Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-27
Sketch OF Princes Life.


imperial German navy, II every inch
q sailor. Fayorite OF his imperial
parents, coming to manhood amid ma
tlonal conditions particularly condu-
clyo to a life Of luxury and ease, Prince
Henry has chosen TO work hard for
nearly twenty-five years, and, as the
premier scion OF the kingdom has dedl-
Gated his best talents to tho sea SER
vice Of the nation, The Prince will
be 10 years old on Aug, IA Of this year,
Ho 10 just three years and seven
months the junior OF his Imperial
brother, Emperor william II, He mar
rcd In Berlin In 1888, Princess Irene
Of GIoesc, From this union, one OF the
Consplcuoully happy marriages OF
royal Europe, there have been three
sons--Princes Waldemar, siglsmund
and Heinrich, aged, respectively 49, 3
and 2 years, They are destined to In
herit the maritime incllnations OF their
father, II there DO virtue IN birth
place, for all three scanned their first
horizon at Klol, Prince Henry's naval
station
The first German prince to visit
United States territory has upon four
previous occasions sailed far from the
fnthcrland One of the journeys took
him around the world. BY way of tho
Cape Verde Islands, he cruised through
the South Atlantic, around Cape Horn
and through the Pacific to Japan and
China, where he turried for almost Two
years,
In the spring OF 1880 he started
home, touching the Cape OF Good Hope
and st. Helena, Two years later he
crossed the Atlantic again, upon this
occasion rs junior commanding officer
Of tho corvette Olga, whose captain,
Baron Won SecRendoril, as court mar
shall Of Prince Hcnrys official house,
hold, will accompany him to America.
For thirteen years following, Prince
Henry occupied himself with tho
ccascless activities attendant upon the
birth and development Of Germany's
modern navy In 1897 he found him
self full-Aedged flag officer, When
tho Chinese port OF Klachow was
taken by the Kaiser few months
later he dispatched his brother to East
Asia as the commander Of the second
division Of German cruisers, His de-
parture from Kicl, aboard his first
flagship the Deutschland, was the CEN
ter of a fervent German naval demon
stratlon. Cruising through the friend
ly waters OF China, Japan, Siam, ko-
req and the Russian possessions along
the Amur, chance found Prince Henry
in eastern seas during the brlstling
days following the battle Of Manila
and. when Emperor William was
pleased to recall Admiral Won Died
richs, the command Of all Germany q
sea forces in the Asiatlc region fell
very naturally to the Prince. AS every
American officer who met him in those
days will testify, his career was
marked by tact, ability and kindness
Prince Henry's distinguishing char
acteristlc has been love and regard for
the men behind the guns and beneath
the deck. A disciplinarian, he has still
found 1t compatible to rule with gem
tleness and consideration, He knows
his ships from flghtlng-top to keel
He has mastered the practical side Of
navy things and understands the armoT
strength and bunker capacity, as well
as maneuvers and strategy, He is In
tensely modest, almost to the point Of
retirement.
Prince Henry was the favorite sor
Of both his late father and mother
Once when Senator Pendleton OF Ohio
then United States Minister to Berlin
was received in audience by Emperor
Frederick, tho American diploma
smoke in admiration Of Crown Prime,
William, to whom he had been pre-
scented the day before. YES" salt
Emperor Frederick, william is a fin
boy but walt until you see my Henry!
Next to navy matters, yachting
claims first place in Prince Henry
professional affections. He is even
more ardent water sportsman than hi
brother, besides being a practlca
yachtsman. Prince Henry sails his owl
craft with consummate skill. Til
Irene, named after his wife, has man
a time won Kiel regatta cup unde
the personal guidance of its roya
owner. His keenest delight is t
scramble into a thirty-footer with tw
friends, and, in duck flannel, huff an
tack and splash through a smashln
contest. The wetter he gets, as tn
result of choppy spin, the better b
likes the game.