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Show FIELD MARSHAL OF KAISER'S ARMY i Field Marshal Baron Kolmar von der Goltz is regarded by the Germans as one of the leading military men in Europe, and has been a power in the organization and training of the kai-Bef'sarmy. kai-Bef'sarmy. was Gen. von der GoU v,h0 organized and trained the Turk-Tsh Turk-Tsh army which participated in the Balkan war. Goltz despite his advanced age-he age-he is now seventy-one-is still a man of great energy and endurance. Only ffew years ago he visited the Argentine Argen-tine Republic, traveled on horseback through the pampas of that country, and soon after his return Germany, Without taking a rest, he led the German Ger-man general staff in the military maneuvers ma-neuvers of that year. Goltz personally is one of the most unassuming and modest of men. e cares nothing at all for titles or rank. He hates red tape and never hesitates to give expression to his . . , hnthln speaking and writing. ' opinions .both In his famoU9 b0ok, "People in Arms," to urge . t HHon of two vears' military service, and also in a number of maga- the 'ntrdUnC;'7papVr articles called attention of the German people to the sine and newspap miIItar- duties which they owed to the fatherland. nature or war test achievement In recent years has been his ener- v L hPhalf of the German scout movement. For this purpose, under getic "AlnteMt he formed a soclety tQ ser.e M a nucleu, ofr0mr.a-Ji- la any way interested in physical welfare. |