\ .... SOLUTION NO.________20____ _\..____ - " -- - - -- • I I THE COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF SCHOOL Map Problem No . _____ JL_____ _ Series__ __;K __ __ IN CASE OF REPLY TO BE RETURNED TO RECEPTACLE BY 9:00 A.M. lO ~8-C . & G. s. Sch., F ort Leavenworth-3-25-31- 25M MEIv10~ANDillll FOF : THE DI?ECTOP. 2nd YEl~R CTASS , cm!U,I.A1ID .AND G~m~j,. ! S'.DAFF SChOO! . FO"?j; T,E VIGNVTO?CeH . KAN~AS . SUBJECT : :l'HE G~lvl N INFANT?Y SCHOOT I PAPEPS ACCOvlPAlITYIlJG : 1 . A bibliography for this study. 2 . Map 6'f Dresden , Germany . sh owing locati'on of the Infantry School es tablishment . 3 . Photostatic copy of President von Hi ndenburg ' s address at t he opening of the German Infantry School in 1926 . 4 . Translation of 3 . 5 , .ChaT-t,,: shmllJing tha t-. organization. of the Infantry School. THE STUDY P:'ESEHTED : The organization. personnel and train­ ing at the school . with objects sought and results obtained. FAC :rs ~.J;-r A'11ING TO THE STUDY : Prior to the 1IIorld War , the officer personnel of the German Army was obtained almost ex­ c1usive1y from the nobility and the wealthy classes. The youths selected for commiSSioned service were educated for the a~my in the cadet schoolS maintained by the various king­ doms of the German Empire . vihen gradua ted therefrom. these youths were commissioned in and aSSigned to that portion of , the German Army maintained by their respective kingdoms . - 1 ­ o Following the World War and with the birth of the new German Arm~ or :eichswehr. a schaal for the training of candidate officer personnel was established, in Munich , in Bavaria. and was called "Der Infanterie- Schule ll (The Infantry School) . The nama was somewhat of a misnomer and was so applied with thB idea of inferring that the school was merely a branoh (arm) training school . 'llhus the Allies who were supp:ressing all attempts of the Ge nnans to re­ establish thei r mili tary fa rees , woulc1 not have it brought forcefully to the ir attention that the new German Pepublic was engaged in tra ining officers for its t~eaty - limited a rmy . Because of the restless character and monarchistical ten­ dencies of the Bavarians . it was decid ed to move the InfantrJ School to another section of Germany where sectionaJ in­ fluence would not prevail. Berlin was considered as a site . but its selection would have embittered the Bavarians and would have been sufficient proof to the other Geyman states that Prussia. as in the past . was endeavoring to control the army and the destiny of Germany. After considerable stuc1y , Dresden, the capital . and prinCipal city o·f Saxony . was selected as the new location for the school , and in 1926 , the move to that city was made and the Infantry School es­ tablished in the barracks of the old Saxon Cadet Corps-­ the forme r officer training corps of the Saxon Army . The -purpose of the German Infp.ntry School is to furnish officers for the new German army. or Peichswehr. General Von Hindenburg stated at the opening of the school in ( 2) Dresden that i t would "become a t Y 8ining schaal of all of the well-known German mili tary virtues . rI ~Ihis school is , in effect , the Wes t Point of Germany . The 'school is organized in much the same manner as are t h e schoolS in our service . there being a comman dant , staff , in­ structors , school troops . civil se rvice personnel~ and studentE. The cO~Jffiand an t is a major g eneral (corresponding in grade to our brigadier general) . The corps of ins tructors includes officers of all grades and from all branches of the service , some of whom so adeli tional duty as tactical officers . In addition. there are some civilian instructo'Y's . The faculty numbers app roxima~ely 40 officer and JO civilian instructors. £he school tro ops consist of a composite infantry unit of about the strength of one company. with,rifle , machine gun " minnenwe:rfer (mortar) , pioneer and communications sections ; a motor transp ort uni t with truc_~ . passenger car dna motor­ cycle sections ; and a ca valry detachment for stable and messenger service . • t ·tached to the schaal is a grou-p of oiviI se-rvice employees--a11 former sOldiers--who serve as guards , cle~ks , printers , mechanics, etc . In addition to the school troops , there is stationed at Dresd en a po rtion of the Ge rman Army