ORIGINAL - WW1 GERMAN FIELD MARSHAL PAUL von HINDENBURG MILITARY ORDER OCT. 1917

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ORIGINAL - WW1 GERMAN FIELD MARSHAL PAUL von HINDENBURG MILITARY ORDER OCTOBER 4, 1917
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PAUL von HINDENBURG
(b.1847-d.1934) ORIGINAL OFFICIAL FOUR PAGE MILITARY ORDER FROM HIS CHIEF OF THE GERMAN GENERAL STAFF GENERAL
ERICH LUDENDORFF
(b.1865-d1937) OCTOBER 4, 1917
PARTIALLY PRINTED DOCUMENT ON CREAM WHITE PAPER.
PAUL von HINDENBURG SIGNATURE and ERICH LUDENDORFF's INITIAL 'L.' IS PART OF THE PRINT BLOCK.
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Chief of the General Staff
Of the field army.
Gen. Qu.No. 2259 go
Confidential
Numerous letters from the most diverse circles of the local population repeatedly bring complaints about the fact that in the field, especially in the stages, the officers, in contrast to the enlisted men, were fed more than they were entitled to, and that the sometimes lavish and with regard to the current supply situation, wasteful supply of the officers, aroused animal discontent among the crews.
In view of the decisive importance that the question of provisions has on the mood of the troops, I see myself mistaken, once again paying attention to the regimental use in particular. Directing commanders to this important issue and requesting that all senior superiors constantly work towards the simple and modest way of life of officers. (See my decree dated June 17, 2017, T.53781).
Some of the submissions I received emphasize that it was primarily the younger reserve and Landwehr officers who tended to live a well-being that in no way corresponded to wartime conditions.
I am enclosing a letter sent to me by the Ministry of War and signed by my name. Please, Gentlemen, Regimental Use. Remind commanders in any manner they deem appropriate that constant surveillance of their officer corps is their foremost duty.
On
all army groups,
A.O.K.'s., A.Abtlgn.,
Genkdos., Et. Knsp. U. Kdos
Genl. Vouv. Belgium and Warsaw,
mil Very. Romanian.
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Go to Gen. Qu. No. 2259.
A reminder to our officers.
The following remarks are not born out of Norgelgeist; I hesitated for a long time whether I should hand them over to the public. In view of the mood in large circles of our people, however, silence would be treason, treason against all of the German officer corps, which deserves so much for the German people.
I have been in lively correspondence with the warriors of my 3 villages since the beginning of the war. There is probably not a warrior on leave with whom I have not met, whether in his house or in mine. They unanimously report a great bad mood about the officers. They except the active officers, they only have good things to say about them and most of the time their report says “Yes, if we only had officers like that!” Their judgment of the reserve officers is all the worse. For a long time, the 19th century considered this judgment to be unjust, and today I wish nothing more than the fact that it was unjust. But the unanimous judgment of all 150 warriors in my church makes me suspicious, especially since the neighboring pastors and doctors I spoke to report the same experience. There is nothing to be given to the judgment of somehow agitated people. But our people are not rushed. How enthusiastic they were about their officers in the first battles at the beginning of the war! One wrote to me in December 1914: “What splendid officers we have: Courageously, let us advance. One dares the utmost for such men.” As the unfavorable judgments began to pile up, family home evening gave me an opportunity
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He took the liberty to warn against unfair judgments and literally said: "Fooh Huber to the soldier who talks something bad about his officer!" The result was that for a while I only heard the judgments from a third or fourth mouth. I then asked just those warriors whom I knew to be quite reliable as patriotic, who had once praised their officers orally and in writing to me. The result was devastating. No criticism was leveled at military achievements, or at least only in very rare cases. But in the lives of the officers. They b reported gluttony in the mess halls behind the front, complained that the officers were buying vast amounts of food that could be used in front at exorbitant prices from the established. Bought up guns or in the canteens and let their lads bring them home. The serious among them complained above all about the attitude of their superiors to the 6th commandment. A few days ago I came across the diary of a young reserve officer, which confirmed the warriors' judgments. It literally says: Casino business is taking shape here that I will soon be excluding myself. Anyone who feels that everything is at stake, that it is our duty to keep people's spirits high, and that the most burning, tricky question is that of food, unless you are a huge egoist and gourmet, don't get involved here. They will take me for a fool and a fool, but I don't care. Nobody takes the trouble to study the soul of the people. national conscience. wake up
So here is danger ahead! Videant consults! Part of the German soldier's death is that the man for his officer a—
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Admission and the officer for his man. Where it leads when this feeling of togetherness is relaxed is shown by the conditions in the eastern neighbor. There is still time, the German is still too much of a soldier to draw conclusions from his criticism. German officers, a great task awaits you! It's not easy, we all feel that. The pressure of the 3 years of war weighs on you, too, and you often have to bear with the discontent of the teams. So it makes sense to want to forget the hardship for hours during hours of happy get-together. But don't forget that you are German officers, that the country wants to look at you with pride, that you should be noble role models for your subordinates. This is a danger of long trench warfare. Shouldn't our officers master them too? I think that pointing out the above judgment from a concerned heart will show our officers what is at stake, will make it clear to them how much it is up to them to lift the spirit of our people and keep the will to go to war alive. That alone is what made me go public with these statements.
Silence any consideration of class when the most sacred thing we have on earth is in danger.
Army High Command
9th Army
Dept. Jr. No.