Berlin, June 16, Herr Adolf Hitler has. re-instated Col.-Gen: Werner von Fritsch, whose retirement from the post of Commander-in-Chief of the German Army was among the important changes announced last February.
Gen. yon Fritsch has been granted the honorary title of Colonel-in-Chief of the 12th artillery regiment in Schwerin "in recognition of his great services in the reconstruction of the Army."
Gen. von Fritsch, it will be recalled, had previously been accused of moral offences, He applied to heve evidence heard in a court of honour, which entirely cleared him.
It was expected following the decision in his favour that Herr Hitler would accord him an honour such as the colonelcy-in-chief of a regiment, or a field-marshal's baton, Fifty-seven years of age, Gen. von Fritsch' served throughout the Great War as General Staff Officer of the 4th Army, and of the Ist Division of Guards. Following the re-establishment of conscription in 1935, he was made responsible: for the development of the new German Army.
Reuter.
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