Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-10-06

pendPnce, cUu,u mot Sc.
progress.
At the beginning OF the wan he was
beaten, as he had foreseen. for he had
been ordered to hold the line that was
untenable. When he had been sew
eral times seriously defeated, he in.
formed the general stan that he re-
qulred no further instructions, but
would fight in accordance with his w
plans. It was then that he began to
clear the province, and finally. by the
crushing defeat at the Masurlan lakes.
he smashed Russia's military activity
for at least twelve months.
Gets Crown Princes Supplies.
He has never bowed the knee to the
Camarilln. According to the ~calcula-
tons Of the general stan, the German
troops were to hibernate in the large
cities OF Russia, but their winter quar-
ters proved to be the frozen fields. No
provision for skin coats had been
made, and, in spite Of the heavy de.
l~iveries that were being sent to the
Camarilla generals on the western
front, Hindenburg obtained no salts
A1NNeAg AhaNCA ~ hAn AGHEuAEA AEHuA-
sitions.
He went In person 20 Berlin, and In.
the store depot he found a large con-
signment, which he ordered to be
rallied to his supply headquarters,
which were then at Thorn. The horri-
fed official informed him that the
skins were for the army Of the crown
prince, and therefore could not be
taken away. Hindenburg swore n
volume of Oaths, and in the end oh
tanned them.
Some of the great character traits
Of Hindenburg are his piety, his love
for the fatherland and his faithful.
ness to the kaiser. When he was a
young lieutenant he used to carry the
New Testament In his breast pocket.
This saved his life during the Franco
German war. A bullet struck the book
but did not penetrate all the pages.
1t is a w~ell-knOwn fact that in the
church Of Glauwitz Hindenburg prayed
aloud for victory. Hindenburg's pri-
vate life is absolutely clean. He new
er played cards or drank excessively
and he hardly ever smoked.
Hindenburg never speaks of fate or
luck. He does not talk about genius,
but he believes that God helped him.
God helped me to gain a victory, and
the kaiser gave me the soldiers, he
made me commander, he trusted me.
BE grateful to God and the kaiser,
do not thank me-" is what he told the
people of East Prussia when they
came to thank and praise him as their
deliverer.
AS professor of the "Kriegs Aka
demie" (sent there by the order of the
general staff) Hindenburg found the
best occasion to educate the young
officers in the most important sub.
ject-"applied military tactics" Fred.
erick the Great invented for the bene
fit Of his army officers the "Krieg,
Spiel" (war game) and Hindenburl
followed in the footsteps of the Prus
sian king by improving this war game
Cut Imposing Figure.
When H~indenburg was studying IL
the "Kriegs-Akademle" (~1S73-76), h,
became a pupil Of Prof. Pochhammer
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imposing figure. He called this soldier
over six feet tall, with broad shoul
ders, shOrt-cropped hair, and big mus
{ tache, broad forehead, "the living per
{ s~OnihcatiOn of the wal god" WheT
Professor POchhammer In his lectures
became tedious and tiresOme linden
denburg used to take out his maps
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to work on a plan for an imaginar!
battle, without paying any attention
, to the professor.
In 1870 he fought against the Frencl
in the battles of st. Privat and SedaI
, and was decorated with the order o
, the Red Cross and the Iron Cross.
In 1911 he retired from active serv
ice until the wal of 1914 broke out
when he again returned to the arm,
and was appointed commander In tn
O East.
OF Ludendorff even Germans toda.
! know little. But high army officer
J say he deserves n large share of Hin
denburg's fame. He has been Hin
~denburg's chief of staff since August
1914, and has worked out the splendil
bits of strategy which time and agaiI
have bafled the Russian hOrdes.
> Now that Hindenburg has becom
chief of the great general STAFF an
y only second to the kaiser, LudendOrl
has been made quartermaster genera
His name is signed to the brief dali
I official bulletins in which The genera
staff chronicles the progress of n
war. And his Is the first name tina
u has been appended to them.
He is the friend, adviser and col
e slant companion Of Hindenburg, an
y they are said to work together Xix
e two parts Of a smOOth-running mi
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