Considering a Cadre Augmented Army - RAND Corporation

-291- A Historical Analysis of Cadre
Figure 2.2—Germany Cadre Battalion (1878) 71
Peace-footing War-footing
Rank Officers Men Officers Men
Command
Batallion Commander 1 1
Adjutant 1 1
Non-commissioned Officers 2 1
Drum-major 1 1
Staff-surgeon 1
Assistant-surgeon 1
Paymaster 1 1
Paymaster-assistant 1 1
Armorer 1 1
Hospital attendants 2 4
Tradesmen 4
Train-soldiers 20
Four Companies
Captains 4 4
First-lieutenants 4 4
Second-lieutenants 8 12
Sergeant-majors 4 4
Fahnriche 4 4
Vice-sergeant-majors 4 4
Sergeants 16 16
Corporals 28 52
Lance-corporals 52 96
Drummers 8 12
Buglers 8 12
Privates 423 796
Total 20 567 26 1023
While German active units retained nearly all officers during peacetime, they retained
only 55 percent of enlisted personnel. They utilized peacetime conscription to ensure that
there would be a large enough reserve to fill out the cadre units in wartime. In nineteenth
century Germany, all able men were required to serve in the military for twelve years: three
on active duty, four in a reserve, and five in the Landwehr. 72 The difference between the
reserve and the Landwehr was that a man was expected to spend more time drilling in the
reserve than he was in the Landwehr. 73 Unlike the reserve system in the United States,
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71 Upton (1878), p. 193
72 Upton (1878), p. 197
73 During the four years a man spent in the reserve, he was expected to attend a muster twice a year and attend
maneuvers not exceeding eight weeks no more than twice. During the five years a man spent in the Landwehr,
he could be called upon no more than twice for drills not to exceed fourteen days at a time. [Upton (1878), p.
198, 201]