The Cook County herald., 1904-01-16
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Enjoys the Diversion ef Creating
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Military Titles Are Freely DssGews8
BY the kaAser UDeA We1s0 o6 >
anA Abroad
Despite his sometimes queer do
ings Kaiser william II no 3addist and
his most trivial moves in affairs OF
state il 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 horsebaek 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 In not improb-
able thai there 10 method in his up.
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
ley of dispensing royal favors among
women. Time was when = post Of
honor in the imperial household or
q jeweled order was the feminine
badge of favor. To-day 1t il . COM
mission In the German army, with
Its glittering accompaniment of fun
uniform, says 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 a. 10 her ap-
pearance at the head of the famous
Pasewak curaissiers, abe 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 plurnes. 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 colonies, she commanded by
title the noted One Hundred and Sev-
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 rignifed his disapproval of
her conduct by depriving her of her
regimentals and her monograms and
arms were removed from the reei-
ment's epaulettes. But the with
drswal of royal favor has not taken
away her popularity. She is not only
= magnificent rider, but an accom-
plished whip. and her appearance at
the Frankfort races on Sunday aft
ernoons invariably causes . demon
stration.
Other women OF royal blood who
have been honored thus by the kaiser
are the Empress Alexander, Of Russia,
who Is colonel of Germany's Second
regiment Of dragoons; 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 regi-
ment, and Princess Louise, duchess OF
Connaught, who has the dragoon regi-
men known as "Von Arnim No. H."
The queen Of Wurtemburg is colonel
Of the Uhlan regiment, "Konig Will
helm l." the Princess Vera, Of Wur-
temburg. who was q Russian prand
duchess, the Uhlans "Konig Karl;" the
Princess Charles, OF Prussia. the
Twelfth regiment Of dragoons; 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 (riAe) regiment. Perhaps
OF all this list no one is destined To
more general popularity among the
soldiery 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 ladv
celonels only two women in the world
may wear the three-cornered chapeau
and the four stars and stripes OF an
admiral. These are the Doware En-
press Dagmar, Of RUSSIA, and Queen
Olga, Of Greece, who owe their honors
to the late car. The Empress Dagmar
IL an admiral in the Russian navy,
while Queen Olga is attached to the
Russian 4etiterranean squadron. The
latter, who is psssionately y fond of tho
SEA, uses her yacht as often al other
ladies call for their carriages, and she
has also passed the necessary exam
1nations to secure q sailing masters
certificate. She often commands the
royal Greek yacht, the Amphitrite.
and she il certainly better equipped
for the rank of admiral than many Of
ner sister aovereigns are qualified for
their military dutiss.~
Keeping . Rooster 0uiet.