crcditable examination be wss appointed second
lieutenant in tie 40 Prussian Regiment Of In
family.
Y second neriod of his Life begins with hs con-
m,,aion IN the Prussian army, @ period whicny
desnite bis modesty is full Of incident and story.
aYou make a mistake" he wrote after the Be-
bemian camnaiqn. "if you think my life Is adapted
n ono ~ tho.e brilliant narratives which the
poets and public love 50 well My life Is 80
bare Of episodes that 1t might oe called a'moss
,cdiou. T do not know what my biographers
could write beyond dates and dates again" In
q little more than year alter entering Inc "ei
man Armv Moltke was sent to the Academy OF
war IN Rerlin. Here again he was obliged to de-
nrive b,mseH Of those pleasures so dear to the
Young oAacer,s heart Unlike his comrades, ne
was forced IN depend entirely upon his sparse sal
arv "Tbe lot OF a poor young lieutenant ne
1vrots nanv wears later Is really not an enviabe
ono Vet in addition to the lectures OF the
famous oeo9rapher, Karl Ritter, which aroused
within him O. desire to visit Iofeisn i"nus Oh"
neoples. and those of Professor Erlan' vi pnyso''
Moltke managed to save enough money " p"S ,oi
extra lessons in French and Ensnsh' Ai'ei ~,
graduation from the academy Moioke WAC a''Asn.u
n Mace in the Typographical department VI ',i'
army. Between 1927 and 1882 "heh 0own.,0-
soned a captain, his time was oeVo%u " 0ns
routine work Of the soldier ana the puoi'"n n -
rou~n1 .,".o.i.s q, Holland and Belgium and Po-
land He was unable longer to suppress LIB ue-
s,ro +o travel, Securing the :" Kings leave OF ao-
80, in ,s25 he set out for Turkey, whlcn aC
.hat +,n,e first began to attract the Afternoon OIL
49, western World. It was his intention 70 ne
rno,r onlv a few months abroad. Unforeseen ci''
oum.tarces however, changed his plans, ana lour
,oors nassed away before he again So" Ills h"n''
Iora At the express desire Of the SULTAN Ie ell
.oa tho Turkish service to aid in It's reorgahiI"
tion on the Prussian plan. His life IN the iar
Fast was full of adventure. lie tra'eiieu ~
Asia Minor and camped at the sources VI '''' ~
nbrates and Tigris; he took part IN the
and cruel campaign against Mchemeo An' ana
acted as an escort to the Sultan IN hiS JUN
through Rumelia and Bulgaria lie pfep,ueu ."
o1ohoroto work. on the condition Of the turkish
Armv. he drew plans Of the DardaneLles anu sui-
yovod both banks OF the Bosphorus: he arc" |"
man of Constantinope, inspected armies anu DuiO
| bridges palaces and aqueducts. Ills Hr'ioeS "e''
| Invaluable to the Sultan, who Showers" '.'''"
| tions and honors upon him. Ills kho"Nuse "
| the vast Empire was due to the energy u Hi.
| Prussian assistant. His work III 'nc SUITS "
Constantnople was Of especial interest u -n',V"'
Throrcs ~ women and children followed him.
| They called him "vender OF s"ee.ile"O' ~.'
insisted unon seeing his stores. Unable to gratify
.hon, IN this way. he amused them by drawing
their pictures on pieces of paper. No great skill
,ooo.sor ~ 70 nortray the yelled Turkish beau
| tics Int they considered the likencsses STRIKING
| IIo welcomed. however, the day Of his return u
Germany. For his subsequent career, the training
which he received in the East, in geographlca
l,nowledce in independence OF action ana inc
ability 10 estimate the stragetic and tactlcal lh
nortance of a territory, was invaluable, ana lei'
lasting impressions upon him. But his solourn
in Turkey had still another result, which, IN many
,vavs was of paramount Importance to Moltkc.
| The interesting letters which ne wrote TO hls
relatives and friends, descriptive OF his HE IN th'
service Of the Sultan, have been pupllShed aho
have received unqualified praise. Many OF thest
were written to his sister, who had married al
Enrlishman. John Heytinger Burt, widowel
with two daughters, who had settled
in Holstein The eldest of these two
Young women married Baron Won Brockdorf, bu
the younger. Miss Mary. was still at home "hef
Moltle returned from the Orient. They were NJ
strangers The mind and character OF Nloltk'
had appealed to the beautiful young woman
through tho letters which she had read with tn
greatest interest, and she looked forward WIN sc
to n personal acquaintance with their author
Although she was many years his junior, MoltK'
wos captivated with the charms of the young
lady and led her to the altar as his wife in 1s42
lie never regretted this step. Their union was ont
Of unalloyed happiness, although it was childless
They lived together for twenty years, and TIT
saddcst day of Molke's life was that of her death
| an Christmas 1868 He has devoted his life. al
most. TO her memory. In beautiful mausoleum
| in the great forest about his country seat a
Kresau she lies buried. On the anniversaries
her birth and death, he never falls TO COW IL
homage at her tomb. And at other times, whel
business or pleasure calls him to kresau, HI
first visit. before greeting his living friends, l
TO that house Of the dead. Often in the nigh
time he can be found Watching at the grave
Even to this day. tears will roll down the griz
zled warriors cheeks when he recalls the death
bed scene of his wife and tells OF her attempt Z
console him by stroking his forehead and hands
long after she could neither speak nor see. Mar
Burt was Moltkes first and only love- and hi
devotion is as assuring and touching as that o
any knight in days Of old.
Moltkes years Of travel. study and preparation
were not yet ended. In 1s45 he was appointe
adiutant of. Prince Henry Of Prussia, who wa
then living in Rome. The princes sickness CAV
, Moltke almost uninterrupted leisure, which
used in Typographical studies in the neighborhoo
of Rome and the Campagna.' lie spent almost
year in Italy, when the death Of the prince brough
! him again 70 Prussia. The fruits OF his soJour
were the celebrated Conform di Roma whic
! are still considered exact and reliable. He wa
again placed in the general staff being assigned
duty at Coblcnz. During the following seve
: years he advanced rapidly up the militar
! ladder until 1885, when ho was appointed ad
iutant of the Crown Prince. And then his travel
began again. Russia. England. Scotland an
France were visited in turn. Moltke used hi