New-York tribune., 1908-07-24
rOTTNT A &. A. VETERAN
Ferdinand Zeppelin SerUed IN Our
Cr1I War.

r-o-Vrieht 1905 by the Brentwood Company.l
,-orat Ferdinand Zeppelin. the German general
- q. the age Of seventy is attracting the atten-
-. 10 the entire civilized world by his feafs OF
ss, navigation at Friedrichshafen. on the shores
a rake Constance. is veteran of the American
r.u War-a fact which have not seen mentioned
80 IN connection with his successes an aero
80, TIE served through the as 8 cav
~ officer on the Union side. becoming inti-
., friend OF Carl Schurz. He returned home in
&c 10 participate in the Austro Prussian War of
.sss and also IN the war with France Of 1870 In
-, early Part Of 1850 he promoted TO the
~ Of general but relieved Of his military
,,,,es in order 20 become the plenpotentiary of
"a. nstive kingdom Of wtrtemberg at Berlin and
80 -erresentative Of his country I'm the federal
,,,,rrH Of the empire. 1t was not until his term
a o-tce in this capacity completed, and that
=. retired from the army with the rank OF general
- csvalry in 1891. that he began seriously 20 de-
,,s himself 20 aerial navigation, and. after sscri-
sc,-r most of hls fortune in the matter. he may
., -ersrded having attained his aim wnen. the
,,5er CAV he crossed In his aerial motor the Lake
- constance from the Wurtemberg shore, with a
,s-,v Fl friends hoard. and took them cruising
N RE air over the greater part Of Switzerland. fly
,,r over Zurich. Luoerne and other towns and
,,iss as well. before returning TO the motors an
,h,-aee al FriAdrichshsfen twelve hours later.
Although the count has many enemies. owing
q, his frrepressihe energy his obstnacy his brus-
,,,sria and his inpatience Of contradiction and.
.lrrn
,1ersrtrnent al Berlin look upon his a crank
,,s- he enjoys in a very marked degree the favor
ers good will Of his two sovereigns-the Kaiser
o,a the King OF N-urtemberg, each of whom has
s,+eched him TO his personal staff as a general
.,ss-de-csmp. He has one daughter. unmarried,
~, his union with the Russian Baroness Isabella
,on Wolff. whose sister, hailing, like herself from
she cars German speaking Province of Livonia.
.. married 10 his younger brother, Count Eber-
b,rd Zeppelin A cousin. Countess Catherine
7,,sln married Gonzalve Grand d dHauteville,
~ the Chateau Of Hsuteville on the shores of
Teke Geneva in Switzerland. after he had been
sivoroed BY his first and American wife. His son
a. ,hs- American wife. Frederick Grand d'Haute-
irs Of New York and who inherited the chateau
.rs estate Of Hauteville. married Miss Elizabeth
-gsb sister Of Stuyvesant Hamilton Fish Old
cnnzslve Gfani Hautsville haG no children by MS
untnn with Countess Zeppelin.
rount Ferdinand Zeppelin, the aeronaut 1 must
MT omit 10 mention. was in command OF that dar-
s-r cavalry reconnaissance of July 81, 1870 Oh
French soil in which several German troopers and
,,so an Englishrnan serving in the German army,
T5.vfenant Winsloe. lost their lives. but which
b-ourht back information Of immense value to
FiAls Marshal Moltke. and was of the first
ons most sensational of the feats OF arms of that
f-4sf struggle between France and Germany.
7be Zer7elins are one of the Oldest families IN
germany. belonging 10 the Mecklenburg Gradel."
,,p, is n ray 10 the aristoeraey the origin Of
whose nobility antedstes the dawn OF history
-,sv received their titles Of count in the middle
=, the eighteenth century and played prominent
,,-s IN The neld during the Thirty Years War; the
se,en Years War and the German War of Lioer-
ar, 4-or, NApeIeenie thrandom al the beginning
n me nineteenth century They have always been
e,b,,-s ard one of the nephews OF the aeronaut'
namely Count Henry Zeppelin. fell as the captain
~ : Poer commando during the war in South
afriea in 1889.