The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-10-13

pcndcncc. could NOT sm
progress
A. thc beginning of The wnr nc "r-
beaten, ns he had fnrespou lur t' IHu
been ordered to hold the lime thuf uus
untenahlc, When he had been s'v.
eral times seriously defmtod. hr n-
formed the general smu thu hr re.
quired no further ustrurlions. Iul
would tight I'm accordance with u- own
plans. II was then That hp huuu rD
clenr the province ana finally o. lhe
crushing defeat ut The Musurpu mRrs
he smnshcd l'ussIus military uctlviiy
for at least twelve months,
Gets Crown Princes Supplies
tie has never huwcd the knee tn ih.
Camarlllu. According to the culcuu
tIuns of the general Huu, the Grruu
troops were to hibernate n the Ere,
cities of liussiu, hul Uelr winter qua
ters proved to be- lhn frozen fields ST.
provision for skin cuuts ud been
lnude, amt In spite of the heavy dr.
liveries that were being sent To Co.,.
Camullu generals uu the wcsttig,
front l!iudeuhurg oliuined mo- suits
tncl"ry answer to his repeated roqg,.
sltiuns.
lie wentin person to Berlin ANA no
tli, store depot he found Il large con
s'trmcnt, which hc ordered To hc
rulcd 10 his supply headquarters
which were then ut Thorn. The horri.
fled official Informed him That The
skins were for the army df the crown
prince, and therefore could not hc
taken away IlIndonburg swore u
volume of oaths, aud In the end ub.
tuinel them.
Some Of the great character traits
Of llindenhurg are his plely, his love
for the fatherland and his faithful.
ness 70 the kaiser. When he was n
young lieutenant he used to carry the
New Testament In his breast pocket.
This saved his llfe during the Frunco-
Germun war. a bullet struck the book
but did not penetrate all the pages
IL Is a well-kuown fact that In fhe
church of Glauwitz Ilindenburg prayed
aloud for victory. Illndenburg's I,ri.
vate life Is absolutely clean, lie ncv,
er played cards or drank excessively
and he hardly eveC smoked.
HlHdenburg never speaks Of fate or
luck. lie does not talk about genius,
but he believes that God helped him.
God helped me to gain II victory. and
the kaiSer gave me the soldiers. he
made NE commander, he trusted u,..
he grateful 10 Cod and the kaiser.
do not Thank me- is what he told the
people Of East PrussiS when they
came to thank aud praise him us their
1eliverer,
As professor of the "KrieEs Aka
denie' [sent there by the order Of rhp
general sturt Ilindenburg found the
best occasion to elucute the youR.
uhcets in the mcsi Important sub.
ject-"apphed military tactics." Fred.
ericE the Eireat Invented for the h,ne-
lit of his army officers the "Kriegs
Splei' '(ryar gawe) aud Hlndrpburg
followed in the footsteps of the G'ruS-
san liiHg by improving ghls war ayume.
Cut In posing Figure.
Whom llindeuhurg was srudEiug In
the FHriegs-A kademis" CST3-7DO. he
Gecame Il puDu ui Prof PochEummer,
who tells us tlIat IEndenbury cut an
imposing figure. lie called this soldier,
ov'@ six feet tall, with hrogi shout
ders, shOrt>crupped hair, aud big mus
tuche. bro;s'l forehead, The Gyng per
SHnilicatiua. of the war gOC" Whom
Professor Pochhammer in his lectures
b b5came tedious aad tiresoen Linden
Genburg used To rake uut his maps.
pencils and compass and commence
10 work on II plan for aH imaginary
battle, @ithout paying any attention
to the professor
In 1870 he fought against the French
in the battles ot 81. privar and Sedan
and Yves decorated with tie order of
the Beil Cross and the irW Cross.
Ia l%11 he ustired fron active Scry-
ice uUtil the @ar of 1914 broke out
whpu he again returned 90 the army
and Eus appointed co1mmaIdcr in The
East
uf Gudendorif even Seraans today
know little. But hiEh arnmy officers
say lsa deserves large share Of lIur--
IenbUg's faine. lie lasts Decn Eint
lcubgrgs chief Of Sra& rlnre AuguSt,
1914, and has worked curt t!s. Splendid
bits Ga strategy whch simo and again
nave baned 1he Russian hOpSes.
NoN that HIindenhurg has becomp
,hief of the great EeHaaraI staff and !
mly second to the kstisar, 3ifIdendorit |
las been made quanermststar general. |
His name is signed 10 tlxe hiief daily |
,ficial bulletins in which the general |
taft chronicles the progress of the
var. And his is the tirSt name that |
las been appended to them.
He is the friend. adviser nd con
tant companion Of hindenmtrs, and
hey are said to work together like
wo parts of slr0Orh-rnnninE nat
hine.
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