Aspects in Breadth - Organising the Army

Question 1

What was a commissariat?

Answer 1

A commissariat of policemen

Question 2

ARMY REFORMS IN 1793 + DUKE OF YORK REFORMS

Answer 2

• established military college to improve professionalism of future officers
• had more men by end of napoleonic (over 250k)
• system of ‘limited service’ of 7 years to attract recruits
• corporal punishment removed for petty offenses

Question 3

McNeill Tulloch Report

Answer 3

• 1855
• 7 diff organisations supplying, no medical supplies, supply fleet destroyed in storm, lack of fresh food
• majority of deaths from disease
• shift in control of the army - government now had more power to manage the army