Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-30


war and the big questions connected
with it, l had a great many othei
! duties to attend to at Kreuznach; the!
were apparently unimportant, but ye
formed part of the whole process
Life rad settled down 10 the same sor
Of routine as a. other headquarters
The field-marshal and /, as well al
] other officers, lived in a villa which
| had once formed the home of the
| Emperor William !, that great mon.
arch and judge of men. under whose
| sceptre Germany's dream of union
| had been realized
Our office was in the Oranienhof
| The distance to it was short, and my
regular walks to and fro afforded an
| opportunity to many kindly disposed
| people who wished to please me by
their greetings and, at times, gifts OF
flowers, Otherwise / led a secluded
| existence BECAUSE know men,
Every day I went for exercise to
the .''rose garden" above the town. or
perhaps merely into the grounds near
the Oranienhof, rarely anywhere else
In the spring of 1918 this beautiful
rose garden" and the garden in front
few hours by tearing floods.
AS the revolution passed over Ger
many in the autumn, so the flood
passed over Kreuznach in the spring.
What had taken the townspeople
many years and an infinite amount
Of trouble was demolished in a few
hours. 1t happened terribly quickly.
The clearing up Of the gardens and
houses and the removal of the dirt
and mud began at once, but 1t took
long, long time. and traces of the
flood remained everywhere. Was that
an omen?
We had many visitors who came
and went, and in spite of my enor-
nous burden of work | had to find
time to spare for all of them. / had
also to confer with the representatives
of the Prussian and Bavarian war
ministers ON the maintenance and in
crease of the fighting capacity of the
army. The feeling at home and rein
forcements were matters which never
disappeared from the agenda.
Questions relating to the future of
the army We're also dealt with. Ideas
on disarmament were as prevalent as
those on peace by understanding and
as little in accord with the existing
state of affairs. To disarm before
changing the whole existing order Of
the world seemed to me, as practical
man, just as impossible as it did to the
democratic governments of England
France and the United States. Food
and other problems of the home coun-
try often came before me.
In a word, all the fundamental ele-
ments of warfare were continuously
q Go.
was able. organized to meet our re-
quirements. Applications for what we
could not supply from our own re-
sources were submitted to the inn
perial government; with what sad re-
suits / have shown in reference to our
most pressing need, that of arousing
the war-like ardor of the German peo-
pie.
Army Still Dissatisfied.
Even after the patriotic instruction
was instituted l continued to receive
reports from the army headquarters
as to the spirit and feeling of the
army, and made use of every oppor-
tunity of obtaining an insight into its
state of mind
The soldier was particularly con-
cerned about his future after the war
This was natural, considering the eco
nomic conditions at home. the ever
increasing sefishness and the profit
teering. While l was still chief of
staff to the COMMUNICATIVE hief in
the east, at a time when conditions at
home had not yet become acute, |
had, by means of communications to
the army newspapers, endeavored to
inform the troops of what was being
done for disabled men and for de-
pendents.
/ took much interest in these ques-
tons, and observed with regret that
the people at home showed less and
less gratitude toward the disabled, and
that the feelings Of the latter were
very often not adequately considered.
The question was one that concerned
the whole German people, and should
not have been exploited for party pur-
poses.
The care of the soldier and for the
dependents of the fallen was to me of
vital importance. 1t could best be as
sured by final victory, which alone
would place it upon a sound founda-
ton. ...........
His Fund Lost Its Name.
But / wanted to do something more
personal than that A fund for the
WIS. SldI lGu Ill May. ~ O, III
which / collaborated and which at
that time was called after me. The
Ludendorff Fund was a brilliant sue
cess. 1t was originated by an en-
thusiastic German lady, Fraulein
Emma Tscheuschner. who was most
energetically assisted in her great
work by Director Heinrich; and 1t
raised far more than $50 million
marks (S3S.0 O0,000), a hitherto un-
equalled result. "a f
During the revolution it was re-
named the National Fund" Did the
national delegates and the first gov
eminent of the German republic OBJ
ject to my name being connected with
a charitable institution, which, mainly
on account of my name. had brought
in such great sums, and by which so
many disabled men are benefited?
/ leave this action to be judged by
humanity. and by the disabled who
enjoy well-earned benefits from the
"Ludendorff Fund" should they ever
hear my name.
What has happened to the fund un-
der its new name l do not know IN
detaik 1t is not in accordance with