Show SUCCESSOR GENERAL VON has suddenly come into prominence as successor to prince bismarck he its is necessarily an object of interest and as but little is known of him the following biographical sketch will doubtless be perused with interest george leo von caprivi caprisi de caprara de Monte cuculi is the full name of the man whom the young emperor has called to step into the shoes of bismarck the name would lead one to believe he be was a descendant of the great general the count of monteau cull culi the associate of prince eugene and the great earl of marlborough the man who is credited by tradition with the now famous utterance that three things are necessary for vi ar of which the first is money the second money and the third more money but there is no connection between caprivi caprisi and the two living branches of the Monte cuculis gen caprivi caprisi 18 i is just fust such a man as the young soldier emperor would be likely to select he is a soldier what the germans call dig that seems to exhaust what to is known about him to the world in general whatever tb ir ma know of him private lyT caprivi caprisi hz has never been prominent in any diplomatic ca capacity U he is at present chief of the farm admiralty oiNy ity holding h meele the rank of vice admiral and has boon occupied pied that position since nince 1883 1888 the great progress of the navy of the german am empire during those years and the aeu known personal interest of the young emperor in that branch of the service may partly account for his sudden and entirely unexpected promotion over the heads of those who have grown old in the diplomatic service and who were trained under the bismarck regime ica Oa vi was born february 24 1831 frellin in berlin the son of a high judicial officer after graduating from one of the gymnasiums preparatory ool colleges leges afy of the capital he went wen into tinto the military service april 1 joining the kai kaiser franz frant guard grena tiers diers in 1850 he became second lieutenant having in the meantime gone through a course at the military academy ca demy and was made first lieutenant nt in 1859 he obtained a cipta captaincy incy in 1861 he went through the war of 1866 in the prussian army with the rank of major in 1870 he was made lieutenant colonel and after the fran co prussian war became colonel in 1872 andaas and was placemat placated pla cedat atthe the head of a department part ment in the ministry of war he was major general in 1877 commander of a brigade milade of infantry at stettin in 1878 and of a bri brigade ade of the guards in berlin in 1881 in in december 1882 he was transferred to metz as the comer corn of the thirtieth division that beag a most responsible post owing to the t then en unsettled condition of affairs at alsace lorraine of which metz is the principal fortress in marob march of the fal following lowing year upon the resignation of he was placed at the head of the admiralty being promoted for that purpose to the rank of a vice admiral and I 1 becoming a member of the cabinet his choice created a great deal of dissatisfaction among naval officers gen batach who was next in rank to gen resigned in consequent cons equen e of the slight put upon him but consented to remain in office at the request aest of old emperor william gen caprisi caprivi remained at the head of the navy until june 1888 when he be retired inconsequent in consequence of some disagreement in relation to matters of organization the emperor then conferred upon him the grand cross of the red ked eagle and placed him in command of the tenth army is st at tinned at hanover this position he held at the time of his present appointment |