The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-11-03

from hundreds of others for the mos,
coveted distinction that can come 70
a young German officer in times IF
peace.
"A month later Lieut.. Won Herder
dOund himself standing before the
chleI OF the General Staff in an office
IN n great building in Berlin which
house the directing organization of
the German army.
Lieutenant" said the great man
you are about to enter upon a Sc
we're course of training which is in
.enoeo 10 Mt you in time for the high
est Let me give Won a
lew words of advice. You must re-
emf that it is not alone by deyo- |
tlon 10 your chnic duties that YOU |
Will attain your highest usefulness.
TO your military fitness you must add
tact n discretion. While you will
De called upon to make great exer-
tons in the study of the theory and
practice of military science you must
not neglect to keep your physical
powers up to the mark. Further
more you must train yourself to be
a QUICK and untiring rider, you must
keep your eye in practice SO as to be
able to obtain at a glance a correct
view OF a military situation and if
may serve you we'll if you are a good
draughtsman and a practical teleg-
raphist."
80 Univ dc ln6 1ISC SCCD
IN an period Of daily instruc-
ton in the thousand matters which it
Is essential that an officer of the Cen
eral Staff should know.
1t would be as tedious to go over
the ground in this article as it was for
Lieut.. Won Herder to learn his duties
in open camps and in barracks, in the
great library of the General Staff, in
the packed trains on their way to ma
in the temporary huts Of
the field telegraph service.
When we read in the days news of
! army corps arriving at the front per-
: fectly equipped, Of food supplied to
l the troops under fire in the trenches.
of mile-lOng columns Of ammunition
I wagons steadily pushing their way up
!. toward the fighting line, of small
. bodies of uhlans feeling their way in
: advance Of the army n sending back
Z to headquarters news of the onemy's
' strength. and Of the state of the roads
? and bridges, we are reading of the
> work lone under the direction of men
) like Lieut.. Won Herder, who during the
days of peace have been working out
. all the problems which arise when the
;. German army goes to war.
VOn Herder's Ordeal.
After -four years of work with the
h General Staff, Won Herder-now 6
It captain, since promotion comes quick.
e ly to a man who has been through tn
# special cOurSe-received an order tt
4. rejOin his regiment. This reasSign
ment to regimental duty is part Of tn
j. genera policy Of the German militar.
= authorities. Its object is to save
good man from becoming a mere offic
e solder.
To a promising young officer VIII
he has just passed through the rigors Q
Ks the routine of regimental life is a
re first extremely irksome. The monot
as onous work of drill and inspection, o
Mt route marching and minor field tactic
is a dull employment for one who ha
in recently been engaged in studying tn
higher branches Of strategy and tn
larger questions of military organiza
al ton.
D. But after a few years of drudger
r. faithfully performed Capt. Won Hel
or der got his reward when he was dc
tached from his regiment once NOR
and appointed to h General Stat
n his time for actual service with thu
of distinguished body. He now had tn
or opportunity Of putting to practical US
of the lessons he had learned during n
tai years of study. He was attached Il
,le duty to the staff OF the genera con
in manding the Seventeenth Army Corp
N. and 1t became his duty. aided by thre
he other staff officers. to relieve the gel
eral OF all anxiety during manoeuvr'
er- as to arranging for quarters for II
he troops. the prompt n accura
ny transmission OF oroerS 20 regiment
he commanders, the procuring and con
kpiling If all possible information col
lly corning the theatre of operations. II
at supply Of maps. the keeping of jou
ire mails and diaries, the ny
of reports on engagements ana the eAac
ed ing details OF reconnaissance woIA.
pa Five years of this kind of duty ar
Capt. Won Herder found himself bat
tal with his regiment once more. but
had not long to wait before he T
ceived the final distinction, apart ITO
Of advancement i'm rank, which can con
of to a German army officer-an appoln
ment to the Great General Staff.
VS. The captains duties now assum'
the an entirely different form. For "
years ne was attaClieo
.gi- be called the !hteliISen y BE- nro