The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-02
LEADS THE PAPAL ARMY
Gen. Kanzler, COmmandernchef of the POntcaI Forces
to Have Monument.
by RUDOLPH DE ZAPP.

by RUDOLPH DE ZAPP.
Not only are names and glorious deeds
OF the victors of the worlds greatest
battles we'll recorded in the peoples mind,
but the average public is also acquaint-
Cd with those OF the leaders Of Lost
Causes
The names Of Napoleon the Great Corn
wallis, Lee, Napoleon III, Banco. Hgui-
nado. Kruger. De Wet, StOessei and
others are almost as well knowA as the
names OF Wellington. Washington. Grant.
William !, shafter, schley. Dewey OTIS
Roberts, Kitchener, and Togo.
There is one instance In particular.
however. where comparatively little Is
known of the name and brilliant exploits
OF the commander who. almost forty
years ago, at the head Of a small army,
defended. one of the oldest and most pow
erful soyerelgnties in the world against
/ the assaults Of the enemy This man was
Gen. Kanzler, the commarder-in-chief of
the Pontficsl army. who in 1870. unsuc-
! cessfully defended Rome and the Papal
states against the victorious combined
Italian forces. and advices from Rome
/ seem to indicate that il is the wish Of
I the Vatican TO erect in the Leonine city
/ a monument to the memory Of this great
soldier Of the Catholic Church and last
general-in-chief Of the armed forces of
the successor Of St. Peter as temporal
ruler.
! Hermann Kanzler was born in Vein
garten. Baden, Germany. March %. 1922
His father was an inspector Of prisons.
/ Hermann was his third son. His parents
/ lived 20 see him general-in-chief Of the
/ Pope's army. once, when a little boy,
+ he was asked what profession ne would
+ follow. Il will be a general" he re-
( piled.
+ At school he was dillgent and studious,
so that after the completion Of HIS ele-
mentary studies he was sent TO college
+ in Mannheim. Having successfully passed
through the scholastic curriculum at
| Mannheim, he was sent 10 the military
school at Karlsruhe, which he left with
I the rank OF subHeutenant. and began
what promised 10 be q brilliant career in
/ the army OF the Grand Duke o. Baden.
/ An incident occurred. however. which
/ exercised an everlasting influence upon
/ his career. Being challenged 20 a duel.
+ which the military code Of honor obliged
I him 10 accept. he preferred to abandon
+ his position rather than retain It at the
+ cost Of sacrificing his conscience. This
was in 1914. The certificate given him on
+ hts leaving the army attested hts ire
/ proacbable character and his faithful ac-
compIishments Of duty. and added the
words, He does not drink" which. ar
Cardinal then Father Vannutelli quaint
/ ~ remarked. rs an exceptional merit in
| the German army"
/ He then Travelled in England and Scot
land, in order 10 study the conditions OF
/ Great Britain and perfect himself in the
/ English language After his return 10 the
Continent. he formed the resolution Of
/ defeating himself TO the service OF the
I holy see. a resolution which he was the
more impeiled 10 take by the critical con-
dition Of the states OF the church TO-
ward the close Of the reign OF Pope Greg
I DRY XVI. He entered the Papal army as
a cadet at Bologna, on September !. lsf,
| exactly a quarter Of a century before he
/ was called 20 the supreme command q
defying the enemies Of the church at the
gates Of the holy city
While forming part Of the garrison ar
/ Bologna. he married. IN 1877. lady Of the
/ noble house Of PepoH, who died two years
+ later. In the capacity Of lieutenant he
took part in the battle OF Monte Berico
near Vicenza, IN which the Papal troops
under Gen Durando. were opposed q
those OF Austria
Kanzler served in the subsequent LON
/ bardo-Yenetian campaign. and then re-
+ turned 10 Bologna. where ne received
an appointment a. aide-de-camp % Gen
f Zucchi Later on he went to Rome. but
f found that Plus " had fled 10 Gaeta.
whittier be was FASTENED to follow him. A
/ perfect sympathy existed from the frs,
+ between the Pon-1 and his future gen
eraL
f After his return % Bologna. Kanzler
I served again as aide-de-camp 70 Gen
+ Zucchi one day while tie two were
al dinner, a man entered the room
1 and presented himself as Giuseppe Carl
+ baIdL Kanzier was on his feet in an In
slant. and seized Garibaldl by the coat
+ and collar in order % secure his person.
/ Caribaldi. however. preserved mis- sang
. fro!d. and showed his passport drawn up
+ in regular form by the Papal authorities.
20 that -.anZler was obliged 20 Jet lis Prey
. slip OuI Of his hands II vas afterward
discovered that the hero Of two worlds
+ rad obtained bis passport 5y fraud. Eight
( cen years later they met on the field OF
Montana, bUt, as on the former occa-
sion. Garibaldi did nor pT0long tire en-
/ counter necessarily.
F During his stay with the garrison at
. Ravenna Kanzler succeeded in saving q
valuable relic from the cupidity Of its
excayators- This relic was nothing less
than the iron aru0T, with srabesque fig
ures wrought In gold. which had belonged
( 10 Theodore.
I While living al Rome In Is5e, Kanzler
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