Bodo from Scriba

Bodo Gottlob Friedrich Wilhelm von Scriba (born June 7, 1863 in Wohlau ; † February 6, 1939 ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and editor-in-chief of the military weekly paper .

Life

origin

Scriba was the son of a Prussian major z.D. and his wife Bertha, née Pauly.

Military career

After his upbringing in his parents' house, attending a grammar school and various cadet houses , Scriba was transferred on April 16, 1881 as a second lieutenant to the infantry regiment "Prince Friedrich of the Netherlands" (2nd Westphalian) No. 15 of the Prussian Army in Minden . There he acted from October 1, 1885 to February 9, 1888 as adjutant of the 1st battalion and then from October 1, 1888 to October 5, 1890 as an adjutant to the Bielefeld district command . Here he was promoted to Prime Lieutenant on March 24, 1890 and then used as a regimental adjutant until March 28, 1894. In this position, Scriba took part in the general staff training trip of the VII Army Corps in autumn 1892 . On April 1, 1894, he was sent to the General Staff for one year . As a captain , Scriba was then appointed chief of the 10th Company. In position à la suite of his regiment, he was transferred to the secondary budget of the Great General Staff on April 17, 1897 . This was followed by a three-year command at the War Ministry from April 1900 . There Scriba received the character as a major on September 19, 1901 . As such he was then in the General Staff of the 2nd Division in Insterburg and from May 1904 in the General Staff of the XI. Army corps active in Kassel . On April 10, 1906 Scriba returned to the troop service and was given command of the III stationed in Rudolstadt . Battalion in the 7th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 96 .

With his promotion to lieutenant colonel on May 18, 1908, he was reassigned to the General Staff and used as head of department. On February 20, 1909 Scriba was commanded to Württemberg and chief of the General Staff of the XIII. (Royal Wuerttemberg) Army Corps appointed in Stuttgart . King Wilhelm II recognized his achievements in this function by awarding him the Cross of Honor of the Order of the Württemberg Crown . After releasing his command to Württemberg, Scriba was again head of department in the General Staff on March 22, 1910 and promoted to colonel on April 21, 1911 .

With effect from September 13, 1912, Scriba was granted the statutory pension and the right to wear the uniform of the General Staff. He then took a job as an editor at the military weekly. After the death of the previous editor-in-chief Guido von Frobel , Scriba took over his position on February 6, 1913.

With the outbreak of the First World War it was reused and served as chief of the general staff of the deputy general command of the III. Army Corps in Berlin. In this position, he went to continue his work as editor of the military weekly paper for and received in 1915 the character as a major general .

Due to his proximity to the monarchy, Scriba was recalled from his duties at the military weekly in 1919. On August 30, 1919, he was given the character of Lieutenant General.

literature

• Söding: Officer master list of the Royal Prussian 7th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 96. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1912, pp. 160–161.
• Alfred Cramer : Officer master list of the Infantry Regiment Prince Friedrich of the Netherlands (2nd Westphalian) No. 15. Verlag R. Eisenschmidt, Berlin 1913, p. 332.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815-1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , p. 48.
2. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 116 of September 14, 1912, p. 2630.
3. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 20 of February 11, 1913, p. 419.
4. ↑ Markus Pöhlmann (Ed.): German military journals in the 20th century. Military History Research Office , Potsdam 2012, ISBN 978-3-941571-18-1 , p. 29.
5. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 32 of September 11, 1919, p. 631.