Discipline

Question 1

When was the first time as officer was shot for desertion?

Answer 1

December 1916

Question 2

Where was the death penalty also used?

Answer 2

Civilian courts

Question 3

How many calories a day did troops receive?

Answer 3

4000+

Question 4

How many letters a day were being handled?

Answer 4

125,000

Question 5

How were rations for troops adjusted for the better?

Answer 5

Vitamins importance increasingly recognised
e.g B1 preventing scurvey
rations adjusted to include these

Question 6

What shows the conservative attitudes of generals towards tanks?

Answer 6

cavalry often used to exploit success of tanks

Question 7

How many cigarettes could a soldier buy with 1 days worth of pay

Answer 7

70 woodbine

Question 8

Average rate of pay

Answer 8

was 50% higher than the minimum

Question 9

How many letters weekly were getting to the front

Answer 9

1.25 million

Question 10

How many days per month were you expected to spend in the trenches?

Answer 10

10

Question 11

How many days out of the 10 in the trenches were you expected to stay in the firing line for?

Answer 11

2-4

Question 12

How many were court martialled throughout war

Answer 12

300,000 other ranks

close to 6,000 officers

Question 13

What % of those in the army were court martialled

Answer 13

3%

Question 14

What was the most common mis-demeanor

Answer 14

AWOL 30%

Question 15

What % of misdemeanours were for drunkenness

Answer 15

15%

Question 16

Was the rate of desertion less or more than rate for drunkennness

Answer 16

less

Question 17

Name a reason for court-martial rates being so low

Answer 17

More middle class than lower classes were in army 
(e.g those in finance / offices) who had greater self-discipline 

Those from working class already subject to factory discipline

Question 18

Evidence that the army accepted the discipline

Answer 18

no mass mutinies

Question 19

Field Punishment Number One - how many hours / days

Answer 19

no more than 2 per day

no more than 3 days in every 4

Question 20

Name X3 other forms of disciplinary action

Answer 20

no pay for up to 28 days
extra guard duty
reduction in rank

Question 21

Who could impose disciplinary action in the battlefield

Answer 21

Field General Court Martial

Question 22

What % of those court-martialled sentenced to death

Answer 22

1%

Question 23

How many sentenced to death were reprieved

Answer 23

90%

Question 24

How many sentenced to death

Answer 24

346

Question 25

Most common cause for death sentence

Answer 25

desertion (75%)

Question 26

Why may discipline appear unfair?

Answer 26

some who were sentenced to death probably suffered shell shock e.g Henry Farr

Question 27

From 1917 what was significant about the Court Martial Officers

Answer 27

drawn from the legal profession

Question 28

What was the rate of conviction during Court Martial case

Answer 28

89% - shows attempts at fair trial made