Fonds Sächsisches Staatsarchiv, 11347 - 11347 General Command of the XII. Army Corps

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History: For details, see 2.3.8.5 Units and troop units of the Saxon army<br /><br />Extensive introduction: <br />The general command of the XII. Army Corps<br /><br />The term corps for a body of troops made up of units from different branches of arms had already existed since the 17th century, but it was initially formed on an ad hoc basis. Army corps became established as a permanent form of organization in Prussia after 1815. They formed their own territorial district from which the troops were recruited and in which they were stationed.<br /><br />Saxony's accession to the North German Confederation in 1867 also included the conclusion of a military convention with Prussia on February 7, 1867. According to this, Saxony retained its own contingent within the Imperial Army, but this was to be structured according to the Prussian model.<a href="#B01"><sup id="A01">[01]</sup></a> As a result, the Army Command Staff was formed on April 1, 1867, which was called the General Command from January 1, 1868. Initially, only the XII (1st Royal Saxon) Army Corps existed, based in Dresden. The name XII indicates that it was the 12th of the 13 army corps of the North German Federal Army and that no units from other German states belonged to the XII Army Corps. <a href="#B02"><sup id="A02">[02]</sup></a><br /><br />On April 1, 1899, the XIX (2nd Royal Saxon) Army Corps was established with its headquarters in Leipzig. Its catchment area consisted of the districts of Chemnitz, Leipzig and Zwickau, that of the XII. Army Corps consisted of the district capitals of Bautzen and Dresden as well as the district capitals of Flöha and Marienberg, which belonged to the district capital of Chemnitz.<a href="#B03"><sup id="A03">[03]</sup></a> The establishment of a second Saxon Army Corps resulted in the following organizational changes, among others: On April 1, a new division, the 4th (Royal Saxon) Division No. 40, and a new infantry brigade, the 8th (Royal Saxon) Infantry Brigade No. 89, were established. The Riesa garrison and the Zeithain military training area were placed under the administrative area of the XIX Army Corps, while the XII Army Corps remained in charge of replacement and Landwehr matters as well as the affairs of invalids. Army Corps. The distribution of the Zeithain military training area and the Königsbrück firing range to the troop units of the two army corps was carried out by the War Ministry from April 1.<a href="#B04"><sup id="A04">[04]</sup></a><br /><br />The Army Corps was headed by the Commanding General together with the General Command.<a href="#B05"><sup id="A05">[05]</sup></a> The General Command consisted of the General Staff, Adjutantur and Intendantur. The Chief of the General Staff was responsible for all official business, and the officers of the General Command were also subordinate to him. The General Staff consisted of two general staff officers who were responsible for the execution of official duties. Two officers seconded from their regiments, who were subordinate to the Chief of the General Staff, formed the Adjutantur. The Intendantur, responsible for the material supply of the troops, except for weapons and ammunition, was made up of civilian and military officials.<a href="#B06"><sup id="A06">[06]</sup></a><br /><br />After the formal dissolution of the General Command, on 01.10.1919, the Settlement Office of the XII. Army Corps took over its functions. It was responsible not only for settling existing liabilities of the Reich, but also for transferring parts of the army to the Reichswehr.<a href="#B07"><sup id="A07">[07]</sup></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The responsibilities of the General Command of the XII Army Corps are as follows. Army Corps results from the following division of responsibilities according to departments (as of 1904 - 1914):<a href="#B08"><sup id="A08">[08]</sup></a><object><table><tbody><tr><td>Ia<br /><br /></td><td>1. organizational changes.- 2. training of troops.- 3. maneuvers.- 4. parades, inspections.- 5. cavalry and general staff tours.- 6. commands during riots, floods, accidents.- 7. foreign languages.- 8. shooting practice allowances.