Print Specifics:
- Type of print: Lithograph - Original antique print
- Year of printing: not indicated in the print - actual 1899
- Publisher: Lithographed by The Werner Company, Akron Ohio.
- Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair)
- Dimensions: 12 x 17.5 inches, including blank margins (borders) around the image. 1 inch = 2,54 cm.
- Paper weight: 2-3 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)
- Reverse side: Blank
- Notes: 1.
Green color around the print in the photo is a contrasting background
on which the print was photographed.2. Print detail is sharper than the
photo of the print.
Narrative:
- TO PRAISE the German imperial army—bound by the Constitution
of the German Empire (1871) to obey unconditionally the orders of the Kaiser—would
be a work of supererogation. Its present organization, authorized
by military laws enacted between the years 1871 and 1899, is so perfect
that it is looked upon as an example of great practical efficiency, and
is even taken as a model to be imitated by other nations. The proof
of its high efficiency does not lie solely in its great achievements in
the field—magnificent as the world admits these to have been—but in the
splendid spirit by which it is animated and in the rigid discipline which
directs and controls it, in addition to the improving and perfecting processes
to which it is constantly and intelligently subjected. The present peace
strength, of all ranks, approximates 590,000 men; while it is estimated
that on a war-footing the effective strength would not fall short of 3,000,000
trained men. Such an array of fighting men, with its simple but well-planned
methods of recruiting, mobilization, and efficiency on taking the field,
may well be Germany's pride, as well as the dread model for other nations.
To rival it, as far as numbers go, is possible only to one other Continental
Power---that of Russia. But in practical efficiency in taking the
field, as a body of expert and disciplined soldiery, splendidly organized
and scientifically equipped for purposes of offense and defense, and commanded
by the most experienced and highly-trained military leaders, the imperial
army of Germany may be said emphatically to be unapproached and without
a parallel.
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