Gunnison Valley News | 1919-06-07 | Page 1 | Prussian Military System

Prussian Military System. During the Franco-German war. 1870-71, 1870-71, the armies of the various German states, though they were not Prussian, tvh'ile iri the lield were commanded by 'he Prussian king and his general staff. After that war there was no difficulty in making Prussian control permanent. One after another the various states resigned direction of their prudes to the king of Prussia, and for all practical prac-tical purposes the German army became be-came one. Almost immediately after the clow of the Franco-German war a movement was begun to extend the imperial im-perial army, and the Prussian military system was introduced throughout the empire.