Here for the first
time is published an account of the inside workings of the German War
Machine as far as is possible for any one man to give. Through my
intimate connections with the German and other Secret Service systems;
through constant contact with prominent army and navy officers, I had
special facilities of which I availed myself to the full, to gain the
inside knowledge which I here commit to paper.
The most efficient and elaborate system ever devised by the ingenuity
of man, used not only for war and destruction but as an intelligence
clearing house for the whole of the Empire, is the German War Machine.
Conceived by General Stein in the days of the Napoleonic wars, added
to and elaborated by successive administrations, solely under the
control of the ruling house; its efficiency, perfect and smooth
working is due to the total absence of political machinations or
preferences. Brains, ability, and thorough scientific knowledge are
the only passports for entrance in the Grosser General Stab, the
General Staff of the German Empire. You will find blooded young
officers and gray-haired generals past active efficiency, experts
ranking from an ordinary mechanic to the highest engineering expert,
all working harmoniously together with one end in view, the acme of
efficiency. Controlled and directed by the War Lord in person through
the Chef des Grossen General Stabs, in my time General Field Marshal
von Heeringen, this immense machine, the pulsing brain of a fighting
force of four and half a millions of men, is composed of from 180 to
200 officials.
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