Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-02
Yon NoItke Dead
The Greatest Military Leader Since
Napoleon Laid Low by
hightier Hand.
The Seythe Of Father Time Cuts Down
the Old Man Loaded With
Fame.


bERlAN, April q The death Of Count
Won Moltke Is announced tonight
Won M0ltke attended the session Of
the relchs.Gg this afternoon His
death was vo.Y sudden and the physicians
who were summoned, announced that it'll
was caused 10y a failure Of the heart lie
passed away At GAS D. d., quietly nnd
rsinless,y. The news Of the counts 0nex-
pec,ed death caused great sorrow IN he
city.
Count Hemuth Carl Bernhard Won
Moltke was born October %, 1900. AT
Parchim, in Mecklenburg. He was elu
Gated at the military academy OF Copen
hagen and entered the Prussian service
in 1922 and was appointed q mem.
her cf tie staff in 1892
he devoted himself with great energy to
the scientific part of his office, and pub.
lished in 1885 work on the Iurko-Russian
war of 1928 %. This war, as all questions
relating 10 the Orient were cf great inter-
est to Prussia, led Won Motkc,
who was thoroughly conyenanC with
them TO make a Journey to Turkey in 1885
The Sultan Mahamed, to whom he was in
troduced and whose confidence he en-
Jpgcui pLNCuith Ah nm q lNui tNS II ioi
several years, during which time he
aided tho sultan by his advice
both on the Reorganization of the Turkish
army ard in the Improvement of the
Notifications oil Sihstria, ShOOma, Varna
R0ostchuck and the DardeneIles To-
gether with several other Prussian officers
on Through he accompanied the Turkish
army in the campaigns against the
hoords and against Mehemit Ain, yiceroy
OF Egypt After che death Of the sultan
| Won Moltbe returned home and published
in l84l Briefe uber Zusteaude und Begelen
| heiten in der Iurkei aus den Jahren,
| 1858 In 1916 he was appointed ad3d-
tant TO Prince Henry, Of Russia,
who lived at Rome, and
| the fruit of his residence in the city was a
map of its surroundings. After the death
! of the prince in lS47, he was attached to
/ the governor general on the Rhine, and
! became chief OF "a division Of the staff ~
! 1913, chief Of the staff Of the fourth
army corps from 1849 to 1855,
adjutant TO prince Frederick Wilhelm in
1856, and chief Of the staff of the whole
army in 1855 In this position lac has
made his name immortal as a general.
| Under his inspiring leadership inc staff
| became o. most convenient and effective
means Of commanding the amy, and III
subsequent wars his plans and dispositions
! esolted in AN upDroken series OF brilliant
vici0riea. For the achievement o such
results the presence Of the king was OF
vital importance. In 1866 and lS70-7l the
latter lead as commandeT-in-ch,ef and
gave absolute authority to Won MOtke s
! disposition. On a minor field IN 1864
/ against Denmark, Prince Frederick Karl
I having received command in April, Won
| Mohke led the army for the first time IN
| the war having drawn up beforehand Tao
plan If the whole campaign. w. 1855 m
! the wa against Austla and her allies, be
entered larger theatre and showed has
stategioal talent in amost brilliant manner.
| In june, 1866, he was made d general OF
/ infantry and after the short and astonlsh-
/ ing campaign was finished the klrg gave
! HIM the highest Prussan order, tha. 81 the
| Black Eagle, and the diet voted hlm a
| dotaticn He was elected deputy to
TIE North German diet the next
year Anticipating French attack he
! planned a campaign against France i'm
| nediately after the Austrian war, which
was laid before The king in 1868 and fol-
! lowed cut In 1870. The French campaign
! in 1901 is probably one Of the most
| brilliant which has ever been fought,
and although its entire success
can probably not be attributed to
Won MoItke, yet the larger share is never
theless his due Although possessed Of
the highest theoretical education he Wa,
never caught by theory, but he surveyed
with admirable freedom the changing
incidents of war, and acted in accord
ance with them. With him the great
est audacity Of the plan was connected
with q perfectly cool and sober calculation
In its execution, and this was his great
ness. On the day Of the population Of
Metz the king created him count
on the conclusion of The
armistlce he gave him one Of the five
er8nd crosses Of the Iron Cross, and on the
fav of the return If the troop to Berlin
he made hllu field marshal Re also
received donation OF 300 600 thaiers, and
the freedom of many cities was presented
TO him. He was lat very laxative he
was thoroughly couversaut with aumero1
FOREIGN largua and paop used TO say
Of hum cpl4 nmaueaiiy that he wa
Ispf Ia seven languages. Ha
aqs written unmeryU. works
cf the great European wrl Of this century /
including ore oa the fraucg-Prusssap /
war. Since that war he la7 been mem
Der Of the German pariamr and through +.
hes influence. with that O.. 3 smack ha
tae German army been preserved ia such I