onthefirstpagesofeveryissue.TheGermanexpertcontinuouslyurgedforthe
creationofastronggeneration.Bypreparingyouthformilitaryservice,“the
armyisbroughtintobeingintherightway.”⁷⁷Boysshouldbetrainedpriorto
theirmilitaryserviceinordertoshortenthemilitarybasictrainingandbecome
availableforfrontdutiesearlier.Physicalexercisesandmarchesmadeupalarge
partofOGDactivities.Partofthisprogrammeshouldalsoincludepracticaltrain-
ingsuchasthethrowingofstonesintothedistance.InHoff’sview,thisexercise
hadaclearpurpose.Shouldtheboynotmastersuchaneasytask,asasoldier,
“hewillneverthrowthehandgrenadeinarightwayandwillnothitthetar-
get.”⁷⁸Exerciseswithaclearmilitarycharacter,includingfirearmsinstruction
forolderboysintheDinçsectionincooperationwiththelocalOttomanGen-
darmerie,becamepartoftheOGD’scurriculum.⁷⁹Hoffrepeatedlyhighlighted
Figure5:HeinrichvonHoff(center),SelimSırrı(right)andtheirOttomanstaffin1916.
Hoff,“BazıUmumiTerbiyeMeselelerineDair”[OnsomeGeneralTrainingProblems],OGDM
1 – 1(1September 1333 /1 91 7), 13.
Hoff,“GençDerneklerindeTalimlerinHarb-ıHazırdakiKiymeti:AlmanDinçleriHidmet-iAs-
keriyeyeNasilHazirlaniyorlar?”[TheValueofTraininginYouthAssociationsinthePresentWar:
HowdotheGermanDinçSectionsPrepareforMilitaryService?],OGDM 1 – 5(1Kanun-uSani
1334 /1918), 10 .Cf.aprevioussimilararticlefocussingonthrowinghandgrenadesinanissue
oftheBJDperiodicalwhichalsocontainedanarticlebyHoff.Anonymous,“VonderWichtigkeit
desWehrturnens,”Jungdeutschland-Post,1August 1916 ,3 09 – 310.
Akcan,İttihatveTerakkiFırkası’nın,2 41.
JungdeutschlandintheOttomanLands:HeinrichvonHoff, 1916 – 1917 119