New-York tribune., 1912-01-22
DUKE TO ARRIVE TODAY
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Of the service, figuring in turn as al ~
faptry officer, a gunner sappe'' 9
o,.,,r,man and a guardsman. whereas
.bo intimate acquaintance OF most Vi ''o
cold marshals and generals oi TIE I''e
,,sr army is restricted 10 one oraiich VI
other of the service, he is III touo"
with them all, and 1t is tnat WIN" ~
Idered him 50 useful as coin'Ii""uo'
,a n.b;ch is largely responsible ior the
oycontional popularity which he chJoS .
not only among the officers pu' "'''
among :he rank and file. ,n
I. sooms only fitting. under the CIT
cumstanccs, that the duke ihou'u .a
ne his consort the daughter OF one ol ','e
most celebrated military eaders oi '"o
nineteenth century, namely inc '"''
Prince Frederick Charles OF PRUSSIA
wbo winning distinction as aash'ile
co,aIrv leader in Prussia's wars oil 1919
1864 and 1866, commander III '"'
trranco-German War OF lSio that VIZ
torious army to which the French ie'u
,1arsbal Razaine was compelled to sur
rordor the powerful Gallo stronghoid oi
Metz, along with its garrison OF nearly
,uo hundred thousand men, two lello"
eo,d ,,arshals. some threescore generals
some ten thousand officers ana "ho''
marks of artillery. siege and helu' me
,rirca was one of the richest members oil
the house OF Hohenzollern, ana pe-
oueathed at his death consloerdp'e
fortune to the Duchess OF Connaugh''
tho remainder going TO her brother'
Prince Leopold Of Prussia inspector
general of German cavalry, ana maTrieu
IN the German Empress's sister.
Duchess Holds a Colonelcy.'
Tho Duchess OF Connaught holds the
co,onelcy of a regiment OF German IN
fantry. OF which her father was lhe
commander, and when she accompanied
,bo drko 10 india, where she re-
rooined bv his side during the fi"c years
7 that he spent there in command OF the
English and native military forces CON
= stituting the army of the Bombay prcsi-
, dency. ma. be said TO have merged WIN
rare degree Of tact and deliedcy her
role as a princess of the blood in that oil
generals wife. Singularly kind
hearted. like the duke, one and the other
have remained throughout their eAcep-
tionally happy married life wholly Tree
from popular criticism. This. TOO In
spite of the Englishman's well known
tprerogative OF having the sole ana cher-
= ished right to grumble at the members
OF his reigning family, though he VIII
y rot hermit a word against them TO be
spoken by any foreigner.
The duke and duchess have three chill
dren-a son, who shares his father
nopularity, and who is, like him, sol
- dier by profession, and two daughters
: the one, Princess Margaret, married tc
the Crown Prince of Sweden, and the
e other, Princess Patricia. born on st
Patrick's Day, who is arriving with heI
Il parents in New York this morning. The
princess is Of a particularly sunny dis
position, and has a keen sense of hu'
. NOR that Is in keeping with her name
= and with her pronounced fondness fol
i everything pertaining to the Emerald
y Isle. especially it's peasantry. She pos
sesses many accomplishments, including
those of nxpsic, of painting, of modelling
and of mimicry. 1t was this latter tha
Il endeared her to her grandmother. Queer
Victoria, who, despite the somewhat
austere expression Of her face when IL
repose, was gifted with a wonderful
sense OF the ridiculous, and enjoyed
,tx. lou toh ha,
smile, very frequent when among hel
immediate encourage, lighting up he
features In a wonderfully winning man
ner.
This is not the first occasion on which
: il has fallen to the lot Of Mr.. and Mrs
= Whitelaw Reid to entertain members o
: the English reigning family in this coun
: tr,-, for when, during the Presidency o
: Mr.. Mckinley, Princess Louise c
Schleswig- Holstein, who makes her hom
altogether in England the land of he
birth. and who was one Of the most con
!, stant companions of her grandmother
y Queen Victoria, paid an incognito visi
d to the United States, she spent the da!
y before her departure for the Englisl
= Embassy at Washington at the Madison
n avenue residence Of Mr.. and Mrs. Reid
q who gave luncheon In her honor
With regard TO the visit OF the duke anC
Duchess and Of Princess Patricia, tn,
definite arrangements for their trip Il
New York were not made until about tel
L days ago.
Colonel Henry Cecil Lowther. who ar
n rives this morning with the royal visit
ors from Ottawa, and who will be in at
tendance on them throughout their sta!
here, is the military secretary 4 tn,
duke. an officer of the Scots Guards, anC
o who has been military attache of tn,
British Embassy in Paris and Madrid
He won the Distinguished Service Order
= Pin tho South African war; possesses tn,
e Victorian Order and that Of ST. Mchae
- and st. George formed part of the spe.
s cial mission to Fee in 1905 and accom-.
= panied the Duke of Connaught to South
n Africa in the capacity of private secre.
: tary on the occasion Of the opening OF
4 the first Parliament Of We Union oI
South Africa.