What were the findings of the McNeill-Tulloch Report (1855)?
The Army were short of medicine, communication was poor, there was a lack of feed for the horses, casualties were due to disease wild spread, and there was a slow distribution of supplies e.g lime juice for scurvy.
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What were some of the opposing thoughts of the McNeill-Tulloch Report (1855)?
Politicians set up the Chelsea Board which wanted to whitewash the report, and there was a campaign to protect reputations by changing or clearing all names.
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What were some of the changes that the McNeill-Tulloch Report (1855) brought?
There were improvements to medication by Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole, and more of the operations were controlled by the army (Oct. 1858).
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What were some of the consequences of the McNeill-Tulloch Report (1855)?
There were press dispatches to the battlefields and the reforms were done by the government and not generals.
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What were the findings of the Cardwell Reforms (1868-74)?
Flogging and branding were common practises, promotion was based off wealth and not skill, men were afraid of long overseas posting, there was a minimum service of 12 years, and bounty money was used for recruitment.
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What were the changes that the Cardwell Reforms (1868-74) brought?
Flogging was abolished during peacetime (1868), branding was abolished completely (1871), bounty money was abolished (1870), purchasing of commissions was abolished (1871).
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What were the changes that the Cardwell Reforms (1868-74) brought?
The Army Enlistment Act (1870) meant men could serve 6 years in the reserves, and the Regulation of the Forces Act (1871) abolished general service and linked regiments to one area.
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What was the effectiveness of the Cardwell Reforms (1868-74)?
Unemployment grew, the culture took a while to change, social divide, soldiers pay was still low and spent on stoppages (supplies), and bounty money was reintroduced.
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What were the Expeditionary and Territorial Forces which the Haldane Reforms (1905-12) brought?
Expeditionary Forces were fully professional, and the Territorial Forces were part-time volunteers for home defence.
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What was the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act (1907)?
A new territorial force which has its own support services.
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What were the Officer Training Corps that the Haldane Reforms (1905-12) brought?
This taught boys and young men the skills of becoming an officer, the upper division was based in universities and the lower division was based in school.
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What was the Imperial General Staff that the Haldane Reforms (1905-12) brought?
This overseas all strategic matters; all local units were reorganised along the lines of the Expeditionary Forces.
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What were some of the opposing thoughts of the McNeill-Tulloch Report (1855)?
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Politicians set up the Chelsea Board which wanted to whitewash the report, and there was a campaign to protect reputations by changing or clearing all names.
Card 3
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What were some of the changes that the McNeill-Tulloch Report (1855) brought?
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Card 4
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What were some of the consequences of the McNeill-Tulloch Report (1855)?
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Card 5
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What were the findings of the Cardwell Reforms (1868-74)?
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