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and his brother entered the military acad- emy in Copenhagen.
 His Services in Turkey.
 Subsequently he entered the Prussian army, but did not obtain 8 Eeutenancy until he was past thirty-two, when he was placed on the general staff. In 1884 he was granted an indefinite leave of absence, and he gave his services to Turkey, where for five years he was the chief military ad- wiser and counselor of the sultan in the reorganization of the Turkish army and the building of Notifications.
 Made a Major General.
 Upon his return to Prussia William III invested him with the highly prized "Ordre pour le Merite"
 Shortly afterward he married daughter by first wife of his brother-in-law, John Burt, an Englishman. She died in 1888, leaving him childless. He was soon made aid-de-camp on the personal staff of Prince Henry, and in l84S was appointed success lively chief of department of the great gen. eral staff of the Sixth army corps. In 1855 he became first personal aid-de-camp to the crown prince of Prussia, and was made major general the following year, and pro visional director of the great general staff, which latter office was made permanent in 1859, when the work of constructing the great Prussian army began.
 The War with Austria.
 In 1883 came the war with Denmark, which was planned by Won Moltke, at the conclusion of which Prussia gave him the great cross of the Order of the Crown, and Austria the cross of the Order of Leopold. In 1866 he directed the campaign against Austria, and the strategy shown therein proved that he was without 8 peer in Europe as 8 tactisian.
 The French Campaign.
 After his wife's death in 1868 he secluded himself and laboriously worked out the plans for the war with France which he foresaw must come sooner or later.
 To these later on he added three other plans, to meet every emergency that might arise. The perfection of those plans in every detail was the admiration of the William gave Won Moltke all the credit of the greatest victory ever achieved by Prussian arms. Two years ago he resigned as chief of staff.
 Liberaly Rewarded.
 For his services in the war with Austria General Moltke was given the order of the Black Eagle and 8 national donation, the latter consisting of his share of q, 800, 900, or q 100, 900, in gold voted by the Prus- sian chambers in 1866 as nations recom- pense to six men-the Ministers Bismarck and Won Roon, and the four corps con- manders, Moltke, Herwarth von Bitten field, Won Steinmetz and Vogel von Falk. enstein. The crown prince and Prince Frederick Charles were excluded from these appropriations by their royal rank.
 In recognition of his unrivaled service in the war with France he was voted an- other donation, created count and made chief marshal of the German empire. In 1872 he was made 8 life member of the up per house in the reichstag, and during the latter years of his life he attended faith fully to his parliamentary duties. Resid- ing in Berlin in the winter, Count von Moltke passed his summers at Krelsau, his estate in Silesia.
 His Personal Peculiarities.
 In appearance General Moltke was tall and thin, though very little bent by age. In manner he was kind and gentle, show. ing in his behavior all the ease and dignity of a thoroughbred gentleman.
 He was great favorite with the armies and the soldiers called him Father Moltke while his learning and taciturnity made his associates speak of him as "the man who is silent in seven languages" His house in Berlin was the Staff Palace, 6 large brick building which resembles 6 barracks or school. Indeed. while Genera Moltke lived it might have been said to b< both, for he was surrounded by the two hundred and fifty officers of the great Prussian staff, and in one of the rooms h. was accustomed to give his famous lesson. on the military art to twenty or thirty officers, who in turn give them to tn, army.
 His home was on his estate in Silesia which he was accustomed frequently t. visit for rest and recreation. When h, went to his estate he always, before enter ing the house, looked at the grave of hi wife, who died at Christmas, 1868. Tn mausoleum was marked by marble monu ment designed by the marshal, which wa situated at the end of the mark and sur rounded by cypress trees. It bears fgur and the inscription "Love is fulfllment o | the law"
 | His Great Modesty. Concerning the English army, Moltk is said to have said that the purchase sys
 tenn was the best of its features, and con corning our own war that he "did not con | slider the movements of armed mobs wort
 studying" though in point of fact he ha
 studied the lessons of our civil war. Hi | modesty was unaffected. 'I should hay been out of place." he said to painte
 who depicted him encouraging a charge a | Gravelotte, Heading soldiers in presenc of the officer whose duty it was to con
 mand them" Since the Franco-Prussia
 war Won Moltke has been recognized a | the highest embodiment of the Prussial
 military system and of the victorious arm
 of imperial Germany. ..