- 9. distribution of training areas.- 10. scientific work.- 11. literary publications.- 12. prize riding.- 13. shooting range Königsbrück (facility).- 14. sports.<br /><br />Mobilization:<br /><br />1. general matters with the participation of Ib, IIa, IIc, IV-VI).- 2. supplement to teams.- 3. transports.- 4. issue of supplements.- 5. review of calendars.- 6. mobilization registers.<br /><br /></td></td></tr><tr><td>Ib<br /><br /></td><td>1. exercises for those on leave (except officers and officer trainees).- 2. peacetime rail transports (excluding manoeuvre transports).- 3. special training courses, pioneers, telegraphy, swimming, riding courses for officers of the infantry.- 4. shooting, shooting reports.- Königsbrück shooting range (operation).- 6. preparation and registration for the war academy.- 7. printing regulations.- 8. weapons, ammunition, field artillery and machine gun material.- 9. certificates of rank.- 10. military libraries.- 11. general staff matters.- 12. horse muster.- 12. motor vehicles.- 13. aviation matters.<br /><br />Mobilization: 1. replenishment of horses, weapons, field equipment.- 2. horse removal commissioners (in connection with IIa).- 3. calendar of the formations to be formed at the general command.- 4. indispensability.- 4. 4. indisposition.- 5. self-propelled vehicles.<br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td>IIa<br /><br /></td><td>Personnel matters of officers and officer trainees as well as senior officials (of officials not dealt with by III, IV and V). 2. commands of officers and officer trainees (also of enlisted men, if officers are to be commanded at the same time).- 3. exercises of officers, officer trainees and clergymen on leave of absence.- 4. rank lists, personnel sheets and change certificates.- 5. overviews of the scope of business of the district command.- 6. registration of officers for the Schutztruppen.- 7. secret registrations.<br /><br />Mobilization:<br /><br />Processing of enclosures on officers and officer aspirants.<br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td>IIb<br /><br /></td><td>1. personnel matters, non-commissioned officers and enlisted men as well as senior and junior officers, insofar as they are not processed by II, IV and V.- 2. commands of those mentioned under 1.- 3. garrison matters, military bans.- 4. replacement and control matters.- 5. reassignment, veterinary matters.- 6. registration of NCOs and enlisted men for the Schutztruppen.- 7. internal service.- 8. fortress Königstein (except economic matters in the responsibility of Dept. IV).- 9. master lists.- 10. notifications to the press.<br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td>IIc<br /><br /></td><td>1. retirements of non-commissioned officers and enlisted men as well as gunsmiths, regimental saddlers and armorers.- 2. pardons and other support for enlisted men on leave of absence.- 3. allowances for surviving dependants of the lower classes.- 4. administration of the secret printing regulations, pamphlets and war maps stored at the General Command.- 5. internal service and cash management of the General Command.<br /><br />Mobilization:<br /><br />Calendar of the Deputy General Command<br /><br /></td></td></tr><tr><td>III<br /><br /></td><td>1. judicial matters (honorable court matters of officers are dealt with in IIa).- 2. personnel matters of military court officers, insofar as they are not dealt with by IIa, IIb and IV<br /><br /></td></td></tr><tr><td>IV<br /><br /></td><td>1. economic matters. 2. clothing, equipment, flags, bicycles, field equipment, traindepot matters, telegraph equipment.- 3a. Support (except invalids).- 3b. 4. economic affairs of the Königstein fortress.- 5. personnel matters of the paymasters, paymaster aspirants and other administrative officers, insofar as they are subordinate to the general command.- 6. garrison matters, parade grounds in economic terms.- 7. horse allowances.- 8. retirement of the officials of the clothing office and the paymasters.<br /><br />Mobilization:<br /><br />1. economic matters.- 2. processing of the designation of officials.<br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td>V<br /><br /></td><td>1. personnel matters of the medical officers of the corps staff and staff pharmacists as well as the medical sub-staff.