Deutscher herold. [volume] (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd-Dakota) 1907-1918, 1917-09-06

German ancestry know the weaknesses
Of the Allied countries and keep quiet
about them. Officers of the army of
ancestry tracing back to Great Britain
know the weaknesses of the military
systems and administrations of the
Allied powers and talk about them
freely.
GERMAN-AMERICAN MAKES A
FINE FIGHTING MAN.
| Army officers who are willing to talk
about the morale of the fighting forces
of this country agree that the soldier
of German blood is about as good
soldier as there is anywhere. Non-com-
missioned officers of German blood are
the best non-c0mmis8ioned officers IN
the army. The Prussians especially are
valuable as sergeants or cOrporals. A
veteran officer Of the line said that he
could not recall more than two or three
instances of non-commssioned officer
Of German blood doing anything to the
discredit of the service, and in all his
larmv experience he could recall but one
case of the desertion of a non-commis-
stoned officer of German blood and that
drscrtion was caused by domestic
troubles.
A casual perusal Of the army list and
directory shows a surprisingly large
perccantag of officers who, because of
the names they bear, are undoubtedly
of German blood.
Major Gen. pershing is an Alsatian
by descent. The French claim him, but
the claim of Germany is entitled to
consideration.
! Major Gen. William l.. Sibert, who is
in actual command of our forces in
2 France, is of German descent. There
, are two other Siberts in the army, First
Lieut.. Franklin Sibert of the infantry
I and Second Lieut. Harold Sibert of the
2 engineer corps.
t Jumping here and there through tho
| alphabetical list of commissioned Off
t GERS, one finds under "V'', Second
| Lieut.. Berthold Vogel, First. Lieut..
|
Won Dem Bussehe, Second Lieut.. p. A.
r r. Won Hartung, First Lieut.. John ID.
e Won Holtzen dorff, First. Lieut.. William
z d. won Kessler, Second Lieut.. Frederick
r ]. yon Rohan and Capt AAnysee von
n Schrader This sounds like list of the
Ipcrsonnel of Won Hindenburg's staff.
q 1t comprises but a few of the men of
2 German birth wearing the insignia of
T., officers in the United States Army un-
k der the initial V.
There are six Wagners in the list, as
e well as Major Lutz Wahi, who was, at
the time of the publication of the dt-
3 rectory, with the War College; also
, there is First Lieut.. Max r. Wainer,
who was personally and favorably
known to the Evenings World cor
respondents at McAllen, Texas, last
I summer. Furthermore, there catches
- the eye the name of Lieut.. Carl A.
Waldman of the Coast Artillery.
) Or Major Gen. Pershing's staff are
il several officers of German blood. Every
Il one to FIVE officers of German descent
on his staff.
n Brig. Gen. Joseph Z. Kuhn, admitted
lby military men of the world to be one
of the best qualified officers in any SER
vice, is Of German blood. He was our
t military attache in Berlin and is on tho
n General staff. The executive force of
'e our army is well represented in efficient
a. officers of high rank by men of German
descent. Adjutant Gen. Henry o. s.
ar Heistaud is one; Lieut.. Col. Eli A. Hell
ii mick is an Inspector General, as is
At Major Otho d. Rosebaum. Major Edw.
1t A. Kreger is a valuable member Of the
e. staff of Provost Marshal Gen. Crowder,
f. and Col Charles RKrauthoff and about
ii thirty other officers of German descent
are performing wonderful service in the
pr Quartermaster Corps.
RS MANY ENGINEER OFFICERS ARE
Is OF GERMAN DESCENT.
Ia In the Engineer Corps we find in a
le casual and rapid inspection of the list
oe names such as Kutz, Schulz, Hoffman
at Alstaetter and Ehrenbeck. Samuel Hof
ID is a Lieut. Colonel in the Ordnance De-
ed partment, to which are attached, with
III many others of German names, First
IN Lieuts Chraies A. Schimelfennig and
ne Herman II. Hornig. From the Staff of
e. the Signal Corps we pick out, at ran
~ dom, the names of Co. Samuel Reber,
r. Capts. Charles T.. Swartz and Alvin g..
tv Gutensohn, while Major Fran: P. Lahm
of lGutensohn, while Major Frank p. Lahm
a. burg, John Fl. G. Bartholf and George
tn +. Stratmeyer are doing good work in
on the aviation corps. Gustav j. Frieber-
re ger is professor, with rank of colonel,
"a in West Point Academy. Herman J.
% Koehler, with rank of Major, is instruc-
al tor in swordmanship and physical
re exercises in West Point, and at Platts-
no burg, Lieut. Col. Paul A. Wolf is in
or charge of the Plattsburg camp for Re
&c serve Corps.
le- There are 1920 names in the list of
,e. commissioned officers of the army
ny issued on May 90, 1917. Many have