which, while not connected with the school , can be used up on arrangement to assist in training . :jlhis force consists of the Headquarte,rs of the 4th ( Saxon) Division , the Infantry T,eader and Staff of the 4th Divi:=ion , the Artillery T,eadey and Staff of the 4th Division , ( 3) the Headquarte rs , Staff . !.annenwerfer Company , 1st and 3rd J Battalions of t he 10th ( Saxon) Infantry Pegiment , the 4th Artillery 'Regiment (les Q the 1st (Prussi an) and the 4th (Bavari an) Battali ons) , t he 4t h ( Saxon) Si gnal Uni t , the 4th SupPly l'rain- animal d yawn , (les p the 3rd (Pr ussian) and t he 4th (Bavarian) Companies) , the 4th Motor lransport Train , (lesB t he 2nd (Byussian) and the 3rd ( Saxon) Companies) , and the 4th ( axon) Sanitary Unit . In addit ion, there is available the staff and the 5th and 6th Squadrons (troops) of the 12th (Saxon) Cavalry Pegiment of the 2nd Cavalry I Division . (1) The troops of the 4th Infantry Divi sion and of t he 2nd Cavalry Division are not under the command of t he commandant of the Infa ntry School , but 3.Te av ilable for demonstratio ~ s upon request . The student body is div i ded into two groups , HT.eJ1"V'gang In (stuuy Group I) , or first ye r students known as lIFahnen­ junkern , and "Tehrgang I I" ( Study Group II) , or second year students L'lOWn as ll Faehn"V'ichll • ihe former group numbers 230 and is composed of enlisted candidates from alJ ' branches of the service . '1111e second group numbers 120 und is composed exclusively of infantry candidates . ~he students at the Infantry SchooL are s elected from en1is­ ted men who have had at east one and one ha1f years of ser­ vice on the ir twe ve year en1ist m ent ~1 a-re educa ted to inc1ud e the IIp-eal Gymnasium" (corresponding to completion of the work of our preparatory schooh and the f irs t year at colJege) , possess the requisite physical , moral , and military qua1ifi­ cations and further qualify by passing a rigid mentaJ examina­ \ tion. (1) (1 - 216. 217 ) ( 4) About October 1st of each year , the qualif ied cond i da te s from all branches of the se rvice report at the Inf~ntry School as officer candid8.tes and are assi gned as students to "T ehygang In . 'rhey wear , t hrough t he .... choo year , the uni­ form and diptinctive mayks of t hei' re"pective regiments and br anch of s ervice, and di splay t he insignia of and are "Y'ated ae< !Unter - Offi~jere" (corp orals) . .<.l. t -!:;l-LO C'illc ' us ion of the school year , about the f i rf3t of the fol 10V;i g _ ugus,t ., the students aye returned to t he ir respective regiments for t he t wo months of maneuverS . On about October ]st . at the conclusion of the maneuverS , all s tudents wh o ye eligible f or retention as officer candi­ dates are re~urned t o school for further training , those re­ jected remaining wit. their regi ments to complete their terin of· enlist ment . Th e officer candida tes from t he i nfantry return to the Infantry School for t heir second and last year of training , while those from t he other b r anches go to t he schools ma in­ t 0i ned ~y their resp ective branches--t he a rtillery going to Juterbog , t he cavalry to Hanover . eto . Ea ch oandidate is re-quire d to finish his tra i ning j.n t he branch f rom wh ich he was origina lly -apP ointed and in which he ;']i be commi ssioned i f graduated . ~r n~feys to other branches are permitted onlv after cO~fi issions have been obt ined . At t he conclusion of t he se cond yea r , about ~ ugu s t 1st . the stud ents of "T.ehrgan : II" are retu r ne d to t heir regimen ts with the rank and pay of "Ob er f eldwebeltl (a ·grade corresp onding to first' se r geant) , and aye deSi gnated as nO b erf aehn~ichn and \-v ear t h e officer' s ( 5 , saber and saber knot . Upon the completion of the maneuvers , the s e lIObeTfaehn"dch!l are given final examinations , following 1 hich those who are succe·ssful are commissioned as second lieutenants according to their ex"amination standing and as vacancies occur i n their branch. '11he CourSe of instruction does not include any 81 ementary miIit a ry training . since all of the stud ent s ar::ri ving the f irst year have had at least one and a half years intensive duty with their respective regiments and are well ve::rsed in all duties up to and i ncluding the school ot' the pl"atoon , or "ts equivalent .