The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-14

veiOped technical department was
absolutely necessary and would save |
precious blood wherever possible. |
! worked toward the perfection of
our armament and sought 20 place |
machinery In the service Of our
army.
Among new creations. the very
first place is taken by the heavy arr
tiliery OF the army IN the field. In |
bringing this into being I was
obliged 10 overcome much opposition |
particularly, strange 20 relate, In |
tho ranks OF tho artillery itself It !
is source Of great satisfaction 20 |
me that / put this matter through. !
II laid tho foundation for the carry |
Ing out of operations on large
scale. and II was long before our foes
could catch up with US In this di-
rectlOn.
Bcttcr Military Equipment.
Mention must also be made Of the
mao hine gun. which developed from
modest beginnings 20 being the
backbone Of the infautry's fighting
. powersi the replacement OF the
/ rifle by the machine gun multiplied
| The firing power of the infantry
while, at the samo time. diminish
I Ing its losscs.
Nor can | pass over without men
. tiun the Introduction of the movable
/ ueld kitchen, which | had seen for
| the first timo at some mancuvers
OF tho Russian army. n was of the
greatest value In maintaining the
/ fighting efficiency or tho army. since
| the possibility of getting sufficient
I nourishmcnt kept our troops fresh
and healthy
All human work remains unfln-
| lshcd. Nevertheless, 10 may be eald
without oXaggcratlou, that the Ger
/ man army which marched to battle
| IN 1914, was an instrument OF war
/ fare without an equal.
| Whereas. at my accession 20 the
| throne. | had found the army In a
| condition which merely required de-
| vclopment upon tho foundations al
ready laid, tho navy, on the other
| hand, was in the first stage OF de-
/ velopment. After the failure OF all
| the attempts OF Admiral Holman
/ to move the recalcitrant reichstag
/ to adopt slowly progressing, syS
| tomatio STRENGTHENING OF German
sea ?ower--largely due to the cheap
| Catchwurds of Deputy Richter and
I the lack OF understanding OF the lib
erals of tho lclt. who were fooled by
l thom-the admiral requested me TO
retire him. Deeply moved. l aC-
( cedcd 10 his request; this plain, loyal
/ man, tho son OF genuine Berlin
| bourgeois family. had become dear
/ 20 me through his upright character.
/ his devotion 20 duty aud his attach
ment to me. My friendship with
/ him. based upon this estimate, lasted
/ for many years up TO the moment
| Of the admirals sudden death; 1t
/ often caused me 20 visit this faithful
] man, endowed with fIne Berlin wit.
/ at his home and there to associate
| with him as head OF the German
oriental society, as well as to see
/ him, In a small circle OF intima:Cs,
| at my own home, or to take him
! with me az n treasured travelling
[ companion. lie was one OF the most
/ faithful of my faithful friends, al
ways remaining the same in his dis
iHterestcdncss. never asking any
thing for himself. Happy the city
which can produce such citizens!
| preserve a grateful memory of this
| tried trusted friend.
Admiral Tirpltz succeeded TToll-
mann. In his very first reports.
which laid the foundation OF the
first naval law. no showed himself
thoroughly in accord with me in the
belief that the sanction OF the
reichstag for the building OF war
ships was not to be gained by the
old form Of procedure. As | have
already pointed out. the opposition
was not to be convinced; the tone
OF the debates conducted by Richter
was unworthy OF the Importance OF
the subject. for Instance, the gum
boat obtained in the relchs az by
the Poles, under Herr Won Kosclcl-
sky, was jOkingly dubbed "KolSciel-
/. ska" Hidicuie was the weapon used.
though the future Of the fatherland
was In question.
IL was necessary that the repre-
sentative Of the navy should have
"a solid phallnx behind him, both
among the ministers Of state and in
tho reichstag. and that 1t should
lsom absolute conviction, encr-
goucally support him and the cause.
Therefore, there was need of COM
munlcating 10 the relChstag mem-
bcrs. still rather ignorant in naval
matters. The details Of the great
work; moreover, q great movement
must be engineered among the
people, among the general public, ="
. indifferent as yet. 10 arouse it's in
terCyt and enthusiasm for the navy,
In order that pressure from the peO-
pie itself might be brought to bear
upon the rcichstag members To
this end, an energetic propl sanda
was needed. through weil-organ-
I lH'' anu N'tl-Nllt'N'u pItNSt MS Wtll
rs through eminent men Of science
at tho university and technical high
schools
Fight I'm the RclChstAg.
There was need OF a complete
change IN the whole method OF
handling the matter in the Reich
stag. There must be no more bick-
. eIiugs about individual ships and
y docks. In making up the military
budget, no arguments arose over
the strength of the army, unless II
was matter OF new formations. The
makeup OF the navy, like that OF the
army must be settled by law once
for all rs right OF existence recog-
nizcd and protected. The units
composing q must no longer be a
matter Tor debate. Moreover, not only
the officer corps but that of nom
commissioned officers must be ready
for service on the new ships. At the
beginning Of my reign, sixty to
eighty cadets at the most, were en-
rolled every year; IN the last few
Years before the war several hun
dred asked admission. Twelve
precious years never to he retrieved
were lost by tina failure OF the reich
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