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FTER the general excitement and
A intense feeling following the flight
of the German Kalser we are begin
ning to get a truer view of the character
of this man who plunged the world into
the greatest tragedy it has ever passed
through.
In the examination. of the ex-Kaiser's
personal belongings at the Potsdam Pal
ace, near Herlin, the revolutionists have
found 598 different military uniforms that
had been worn by the fugitive monarch.
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truer view of the Kaiser. He was not a
great warrfor or a superman. He was
Just the greatest clotheshorse in the world.
How strange that a creature of such
colossal vanity, foppery and pettiness
should be able to set the clvilized world
in sanguinary conflict.
The Almanach de Gotha, the semi-offi
cial publication of German royal and court
circles, glve a limited list of thirty-eight
military and naval rankings which he held
in 1914, Each one of these entitled him
to one or more uniforms,
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of the war. It is to be
assumed that none of
the uniforms that went
with these honors were
among the 698 found at
Potadam. He had an
abundance of military
ranks to make up the
quota mentioned, with
out counting the dis
carded honors.
The custom of mak
ing kings and princes,
both domestic and for
eign, henorary oficers
of the army was pecu
larly German, a mark
ol the militaristic char
acter of the country.
There were various
titleg specially reserved
for kaisers, princes and
digtinguished persons,
including “chief,” “pro
prietor” of a resiment
and officer “a la suite”
of a regiment,
A considerable pro
portion of all the reg
fments in Germany
and Austria enjoyed
the “honor” of having
the Kaiser assoclated
with them in one rank
or another,
For every army and
navy rank he held the
Kalser had at least
two uniforme--a full
dress uniform and an
undress or fatigue
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stances there was also
a mess uniform. In
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In the Walking Uniform of Colonel of the Prussian Hussars of the
Bodyguard, Going to Church with Five of His Sons.
regiments he had many campaign uniforms
made for the late war. These were in
addition to the campaign uniforms of gen
eral in the German and Austrian armies.
The Kalser was very careful to order all
the uniforms required by his honorary
posts. Whatever his defects as a strate
gist, he was unrivalled as a connoisseur
of uniforms. When he wore the old cir
cular cap formerly used by his English
Dragoon Regiment, he studied how to tilt
it over his left eye exactly as the English
officers did it. When ne put on his Rus
sian, his Austrian, his Spanish or his Bwe
dish uniform he always copied any little
mannerism peculiar to the country in ques
tion.
The amount of tailoring required in mak
ing his uniforms was enormous. Every
full dress uniform contained on the aver
age five vards of cloth.
Let us say that he had, roughly, 600 uni
forms, for the 598 found in one place was
clearly not the grand total. Bix hundred
times five yards makes 2.000 vards. or
9,000 feet. That length of cloth would
stretch forty-five blocks, or all the way
along New York's Fifth avenue from Four
teenth street to Fifty-ninth sireet.
Each full dress uniform, with its nicety
of fit and its heavy gold lace and other
ornaments, needed the services of one
skilled cutter and two assistants for two
weeks, If the three men only had made
the Kaiser's 600 uniforms they would have
been kept busy for twenty-three years. 1f
the 600 uniforms had all been made at the
same time they would have kept 1,800 men
at work.
The uniforms varled in cost from S3OO
to SSOO, according ‘o the amount of gold
lace and other ornaments used upon them.
The outside limit of cost would probably
be represented by the gorgeous uniform of
the Cuirassiers of the Bodygunard, which
he was very fond of wearing. The uniform
was of white cloth heavily trimmed with
gold, With this went a burnished cuirass
and a steel helmet surmounted by the Ger
man eagle gilded, The high enamelled
jack boots reached half way up the thighs
and were very costly,
The uniforms of Admiral tn the German
and Russian navies were also especially
expensive owing to the immense quantity
of gold lace in the epaulettes, as well as in
the collars, fourrageres and other trim
mings and ornaments,
The Kaiser's 600 uniforms, with all the
swords, boois and saddles that went with
them, could not be duplicated for less than
$270,000.
The uniforms required a staff of seven
highly trained valets to care for them. An
expert who was skilled in brushing and
pressing clothes could not be expected to
The Hall in Potsdam Palace with Its Numerous Mirrors in Which the
Kaiser Studied the Effect of His 600 Uniforms.
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know about such herd work as polishing
swords and helmets. Therefore there was
a different valet for each kind of work.
But in addition to the valets there was
a superior class of functionaries called
wardrobemen, who did not do anythingz to
the clothes but were simply responsible
for their safekeeping, whether in the pal
ace or on the Kaiser's travels. Then,
above these, were the Kaiser's aide-de
camps, Prussian noblemen of birth and
rank, who would not do manual labor of
any sort, but knew all about uniforms and
would have raised a “errible gtorm if any
valet had ventured to present His Majesty
with a Spanish pair of trousers and a Rus
sian coat.
First of all there was a chief valet to
look after the other valets. Then there
was a speclalist whose business was keep
ing coats and trousers and all cloth gar
ments in spotless gondition,
Next came a valet whose functions were
of a peculiarly delicate and exacting na
ture. He was the man who had to try on
the unlfi)rms when they were being made.
If the Kalser had had his uniforms tried
on himself he would never have had any
time to wear them and go about in them.
Therefore, a valet was selected of exact
ly the same size and deportment as the
monarch, whose business was to spend his
life with various tailors having uniforms
tried on. This man’s work was made par
ticularly difficult by the fact that the Kal
ser grew steadily fatter up to the outbreak
of the war.
The valet was required to increase in
welght at the same rate as the Kaiser and
to put on flesh in the same places. The
high court functionaries weighed and
measured the' man from time to time and
ordered special foods for him to make him
keep pace with the Kaiser.
The third valet had nothing to do but
keep the 600 odd swords and helmets and
other metal accoutrements of the Kalser
shining with spotless glow.
Valet No. 4 did nothing but look after
the badges of knighthood, medals and
other decorations to be worn with the uni
forms. In most cases where the Kaiser
possessed the uniform of a foreign country
he had also medals and decorations from
that country, In‘England, for instance, he
was a Knight of the Garter, while in Spain
he was a Knight of the Golden Fleece, It
would never have done to put on the
Golden Fleece with an Englizh uniform, or
vice versa.
Valet No. 5 devoted himself exclnsively
to caring for the Kaiser's boots. His Maj
esty had one pair for each of his 600 uni
forms, and many others in addition. Every
cavalry regiment to which he belonged re
quired a different siyle of boot—some enor
mously large, others decorated with gold
and silVe ornaments. The highly skilled
valet who looked afler them had to know
Just how to use blacking for calf boots,
varnish for patent leather boots and
cream for enamel boots,
Every cavalry regiment that required
special boots also called for a special sad
dle. So there was a great room. entirely
filled with the Kaiser's saddles, and an
other specialist, Valet No. 6, gave his en
tire time to looking after His Majesty's
saddles.
In addition to his military uniforms, the
Kaiser had gorgeous costumes connected
with the almost innumerable orders of
knighthood to which he belonged. For in
stance, he was Sovereizn Chief of the
Order of the Black Eagle, Protector of the
Order of St. John, Knight of the Order of
the Garter, of.the Order of St. Andrew, of
the Order of the Annunciation, of the Or
der of the Elephant, of the Order of St.
Hubert, of the Order of the Seraphim, of
the Order of the Norweglan Lion.
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significantly adds. “eote.. ete.”
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