The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-26
TRAITS OF PRINCE HENRY.
Trained for a Naval Career From
Youth.
New York Tribune.


1t is thought that to no filter person
could have been intrusted by Emperor
| William of Germany the task of render
] InG popular sentiment i'm this country
more cordial toward Germany than it
! has been since the early spring of $685.
| than to Albert William Henry, prince OF
| Prussia, popularity known as Prince
| Henry.
The prince is nearly four years the
| kaiser junior, having been born on Aug.
| H. 1852. in Potsdam, and hence his fire.
quently repeated jOcular remark, Itch bin
/ Elm POtSdamer.' the natives of that city
enjoying ii certain reputation for being
SLOW. He was at once destined for the
naval career. to follow in the footsteps
! of his uncle. the first German admiral,
| Prince Adelbert. to whom the organiza-
| ton and spirit of the young German navy
are in large measure due. His whole ed
ucaiOn was shaped accordingly. He
| learned. when vet a small bOy. all the
| rOugher and practical work of a sailor on
the Royal Louise, a miniature war YES
| sci of the older pattern. which was a
present from England. and which sailed
| the HaVPl river. near POtsddm. climbing
the yards and hauling in the shrcuds Of
that craft in all sorts of weather and sea-
sons. While of stronger and taller build
than his brother. he always. even in boy
hood eVinced an admira ton for William
and readily conceded to him the leader
ship in all mental effort and studies. His
unfailing good hUmor and sunny dispO-
sitiOn. together with the sincere affection
and Difference he bore his elder brother
explain in large part the close relations
that exist between him and the kaiser A
further bond between the two was Hen
rvs saving the life of his brother while
they were swimming in the Havel, near
the so-called Marble palace, in the sum
mer of 1874
The kaiser has, on many occasions. eX-
| pressed himself in way 10 show Clearly
the deep affection he feels for his younger
brother and Prince Henry reCiprocates
Prince Henrv's love of the sea and his
adventurous spirit were thoroughly graft
flied when a youth. by several long
cruises around the world. From the diary
he then kept an interesting book was COM
piled which has become one Of the IA
vOrite books of travel with German youth
II was in 1884 that Prince Henry was ap-
pointed to the rank of lieutenant captain,
and in 1892 he attained TO the rank of cap
tain at sea- and on Sept. 15 1885, that of
! rear admiral. He is heart and soul q
sailor, and feels nowhere so comfortable
as on the deck of his own vessel, with
fair breeze blowing and the blue ocean
around He is the inventor of several i'm
provements in the internal mechanism of
! German warships. The most important
of them is the introduction Of q model of
each ship on beard Of it. These models
enable each officer TO familiarize himself
with each part of the vessel its dimen-
sions. ETC. and they have been found SO
useful that at the recommendation of the
United States naval attache in Berlin.
Commander Beehler. the American navy
is now being equipped with the appliance.
Prince Henry is also responsible for sew
eral improvements in the German naval
uniforms and accoutrements, and the pc
culiar shape OF the German naval cap.
the bend and shape of whose peak afford
protection to the eyes against the glare of
sun and water, is due to him.
Prince Henry's ambition is wholly and
I entirely confined to the ngvy, He even
more ardently and patiently than the
kaiser hopes to see Germany become the
second sea power in the world. and It is
in fact. in good measure due TO him that
he I-aisar- Cor the last ten wears has NAL.