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GERMANY's GREAT SOLDIER.
Death of Field Marshal Count Won
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Hanover Prussia. March 6-Ffeld
Marshal Count Won Waldersee died
shortly after o'clock last evening"
The doctors. Prof. Orth of Berlin and
Prof. Epstein of Gottingen. the great
experts i'll testinal maladies sent by
Emperor William to attend the field
marshal. gave up hope early III the
afternoon.
Waldersee. chief Of the general staff
of the Germany army. was born at
POtst,am III April. 1882. of Il noble
family. He began his military career
in 1850, as second lieutenant in the
artillery. and nine years later was
made first lieutenant. In 1862 he was
put in command OF Il battery. did
brilliant service in the campaign of
1864. and the following year was trans
ferred to the Brandenburg field artii-
l5ry regiment. with the right to ante
date his captaincy three years. On the
outbreak of the Prusso- Austrian war
IN 1866 he received Il staff appointment
with the active army, and with the
rank of major was placed AT the SER
vice Of the provisional government
of Hanover
In October. 1866 he was transferred
to the staff of the 10th army corps.
and in January. 1870. he WAS made
military attache of Prussia ut Paris.
| When the W;:r With France broke out
,, i'm 1870 the count became Il colonel and
chief Of staff to the grand duke Of
| Nnch!cnburgSchwe In August,
1871, he took command of the Han
| overian Uhlans. and III 1873 he was
| made chief of staff to his army corps.
| In 49, he was appointed a brigadier,
and in 1876 a divisional general
| In 1882 the office OF quarteiinaster
general was created for him. and he
became the assistant and direct repre-
| sentative of Field Marshal Won MoItkc.
whom he suct eeded as field marshal
and chief Of staff in 1s$&.
1t was the i'll fortune Of Count Won
| NaldcrsCp. who WAS removed from til"
position of chief of the German geuer-
| III staff early in 1891 and assigned to
the command OF u corps. to be several
| times accused of intrigue. When The
| late Emperor Frederick. then still
| 'lown prince. Was Staying at san
Reno the se,ni-ofiiCial papers publish
cd some vehement articles against the
count. accusing him Of intrigue against
Prince Bismarck. who himself seemed
TO entertain similar feelings.
Even subsequent to the accession Of
the present emperor these PAPERS, evil
Gently prompted by the prince, de-
| nounccd lim us advocating more
active policy against Russia. Next he
was accused Of modelling in home poi
| itics.
Count Won Waldersac repeatedly and
| cmphaticllly denied III: 90 imputationS.
and events afterwards proved that Prime"
| bismarck : fears of Count Won Waldcr-
! sees rivalry were phant"ms.
In thH "nIiS part Of tn reign Gl, 81 the
was for a time out OF favor at court. but
for the last five or six wears he has en-
ioycd the imperial apprOba ton 10 il not
able degree.
/ In the course of the international opcr-
HtioEs in China for the suppression Of
The Boxers in 1909 he commanded the en-
tire allied forces.
Count Won WalderScc'S family has been
prominent in Pru%SIn and German mill
tary affairs for more than 200 years Ills
grandfather WAS the author Of the stan
dlrd work on the regulations in the Ger
man army. There are two editions of this
work. called respectively. The Big and
The Little Waldersec and copy of
the latter was put in the hands of every
GERMAN recruits Oh HIS tii!StHltllt
Five or six "f the Waldcrscc family
were in the German Amy in lSS. y
brother ri the count was killed at the
battle of lie Bourget during the siege of
Paris. Another brother was commander
in the German navy.
Count ven WalderSeT wa+ regarded as
II scientific soldier of a very high grade.
hut he was not such VoluminouS writer
rs Count Won Motlle. although what he
has written is Of the very best quality.
The only complete work on the Danish
war based on official sources and pub
liShcd half anonymously emanatcd from
his pen.
The Count, - Won Walderscc. vino SIR
wives. was Miss Lea. daughter Of II N"w
York grocer. Her father died wlrn she
was young. leaving little money. The
widow went to Germany to educate hcr
three daughters.
The widow and her two elder daughters
soon married distinguished army officers.
The younSeyt at the az" of 70 became
tho morginatc wife of an Austrian
I'rirce 10 years old. who died Of tn" chol-
era a few months later. leaving III. young
widow SiOo0.0o1, it is said.
Ten years later. in 1874. sh" malri"i
Count Won Waldcrscc. As her first HIS
band was uncle to the present Empress
of Germany the countess has been of lhtc
wears accredited with welding some in
iiucnce in court circles. even IL bringing
about the political downfall Of The lat"
Prince Bismarck.