- 2. commands of those mentioned under 1. 3. hospital and military hospital matters.- 4. examination of medical certificates.- 5. admission of teams to the convalescent home "Glasewalds Ruhe".- 6. training of medical teams, orderlies and orderlies' attendants.- 7. training of orderlies' attendants and orderlies' attendants. 7. orderly exercises (in conjunction with Ib).- 8. bathing cures.<br /><br />Mobilization:<br /><br />Processing the designations of medical officers and medical sub-staff.<br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td>VI<br /><br /></td><td>1. veterinary matters (in conjunction with IIb).- 2. processing the personal affairs of veterinary staff.- 3. equine diseases.<br /><br />Mobilization:<br /><br />Veterinary personnel, blacksmiths<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></object>Commanding generals of the XII. Army Corps:<a href="#B09"><sup id="A09">[09]</sup></a><br /><br />23.2.1867 General of Infantry Crown Prince Albert of Saxony (24.4.1828-19.6.1902)<br /><br /><br /><br />19.8.1870 General of the Infantry Prince Georg of Saxony (8.8.1832-15.10.1904)<br /><br /><br /><br />22.3.1900 General of the Infantry Max Freiherr von Hausen (17.12.1846-19.3.1922)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />26.8.1902 General of the Infantry Crown Prince Friedrich August of Saxony (25.5.1865-18.2.1932)<br /><br /><br /><br />18.10.1904 General of Cavalry Hermann von Broizem (5.10.1850-121.3.1918)<br /><br /><br /><br />26.9.1910 General of Infantry Karl Ludwig d'Elsa (1.9.1849-20.7.1922)<br /><br /><br /><br />17.4.1916 General der Infanterie Horst Edler von der Planitz (11.8.1859-9.6.1940)<br /><br /><br /><br />8.9.1917 General der Kavallerie Hans Krug von Nidda (14.2.1857-20.8.1922)<br /><br /><br /><br />24.7.1918-23.1.1919 Lieutenant General Max Leuthold (23.5.1863-5.3.1934)<br /><br /><br /><br />Chiefs of the General Staff<br /><br />1.4.1867 Oswald von Carlowitz (20.1.1825-24.4.1903)<br /><br /><br /><br />31.12.1869 Friedrich Emil Wilhelm von Zezschwitz (3.3.1821-8.9.1867)<br /><br /><br /><br />15.9.-26.11.1870 Edurard von Reyher, by proxy (24.5.1832-25.8.1910)<br /><br /><br /><br />1873 Bernhard Freiherr von Holleben, gen. Normann (30.7.1824-11.10.1897)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />12.7.1883 Paul Edler von der Planitz (20.9.1837-19.8.1902)<br /><br /><br /><br />1.2.1889 Heinrich Leo von Treitzschke (30.1.1840-17.6.1927)<br /><br /><br /><br />9.3.1892 Max Freiherr von Hausen (17.12.1846-19.3.1922)<br /><br /><br /><br />1.3.1898 Hermann von Broizem (5.10.1850-121.3.1918)<br /><br /><br /><br />17.4.1898 Hans von Carlowitz (2.11.1849-22.3.1904)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />28.3.1899 Felix Barth (21.10.1851-22.9.1931)<br /><br /><br /><br />19.4.1901 Ludwig Alexander Westmann (-1.2.1912)<br /><br /><br /><br />22.3.1902 Georg Wermuth (26.3.1856-18.11.1906)<br /><br /><br /><br />13.4.1904 Adolf von Carlowitz (25.3.1859-9.7.1928)<br /><br /><br /><br />15.4.1908 Franz Samuel Franke 28.6.1863-2.1.1925)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />9.8.1912 Hans von Eulitz (13.9.1866-28.11,1945)<br /><br /><br /><br />16.11.1916-30.9.1919 Horst von Metzsch (14.6.1874-11.7.1946)<br /><br /><br /><br />Organization of 3.7.1913<a href="#B10"><sup id="A10">[10]</sup></a><br /><br />23rd and 32nd Division, Landwehr-Inspektion Dresden, Foot Artillery Regiment no. 19, Pioneer Command XII, Pioneer Battalion No. 12, Telegraph Battalion No. 7, Train Battalion No. 12, 7, 8, Railway Regiment No. 2<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Organization from 17.8.1914<br /><br />23rd and 32nd Infantry Division, 1st Foot Artillery Regiment No. 1, Fliegerabteilung 29, Corps Bridge Train 12, Fernsprechabteilung 12, Scheinwerferzug/Pioneer Battalion No. 12, I. and II. Munitionskolonnenabteilung (4 infantry and 9 artillery ammunition columns), Fußartilleriemunitionsabteilung I/15 with 8 columns, I. and II. Train-Abteilung (12 Fledlazarett, 6 Proviantkolonnen, 7 Fuhrparkkolonnen, 2 Pferdedeport, 2 Feldbäckerei-Kolonnen)<br /><br /><br /><br />Inventory classification<br /><br />This finding aid is merely a conversion of the finding aid created in the Military Archives of the GDR around 1960, in which some minor corrections were made to the file titles. The existing classification was retained and is largely based on the subject classification of the General Command. As part of the overall packaging, the fonds were re-signed in 2004. A concordance to the old signatures can be found at the end of the finding aid.