Identifier: menaroundkaiserm00wilerich (find matches)
Title: Men around the Kaiser; the makers of modern Germany
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Wile, Frederic William, 1873-1941
Subjects: William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941 Germany -- Biography Germany -- Politics and government 1888-1918 Germany -- Intellectual life
Publisher: Philadelphia, Lippincott
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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enry is a sailor-man throughand through—an admiral first and a Prince after-wards. He has had little time, and less inclinationfor the luxurious pastimes of his royal estate.The fashions and frivolities of Court life have neverappealed to him. His hobby is the sea, and he ishappiest when cultivating it. Naval cadet atsixteen, when the fleet was little more than aflotilla of nondescript frigates ; battleship-captainat thirty, and rear-admiral four years later, 1906found Prince Henry commander-in-chief of thehomogeneous squadrons which the GermanAdmiralty keeps assembled in home waters as onegreat sledge-hammer entity, steam up and eager todeUver the decisive blow at the psychologicalmoment. An apostle of the Ready, aye ready ! policy of perpetual preparedness for war, he wasfitted both by temperament and training for theleadership of the Empires battle forces afloat. 46 t * ■* i 5 » »> y, •> •..:« 5 - 1 > JO » ». ».»»: 9 J ■> ■> » » » ^ • •>
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(Bieler, Ha)nbjc7-g. PRINCE HENRY OF PRUSSIA Only the most urgent diversions, such as importantforeign missions on behalf of the Kaiser, enticedhim from his flagship at Kiel, where, too, he haslong had his home. A stickler for discipHne, hisindomitable energy and devotion to duty were atonce the marvel and inspiration of the entire Fleet.German naval officers are notoriously the hardest-working—and hardest-worked—in the world. Theyhad a constant example in Prince Henry. He tooka deep interest in the men behind the guns and theunseen heroes of the hold. Regardless of personalcomfort he participated regularly in the longpractice cruises of the High Seas Fleet in and outof season, and he is to-day given chief credit forthe strategic and tactical skill which the Kaisersbattle squadrons have attained. After PrinceHenry hoisted his farewell signal as Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet three years ago, he was rowedashore from his flagship by a crew of heutenants—a pretty and affectionate

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