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Identifier: greatwar02alle (find matches)
Title: The Great war
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Allen, George Henry, 1876- Whitehead, Henry C., 1873- Chadwick, French Ensor, 1844-1919 Sims, William Sowden, 1858-1936 McAndrew, James William, 1862-1922 Wiley, Edwin, 1872-
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: Philadelphia : G. Barrie's Sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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lemen were recruited in themountain regions of the Alps and the Pyrenees. The remount service for supplying the necessary riding,draft and pack animals was organized in the same carefulmanner as the recruiting service, and the breeding, undergovernment supervision, was so successful that an amplesupply of animals of excellent quality was assured formobilization. The officers of the active army were drawn, as to aboutone-half, from the military school at Saint Cyr and theEcole Polytechnique of Paris; the other half came fromthe ranks by promotion. The latter class seldom reacheda grade higher than that of major, beyond which promotionwas by selection. As seems to be inevitable in a republic,promotion in the higher grades was not free from politicalinfluences, and the outbreak of war was sure to result in aweeding-out process that could not be accomplished intime of peace. Candidates for commissions as reserve officers were, aftersix months service with the colors, permitted to take the
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The French Army 303 examination for entrance to the regimental schools of thearms of the service to which they belonged. If successfulthey served the second year at the regimental schools andcompleted their service as second lieutenants of reserve.Second lieutenants were qualified for promotion to firstlieutenants after completing three periods of field training.First lieutenants were promoted to captaincy after sixyears in that grade, with the same requirements as to fieldtraining. In France, there were 185 infantry regiments, mostly of3 battalions of 4 companies each (a few regiments had 4battalions) and 31 rifle battalions of 6 companies each.Each regiment and battalion had an extra complement ofofficers for forming on mobilization an equal number ofreserve regiments and battalions. In Africa, there were 4 Zouave regiments, 5 battalionsof light African infantry, and 12 regiments of Turcos; 3Sahara companies of natives, mounted partly on horsesand partly on camels; 2 six-battalion r

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Allen, George Henry, 1876-; Whitehead, Henry C., 1873-; Chadwick, French Ensor, 1844-1919; Sims, William Sowden, 1858-1936; McAndrew, James William, 1862-1922;

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