Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-11-24

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to attribute Iudendorfr,s success To
strain OF left handed royal blood
"hultu by three centuries of medic
ere houfseolsie, NH hardly persuade
any one who has not swallowed whole
the kaisor's idea of divine right Luz
uendortt came of good solid. not at
all remarkable middle class stock
lie was prcdcstined to be soldier.
ms iaiher always regretuug that he
LAD left the army after the war Of
1870, nouushed mfuInued martial
ambitions am his life and passed
them ON 10 his SON
Erich Ludcudorff was mo- Wander
Find Even his deepest admirers can
uncurth NO extraordinary evidences
OF preeoclty. Intil his aunt came
to teach him and his brothers he
showed NO liking for his studies and
was. 10 anything. rather backward
rms aunt Fraulein you Tempel-
hott says of him:
HIS most striking characteristic
was his reserve with other children.
While the two brothers nearest his
age We're glad TO play with the peas
amt ana village children. he held him
self aloot from them obviously, %
adds the loyal aunt "this was not
due TO pude-thcre was no hint Of
pride in hm-hut rather to an Unborn
ilnencss which made him cuusriuus
OF every contact with rough manners
and uneleanlHness as something UNI
comfortable, contrary to his nature.
Entered the Army at Seventeen.
He always kept himself fauluess-
ly clean, although he took part like a
true boy I'm the games OF his brothers,
da wei us IN their rat and mouse
hunts in the stables and fields"
Later She says. he became so in
Jerested In his studies that he insisted
ON Icing the first of the children TO
be walked I'M the morning, and flew
into a rage II he found one of his sis
teIs ahead of him i'm the school room.
When he entered the military
cadet-school at the age of twelve
he passed the examination and on
tered class two years ahead Of that
of most boys of his age In 1879 he
shifted to the academy at Gross-Lich-
tcrtelde, a suburb Of Berlin. and
three years later just six days past
his seventeenth birthday ne entered
the army as an "Offizer- Aspiraut'
lis advance was rapid. In 1887
Ludendorff was called to the mill
aftCr no g, ,,''' a's,a ''g' .'', sl'u',,l
infgnt,, iSao7 ,,o' ~ l.ie ~
itary ac,dan,, ~ po ~ 'u '''v NJ
tbre. ,,.,r. a, 'o'ii'!, ""u Sp''.'
bis ,,,{o,'' S,''' "t1Hi''S russia"
RUSSIA for. "a vso,. If tr,.,ci and strd,
in the course of which ne studied
some Of the ground over which ne
was later to send the German armies.
In 1898 he boeome "a ,,ntain in tba
great general staff ana fnr iba ffrst
time wore tba broad rod striuss u.hi,n
are the ambition or a,o,v Gar,,,,,
officer yea.r I,ter mo v-,s .assiane,,
TO the general command If tnc
Fourth army corns AZ Nardeb,rg,
i'm 1902 ne hrcamn Major T.ndcndorft
two wears Iater ne vas rer,lIad to
the great general staff and thn vooi.
FOLLOWING became m inst,.nrto,'' IN Tho
military acadanv to,cbi,,, to,tics.
and military bistory I'm IN hc was,
made , ooIonoI pr,,in,,,l. G,,a,..l
Won NnIttr m tbat tin,o cbior ~ mo.
preaf pcnorqI staff Lad r1,do hin,
.Li@f - ., 9,,,ii' 'i5u ,il'"t ~.
.,,'ff '''' 'i''P0' '''''' NV 'S'o'' u MS
JUST peloIe ihe war ne was given
the title OF general major and put i'm
'rmmand Of the Eiehty- fifth infantry
brigade IN Strassburg. I'm the first
''l Ui NusuS ne was transferred
% lIle belGlau 'front.'
First 10 Enter Licgc.
In 1909 no had married. Ntorqorotbc
prrpet q wealthy widow, da~ghta,.
If a Berlin factor, owner IIa,, four
.ons nv her first n,arri9ee ara eli
Ulcers i'm the aviation cotns
When. on the fourth of Augusf
.9l4, the German army crossed the
}pluf1u froutipr Tudandorff u.,s I'm