Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Legislative History of the General Staff of the Army of the United States: Its Organization, Duties, Pay, and Allowances, From 1775 to 1901
The Russian general staff dates from the time of Peter the Great.
The operations of the general staff of the German army are entirely independent of the minister of war, being directed by the chief, who is responsible only to the Commander in Chief - the Emperor. This status has existed for over seventy years.
In Russia there is no separate direction of the general staff, the chief reporting directly to the war minister.
In Italy the officers of the great general staff are entirely under the chief of the general staff, who reports directly to the war minister.
The chief of the general staff in France is directly under and entirely subordinate to the secretary of war.
In Austria the chief of the general staff is considered as the assistant of the imperial war minister.
In England the adjutant-general's office is once removed from the secretary of state for war through the commander in chief of the army.
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