It has
often been declared a myth. I know it to be a fact. Notwithstanding
the financial straits Germany has gone through at times or may go
through, this money will never be touched. It is there for one
purpose only and that purpose is war. Needless to say, it is amply
guarded. Triple posts in this garrison town, devices to flood
instantly the whole under fifteen feet of water from the river Havel,
are but items in the system of protection. Twice a year the Emperor
in person, or his heir apparent, personally inspects his war chest.
Mechanical-balanced devices are employed to check the correct weight.
It is a marvelously simple mechanism by means of which in less than
two hours the whole of this vast hoard of gold can be accurately
checked and the absence of a single gold piece detected.
TRANSPORTATION
One of the most important parts of the organization is the question of
transportation. Hannibal's campaigns against C?¦sar and Napoleon's
central European wars owed their success in a great measure, if not
wholly, to their quickness of motion. This applies about tenfold in
modern warfare. In actual armament the leading powers in Europe are
practically on a par. The personnel, as regards personal courage,
stamina, _elan_, or whatever you wish to call it, is fairly equal
also. There is little difference in the individual prowess of French,
Russian, English, and German soldiers.
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