the corps numeral is in brackets, the division is attached to that corps as a third division.)
It must be premised that the corps numbers indicate territorial districts as well as military commands. The six " Brigade " districts of Prussia during the period of army limitation imposed by Napoleon became corps districts after 1815, and two others were added when for the first time Prussia acquired Rhine possessions adjacent to France. The annexations of 1866 pro- duced three other Prussian corps and corps districts, and there- after the course of evolution is sufficiently indicated in the table. After 1871, of course, all new districts were carved out of the existing ones. It will be seen from Table A that during the
organization of 1912 there had been bitter controversy the general staff demanding five new army corps and the Reichstag conceding only two and no fewer than 17 supernumerary regiments (more than the infantry complement of two army corps) were left ungrouped after the 2oth and 2ist Corps had been formed. These 17 were a fifth brigade and an eleventh regiment in the Guard, fifth brigades in the frontier corps regions 5th, 6th, 7th, pth, I4th, and ninth regiments in the 2nd, I3th, i8th and 2ist Corps.
There were, therefore, in the active army of 1914, 50 divisions (two Guard, 1-42, and 1-6 Bavarian) and 17 supernumerary infantry regiments.
TABLE A. Growth from 1813 to 1914.
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Prussia 1815-60.
N. German Confed. 1867.
1871.
1880.
German Empire
1900.
1912.
1885.
1890.
I Prussian Guard Div
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
2 Prussian Guard Div.
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
I Div.
/ I.
I.
I.
I.
I.
I.
I.
I.
2 Div.
East Prussia
il
I.
I.
I.
I.
I.
I.
I.
3 Div.
/I I.
II.
II.
II.
II.
II.
II.
II.
CO
4 Div.
Pomerania
ill.
II.
II.
II.
II.
II.
II.
II.
5 Div.
nil.
III.
III.
III.
III.
III.
III.
III.
s
6 Div.
Brandenburg ....
tin.
III.
III.
III.
III.
III.
III.
III.
g
7 Div.
) iv.
IV.
IV.
IV.
IV.
IV.
IV.
IV.
fi
8 Div.
Prussian Saxony ....
I iv.
IV.
IV.
IV.
IV.
IV.
IV.
IV.
9 Div.
rv.
V.
V.
V.
V.
V.
V.
V.
10 Div.
Posen
IV
V.
V.
V.
V.
V.
V.
V.
II Div.
fVi.
VI.
VI.
VI.
VI.
VI.
VI.
VI.
12 Div.
' Silesia
\VI.
VI.
VI.
VI.
VI.
VI.
VI.
VI.
= 1 fl3 Div.
/VII.
VII.
VII.
VII.
VII.
VII.
VII.
VII.
S% ?} H Div.
Westphalia
1 VII.
VII.
VII.
VII.
VII.
VII.
VII.
VII.
B'g.'S 1 15 Div.
/VIII.
VIII.
VIII.
VIII.
VIII.
VIII.
VIII.
VIII.
==f I 16 Div.
Rhineland
\VIII.
VIII.
VIII.
VIII.
VIII.
VIII.
VIII.
VIII.
17 Div.
Schleswig-Holstein }
IX.
IX.
IX.
IX.
IX.
IX.
IX.
1
1 8 Div.
Mecklenburg, [ .
IX.
IX.
IX.
IX.
IX.
IX.
IX.
>o
(8 o
19 Div.
Hansa towns
X.
X.
X.
X.
X.
X.
X.
V ^S '
20 Div.
Hanover
X.
X.
X.
X.
X.
X.
X.
<
21 Div.
XI.
XI.
XI.
XI.
XI.
XVIII.
XVIII.
22 Div.
Kur-Hessen and Frankfurt
XI.
XI.
XI.
XI.
XI.
XI.
XI.
G4
- 'yi D\-\r
XII.
XII.
XII.
XII.
XII.
XII.
XII.
rt ^ *"O *-'**
2 s 1 2^ Oiv.
Kingdom of Saxony
1 '.'.
XII.
XII.
XII.
XII.
XII.
XIX.
XIX.
1
O(J
25 Div. 26 Div.
Grand Duchy Hesse-Darmstadt
/
(XI.)
(XI.) XIII.
(XI.) XIII.
(XI.) XIII.
(XI.) XIII.
XVIII. XIII.
XVIII. XIII.
27 Div.
Wurttemberg ....
1-
XIII.
XIII.
XIII.
XLI.
XIII.
XIII.
/ 28 Div.
I ..
XIV.
XIV.
XIV.
XIV.
XIV.
XIV.
29 Div.
Baden . . . . .
XIV.
XIV.
XIV.
XIV.
XIV.
XIV.
30 Div.
Alsace-Lorraine
) ::
XV.
XV.
XV.
XV.
XV.
31 Div. 32 Div. 33 Div.
(Alsace) Kingdom of Saxony . . Alsace-Lorraine
\.. ( ::
.'. -
XV.
XV.
(XII.) (XV.)
XV. (XII.) XVI.
XV. XII. XVI.
XXI. XII. XVI.
4
34 Div. I (Lorraine) .... ic Div 1
XVI.
XVII.
XVI. XVII.
XVI. XVII.
E H
36 Div!} West Prussia . . . .
(::
XVII.
XVII.
XVII.
c
37 Div. East Prussia
(I.)
(I.)
XX.
1
38 Div. N. Kur-Hessen ....
XI.
XI.
V
O
39 Div. S. Alsace
(XIV.)
XV.
40 Div. Kingdom of Saxony .
XIX.
XIX.
41 Div. E. Prussia
f f
. .
XX.
42 Div. Lorraine
, ,
XXI.
i Bav.
'IB.
'IB.
'IB.
'IB.
IB.
IB.
2 Bav.
IB.
IB.
IIB.
IB.
IB.
IB.
3 Bav.
Kingdom of Bavaria (including
j - .
IIB.
IIB.
IIB.
IIB.
IIB.
IIB.
4 Bav.
Bav. Palatinate)
i
IIB.
IIB.
IIB.
IIB.
IIB.
IIB.
5 Bav.
IIIB.
IIIB.
IIIB.
6 Bav.
IIIB.
IIIB.
IIIB.
N.B. Two Bavarian army corps (4 divs.), one Wurttemberg and one Baden division took part in the war of 1870-1 as allies of the N. German Confederation.
Empire period the typical form of growth had been the creation of third divisions in certain corps (usually frontier corps) and which from time to time coalesced in corps possessing districts of their own. These third divisions themselves were the product of a gradual growth. Resources in men, and from time to time the favour of the Reichstag, allowed the formation, now here now there, of regiments and brigades supernumerary to the standard corps establishment (2 divs. = 4 bdes. = 8 regts.). In each of the greater reorganizations these supernumeraries had been swept together to form new divisions. But over the last re-
Units in Peace. Each of the 217 infantry regiments had an establishment of three battalions and a machine-gun company of six guns. The field artillery consisted of a brigade of two regiments (in all 12 batteries) per division, one quarter of these batteries being of field howitzers. 1 There were therefore 600 batteries in all. The cavalry, with its recent additions and groupings, numbered no regi- ments, of which in principle 66 were in war to form 1 1 cavalry with 33 batteries of horse artillery and II cavalry machine-gun detach-
1 These establishments were, in many cases, hurriedly brought in force at the last moment; the law of 1913 had authorized the neces- sary recruiting and equipment but had spread it over a term of years.
