Evening journal., 1891-04-25

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kfsf31Ss11 Inn The old baron en-
t& sb55ys ~# - tered the service
e,s,yvpA, ,,1,, no, r,-y OF Denmark, in
which he rose to
lieutenant general, and young Won Moltke
and his brother entered the military acad-
emy In Copenhagen
His Services In Turkey.
Subsequently he entered the Prussian
army, but did not obtain lieuteuancy
until he was past thirty two, when he was
placed on the general staff In 1884 be
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 priced "Ordre
pour le Merite"
Shortly afterward he married daughter
by first wife of his brother-in-aw, John
Burt, an Englishman. She died in 1868,
leaving him childless He was soon made
aid-de-camp on the personal staff of Prince
| Henry, and In lS5S was appointed success
| 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-
| visonal director of the great general staff,
| which latter Office was made permanent in
1859, when the work OF constructing the
great Prussian army began.
Tho War with Austria.
In 1904 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 a peer in
Europe as a tacticiau.
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
world France was crushed. The Emperor
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
Liberally Rewarded.
For his services in the war with Austria
General Moltke was given the order OF
the Black Eagle and national donation,
the latter consisting Of his share of 81 ,50O,-
900, or 8, ,1OO,0 600, in gold voted by the Prus-
sian chambers in 1865 as a nations recon-
pense 20 six men-the Ministers Bismarck
and Won Room, and the four corps COM
manders, Moltke Herwarth Won Bitten
field, Won Steinmetz and Vogel Won Falk-
enstein. The crown prince and Prince
Frederick Charles we're 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 a count and made
chief marshal Of the German empire. In
1872 he was made life member Of the mp
per house in the rechstag, and during the
{ latter years Of his life he attended faith
fully to his parliamentary duties. Resid-
ing in Berlin in the winter, Count Won
Moltke passed his summers at kreisau, 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 a great favorite with the armies,
and the soldiers called him Father M0ltke,
while his learning and taciturnity made
his associates speak Of him as "thc man
who is silent in seven languages His
house in Berlin was the Staff Palace, a
large brick bullying which resembles a
barracks or school. Indeed, while General
/ Moltke lived it might have been sad to be
both, for he was surrounded by the two
Y hundred and fifty officers Of the grss,t
Prussian staff, and in one of the rooms ls
was accustomed to give his famous lessons
on the military art to twenty or rhir,y
officers, who in turn give them to IKE
army.
His home was on his estate in Sile-;a.
which he was accustomed frequently &c
visit for rest and recreation. When he
went to his estate he always, before en,..r.
: ing the house, looked at the grave OF E.s
wife, who died at Christmas 1868 IAe
: mausoleum was m0rked by marble mon a.
I ment designed by the marshal, which u.as
situated at the end Of the mark and sur
rounded by cypress trees. 1t bears figure
and the inscription Love is fulflment o.
the law"
His Great Modesty.
Concerning the English army, Moltks
is said to have said that the purchase sys-
4 tenn was the best of its features, and con-
cerning our own war that he ''did not con-
/ slider the movements Of armed mobs worth
| studying though in point Of fact he ha6
studied the lessons of our civil war. Him
modesty was unaffected. Il should have
been out of place." be said to a painter
who depicted him encouraging charge at
D tSravelotte, leading soldiers in presenca
i of the officer whose duty it was to COM
5 mand them" Since the Franco Prussian
7 war Won Moltke has been recognized IA
< khe highest embodiment of the Prussian
military system and of the victorious arna
Of imperial Germany.
His later years were full of honors, and
{ under the Emperor Frederick, as undes
; his father, he divided with the iron diplo-
matist, Bismarck. the loyalty Of the Gen.