The Cook County herald., 1903-11-14
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY,
GRAND MARAIs. MINI. NOV. 2. 1903.
GERMANY'SWARLORD
Enjoys the Diversion Of Creating
Feminine Tin Soldiers,
Military Titles Are Freely Bestowed
by the Kaiser Upon Women OF
the Royal Families At bono
aAd Abroad

Despite his sometimes queer do
ings Kaiser William ia no faddist and
his most trivial moves in affairs of
state if followed to their source lead
to the fountain head of his policy
the army first. last and always.
Since the day of Joan of Arc the
sight OF woman on horseback in
the full panoply of war has been
sufficient to arouse enthusiasm in
the most phlegmatic soldiery and
to stir the latent loyalty of peace
full citizenship. So it is not improb-
able that the re is method in his ap-
pointment of women to military
posts. Whom the kaiser loves he
first makes colonel has become the
popular parody of an ancient saw
and describes aptly enough his pol.
icy of dispensing royal favors among
women. Time was when a post OF
honor in the imperial household or
a jewelcd order was the feminine
badge of favor. To-day it is a COM
mission in the German army, with
its glittering accompaniment of full
uniform, says a London paper.
At the very head of the military
women stands the empress herself.
No more popular officer is there in
all the German army than Augusta
Victoria, and familiar as is her ap-
pearance at the head of the famous
Pasewak curaissiers, she never fails
to receive an ovation at the hands
of the loyal Beriners. When she
leads her regiment in review before
her war lord, the kaiser, she wears
white with red facings, the scarf of
the Order of Hohenzollern and a
three-cornered hat, with large droop-
ing heron's plumes. Until recently
Grand Duchess Victoria Militia of
Hesse shared military honors and
popularity with the empress. Per-
haps the most enthusiastic of all the
lady colonels. she commanded by
title the noted One Hundred and Sew
enteenth infantry regiment. Nor
did she allow the acting colonel TO
rob her of her duties and privileges.
She was seen almost daily on the
parade ground when her regiment
WAS at work. Then came her di-
vorce from her husband, when the
kaiser signifed his disapproval of
her conduct by depriving her of her
regimentals and her monograms and
arms were removed from the reqi-
ment's epaulettes. But the with
drawal of royal favor has not taken
away her popularity. She is not only
q magnificent rider, but an accom-
plished whip, and her appearance at
the Frankfort races on Sunday aft
ernoons invariably causes q demon
stration
Other women of royal blood who
have been honored thus by the kaiser
are the Empress Alexander, of Rus sia,
who Is colonel of Germany's Second
regiment of dragons; the hereditary
princess of Saxe-Meinengen, who COM
mands the Second grenadiers; the
crown princess of Greece, the emper-
or's sister, who has an infantry reei-
ment, and Princess Louise, duchess of
Connaught, who has the dragoon regi-
men known as "Von Arnim No. 12,''
The queen of Wurtemburg is colonel
OF the Uhlan regiment, "Konie Will
helm L." the Princess Vera, of Wur-
femburg, who was a Russian grand
duchess, the Chlans "Konig Karl;" the
Princess Charles, of Prussia. the
Twelfth regiment of Dragons: the
Princess Albert. of Prussia, the Twen-
ty-fourth infantry, the queen regent
OF the Netherlands, the Fifteenth
Westphalian infantry; the grand
duchess of Baden, the Fourth regiment
OF the Grenadier guards, and the Dow
ager Queen Margerite. of Italy, Hes
sian Tagen (rihe) regiment. Perhaps
OF all this list no one is destined to
more general popularity among the
soidiery than the duchess of Con-
naught. Educated under the eve of
her father. the famous Prince Fred
eriche Charles, the RED Prince" of
the Franco-German war, she has the
military spirit strong within her.
Though there are innumerable lady
colonies only two women in the world
may wear the three-cornered chapeau
and the four stars and stripes of an
admiral These are the Dowager EN-
press Dagmar. Of Russia, and Queen
Olga. OF Greece. who owe their honors
to the late czar. The Empress Dagmar
is an admiral in the Russian navy.
while Queen Olga is attached to the
Russian Mediterranean squadron. The
latter, who is passionately fond of the
sea. uses her yacht as often as other
ladies call tor their carriages, and she
has also passed the necessary exam
1nations to secure sailing masters
certificate. She often commands the
royal Greek yacht. the Amphitrite,
and she is certainly better equipped
for the rank of admiral than many Of
her sister sovereigns are qualified for
their military duties. =
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