Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-26
DECORATE FORTY WITH
ORDER POUR lie MER|TE
Is Highest Military Service Medal
Within Gift OF Emperor
OF Germany.
GOLD LEAVES SPECIAL FAVOR
Eight Have Received Them From
Kaiser-Berlin X Preparing to
Give Thorough Courses in CONVEX
Sational Turkish.

BERLIN. September 25.-Forty prom
inent figures in the present war. rang
ing from Emperor Francis Joseph Of
Austria TO the commandment Of n Ger
man submarine, had been, UP to Au-
gust /. decorated with the Order Pour
lie Merite. tho highest military service
medal within tho gift of tho German
Emperor. Eight of those forty have
received the additional gold oak leaves
with which tho order is sometimes
decorated as mark OF special favor.
The order is now IT'S years old. bu,
IT has only been since 1910 that 1t has
been conferred exclusively for extra
ordinary service in war. King Fred
crick William Ill in that year stipu-
lated that he would not loan II for
created the oak leaf complement, 10
the order.
ALL DECORATED KNOWN
THRoTGIIOUT THE WORLD
The names Of those who have earned
tho Pour le Mcrite in the present war
are almost without exception. known
all over the world now. though many
% them. probably the majority. had
never been heard of before the present
conflict began. Many were not even
known in Germany. Here is the list;
Emperor Francis Joseph. General Won
Ernmch, General Field Marshal Won
H.ndenburg. General Won Zwohl, Lieu
tenant Won der L!ndc. General Won
Reseler, General Won Quasi, Licutcn
l...k, n
Wcddinror, Colonel General Won
Woyrsch, General Field Marshal won
Mackcnscn. General Litzmnn. General
ScheEer-Boyadel. Lieutcnart-General
Won NorEen, General Won Mudra. Cen
"rll Won Falkouhayn. General otto Won
H.low. aforementioned Kosch.
General Won der Mnrwitz. Coloncl-Gen-
eral Won Einem. General Riemann.
General Flick. Prince Eilcl Friedrich,
General Field Marshal Won Buclow.
Cnlonel-Gcncral Won Kluck. Archduke
Frederick nj Austria. General. Conrad
Won koctzcndorr, Of Austria. Major
General Won Sceht. General Won Linsln-
gen, General Won Francois. Arch1ukc
Of Saxonv-AltcnburE. General Won
Pl",terhorg Lieutenant-Gc General Won
Kreussl. Captain kersinr. Maior-Gcn-
eral Won Zictcn. General Won Bothrncr.
General Won Gerok. General Won Stolz-
mann. General won Gallwitz and Cen
cral won Clacr.
Tho extra oak leaves already referred
70 have been conferred on Hindenhurg,
Bcsolcr. Mackcnzcn, Emmich, Fallc en-
ham, Marwitz, Lins!ngen and Ludcn-
dorh.
BY creation OF King Frederick VIII
liam ~. IN lsio there now Is n peace
class Of this order limited TO thirty
knights" \ crown now Is added, rs
are the oak leaves, but this can be
given only on the nc,!cth Jubilee ami
yersary Of tho order King William
l. in 1856 added "A grand cross, which.
however. has boon given 10 but two
persons-the then crown prince, later
Emperor Frederick Ill. and Prince
Frederick Karl
RERLIN PREPARING TO
STUDY LANGUAGE OF TURKS
Thorough going courses in convcrsa-
,ional Turkish are TO he begun in Bcr-
lin for the benefit .! those who apprc-
c!atc the growing need for this lam
Euage in their business or social life.
The German Turkish Association Is he
hind the move, and will import or pro-
vide competent Turkish teachers. \
course, which will be offered for s..
will last three months, and contain
three hourly lessons weekly. The need
OF Turkish is increasingly felt, il is
maintained.
Something in the nature Of coun-
,erplan Is the proposal 70 install at
the Turkish University in Stambol four
teen German professors who In Turk
.sh to give instruction in psych-
o!oEy. pedn gogy, the history of the
Oriental Languages, geography. Scol-
oEy, mincralogy. botany, zoology. or
ganic and inorganic chemistry, law
.i..r Gu, -. L.,