Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-06-19

military service becomes a member OF
the mission. His standing Is no other
at any time, though German born IN
Turkey may become actual members
of the Turkish army. Their number
is small, however, most of them serV-
ing as interpreters
The German officers and men serv-
/ ing in the ottoman national defense
scheme get part of their pay from the
| German government, the amount diff
fering greatly. Subsistence, however,
clothing excluded. is provided wholly
by the Ottoman military and naval ad-
ministrations. IT. is a rule that GER
man officers and non-commissioned
men are advanced one rank when they
enter the ottoman service, their title
being then, for instance, Captain OF
| the Imperial German Army and Ma
ior in the ottoman Service Schneider
Mertens Pasha, for instance, is admir-
al of the imperial German navy and
general of the ottoman coast de-
! fenses.
Comparatively Few Austrians.
There are in Turkey at this time the
officers of several Austro-Hungarian
heavy batteries These. however, do
not form an intrinsic part OF the OF
toman army in the sense the Germans
do. In that case the organization has
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purpose. Neither the number of bat
teries nor that of the personnel may
be given here. The statement must
suffice that the Austro-l1ungarian
with the Turkish army are compare
lively few in number.
Until the allies landed on Gallipoli,
the duties of the German military
mission consisted entirely of reorgani-
zation. Up to that time its members
had been occupied in putting the OF
toman army on new basis in tactical
land administrative matters. When
the campaign on Gallipoli commenced,
the Turkish government was obliged
to put the head of the mission, Field
Marshal Liman Won Sanders Pasha, in
command of the Gallipoli army. com
posed Of parts of the Third and Fifth
larmies of the ottoman army, eight di-
visions in ALL
Some in GallipOli.
The number of Germans with the
iGallipoli forces was small at any time
Besides Sanders Pasha there were on
the peninsula, for time, Gen. Web
Ter Pasha, commander of the south
or Sedd-ul- Bahr group, who succeed
ed Col Won Sodenstern: Colonel Kan
lnengieser, commander of an Anafarta
sector; Lieutenant Colonel Winners
Bey, commander of the Eleventh divi-
sion, then station north of SuVla bay
Major Muhmann, on Webers staff;
Maj. f.. r. Prigge, who acted as Liman
Won Sanders chief of staff; two Ger
man artillery captains, one captain of
engineers, six first lieutenants, one of
them being Won Rabenau, only Ger
man officer taken by the British, five
second lieutenants, four supply Off
GERS of the German reserve, seven
army surgeons, two officers of the
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service Rittmester Won Westerhagen,
who had been in the banking business
in Wall street Won Westerhagen did
not long remain on the peninsula,
leaving for Anatolia with Weber
Pasha, when that general was re-
placed at Sedd-ul- Bahr by Wehib
Pasha in July.
With the Anatolian army about
the same number of German officers
served, Weber Pasha, who has al
ready been named, was the highest
officer of German origin There
We're three colonies of artillery. Bin
hold, Schierholtz and Effnert, be-
sides fourteen field officers. most of
them attached to the artillery arm
aud the technical troops With this
force also served five German army
The second Ottoman or European
army was in command of Field
Marshal won der Goltz Pasha. Out
side of the staff officers of the Ger
man pasha, no German officers were
attached TO this force. With the ex-
eeption OF five officer-aviators sta
toned at Adrianopie.
The Ottoman forces operating
against the Russians in Asia Minor
had q greater complement of Ger |
man officers about fifty in all. In
the operation against the Suez Canal, [
in the winter Of l9t4-l5, eighteen
German officers participated. most |
OF them being on the staff of Djemal |!
Pasha, commander OF the troops in |
Palestine, Syria and the desert. With I
the Ottoman troops in Aribia no
Germans have served.
Many Among Coast Defenders.
In the coast defense organization /
Of the Dardanelles German officers
We're also active. Most of them /
came from the reserves of the Ger
man navy. Though the service, re-
semblins in the main the coast de-
Tense troops of the United States in
organization, was headed by Djemal
Pasha. the man actually in command
was Great Admiral Won U'sedom
Pasha, close friend Of the Ger
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