Organisation of army in Napoleonic wars

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  • Created on: 02-02-17 19:01
What did the Ordnance Board do?
Extensive testing for guns and supplied large amounts of gunpowder, Birmingham supplied small arms expenditure.
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What did the Victualling Board do?
Send men out to fight in wars and got supplies from private builders which made them more competitive.
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What were recruiting strategies?
Pay £40 sign up but had to pay kit.
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What were problems with married soldiers?
Wives in barrack rooms with little privacy
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What were other problems?
High death rate and drills.
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What kind of recruits were there?
Criminals and foreign- KGL.
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What were recruiting strategies?
Getting men drunk and forcing them to sign up.
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What did militia do?
Home defence many preferred to real army until French invasion when bounty offered.
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What did Army Service involve?
Police work due to lack of police force.
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What was purchase of commissions?
When rich officers brought commissions and had few trained officers
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How was commission exaggerated?
Not allowed in Royal engineers given to rank below and Officers had to serve 2 years after Peninsular.
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How did Officer class change after French invasion?
1000 officers meant had to open to more of different class.
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What did the Victualling Board do?

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What were recruiting strategies?

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What were problems with married soldiers?

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