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Literature<br /><br />Buschmann, Mirko, Zwischen Bündnis und Integration. Sachsens militärpolitischer Eintritt in den Norddeutschen Bund 1866/67 (Dresdner Historische Studien 5), Köln, Weimar, Wien 2005 [AA 280p] <a href="#B11"><sup id="A11">[11]</sup></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Das sächsische Heer, seine Kommando-, Justiz- und Verwaltungsbehörden 1831-1921. Übersicht über die Quellenbestände des Militärarchivs der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik , Potsdam 1974 [La 2492]<br /><br /><br /><br />Dienstvorschriften für das XII. (Königl. Sächs.) Armee-Korps, Dresden 1887, 1891 [Sa 1945f]<br /><br /><br /><br />Instruktion für den schriftlichen Verkehr des XII. (Königl. Sächs. Armee-Korps, Dresden 1885 [Sa 1945g]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Mertens, Peter, Zivil-militärische Zusammenarbeit während des Ersten Weltkriegs. Die "Nebenregierungen" der Militärbefehlshaber im Königreich Sachsen (Schriften zur Sächsischen Geschichte und Volkskunde 11), Leipzig 2004 [Sa 2263]<br /><br /><br /><br />Schimpff, Georg von, Das XII. Korps im Kriege 1870/71, vol. 1-4, Dresden 1901 [Sa 1751]<br /><br /><br /><br />Schuster, O., Francke, F. A., Geschichte der sächsischen Armee von deren Errichtung bis auf die neuste Zeit, T. 1, 2 u. 3 in 1 vol, Leipzig 1885 [Sa 1650]<br /><br /><br /><br />Verordnungsblatt für das XII. ( 1. Königlich Sächsische ) Armeekorps, Dresden 1912-1915, 4 Volumes [X 16]<br /><br /><br /><br />Vorschrift für den schriftlichen Verkehr des XII. Königl. Sächs. Armee-Korps, Dresden 1888 [Sa 1945 I]<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="#A01"><sup id="B01">[01]</sup></a> Mertens, Peter, Zivil-militärische Zusammenarbeit während des Ersten Weltkriegs. Die "Nebenregierungen" der Militärbefehlshaber im Königreich Sachsen (Schriften zur Sächsischen Geschichte und Volkskunde 11), Leipzig 2004, p. 199.<br /><a href="#A02"><sup id="B02">[02]</sup></a> Buschmann, Mirko, Zwischen Bündnis und Integration. Sachsens militärpolitischer Eintritt in den Norddeutschen Bund 1866/67 (Dresdner Historische Studien 5), Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 2005, pp. 150-151.<br /><a href="#A03"><sup id="B03">[03]</sup></a> Mertens, Zivil-militärische Zusammenarbeit, p. 120. For the composition of the army corps, see Annex 1 of the organizational regulations on the occasion of the formation of a 2nd (new) Royal Saxon Army Corps in: 11351 General Command of the XIX Army Corps, No. 155 or Königlich Sächsisches Militärverordnungsblatt, No. 9 of 28.3.1899, published by the Saxon Ministry of War.<br /><a href="#A04"><sup id="B04">[04]</sup></a> Organizational Regulations (as note 3).<br /><a href="#A05"><sup id="B05">[05]</sup></a> Dictionary of German Military History, vol. A-Me, Militärverlag der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, Berlin 1985, p. 26.<br /><a href="#A06"><sup id="B06">[06]</sup></a> Generalstab des IV. Armeekorps, Homepage des Vereins historische Uniformen des Deutschen Kaiserreichs 1871-1918 e.V., http://historische-uniformen.de/index.php?id=109, accessed July 17, 2012.<br /><a href="#A07"><sup id="B07">[07]</sup></a> The Saxon Army, its command, judicial and administrative authorities 1831-1921. Übersicht über die Quellenbestände des Militärarchivs der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, Potsdam 1974, p. 127.<br /><a href="#A08"><sup id="B08">[08]</sup></a> 11347 Generalkommando des XII. Army Corps, No. 648.<br /><a href="#A09"><sup id="B09">[09]</sup></a> Wegner, Günter, Stellenbesetzung der deutschen Heere 1815-1939, Vol. 1, Die höheren Kommandostellen, 1815-1939 (Formationsgeschichte und Stellenbesetzung der deutschen Streitkräfte 1815-1990 Teil 1), Osnabrück 1990, pp. 71-72.<br /><a href="#A10"><sup id="B10">[10]</sup></a> Ibid, p. 72.<br /><a href="#A11"><sup id="B11">[11]</sup></a> The information in square brackets refers to the library shelfmarks in the Dresden Main State Archives.<br />

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