Fonds Sächsisches Staatsarchiv, 11351 - 11351 General Command of the XIXth Army Corps

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History: The Generalkommando was the command authority of the XIXth Reich Reichstag, built in 1899 within the framework of the reinforcement of the army. (2nd Royal Saxon) Army Corps, which consists of parts of the XII. (1st Royal Saxon) army corps was formed and supplemented with artillery units. Seat of the General Command was Leipzig.<br /><br />Further information see 2.3.8.5 Units and formations of the Saxon army<br /><br />Content: General Staff.- Use of aircraft.- Mobilisations.- Railway workers strike 1907 - Red Guard in the Ruhr area 1919 - Voluntary associations 1919 - Situation in the CSR 1919 - Imperial manoeuvres - Demobilization - Equipment - Railway - Planning of the 1916 Olympics - Enlightenment and espionage - Prisoners of war - Military pastoral care - Colonial troops for South West Africa, East Africa and China - Military jurisdiction - workers' councils and soldiers' councils - invalidity care - pioneer work - war classification of the British army - motor vehicles - land storm - archive command.<br /><br /> detailed introduction: <br />Introduction<br /><br />The General Command of the XIXth Army Corps<br />The term corps for a body of troops made up of units of different branches of the armed forces had existed since the 17th century, but it was initially formed on a case-by-case basis. After 1815 the army corps in Prussia prevailed as a permanent structure. They formed their own territorial district from which the troops were recruited and in which they were stationed.<br /> Saxony's accession to the North German Confederation in 1867 also included the conclusion of a military convention with Prussia on 7 February 1867. Accordingly, Saxony retained its own contingent within the Reich Army, but this had to be structured according to the Prussian model.<a href="#B01"><sup id="A01">[01]</sup></a> Accordingly, the Army Command Staff was formed on April 1, 1867, which since January 1, 1868 had been known as the General Command. At first only the XII existed. (1st Royal Saxon) army corps with seat in Dresden. The name XII indicates that this is the 12th of the 13 army corps of the North German Federal Armed Forces and that no units of other German states were active on the XIIth day. Army Corps.<a href="#B02"><sup id="A02">[02]</sup></a><br />On April 1, 1899, the XIXth Army Corps was elected. (2nd Royal Saxon) army corps with seat in Leipzig established. Its catchment area consisted of the district administrations of Chemnitz, Leipzig and Zwickau, the XIIth century and the XIIth century. Army corps from the district authorities Bautzen and Dresden as well as the district authorities Flöha and Marienberg belonging to the district authority Chemnitz.<a href="#B03"><sup id="A03">[03]</sup></a> With the establishment of a second Saxon army corps the following organizational changes resulted among other things: On 1 April 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 garrison Riesa and the military training area Zeithain were subordinated to the administrative area of the XIX. army corps, substitute and landwehr affairs as well as the affairs of invalids remained with the XII. army corps. Army Corps. The distribution of the military training area Zeithain and the shooting range Königsbrück to the units of the two army corps was carried out by the Ministry of War from April 1st.<a href="#B04"><sup id="A04">[04]</sup></a><br />The Commanding General, together with the General Command, headed the Army Corps.<a href="#B05"><sup id="A05">[05]</sup></a> The General Command consisted of the General Staff, the Adjutantur and the Intendantur. The Chief of the General Staff was in charge of 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 carrying out the service tasks. Two officers detached from their regiments and subordinate to the Chief of General Staff formed the Adjutant's Office. The Intendant, responsible for the material supply of the troops, except weapons and ammunition, consisted of civilian and military officials.<a href="#B06"><sup id="A06">[06]</sup></a> In addition, the General Command of the XIXth Century was composed of the General Command of the XIXth Century. Army Corps 1 retired officer, 1 general physician, 1 senior physician or assistant physician, 1 corps auditor, 1 corps surgeon, 1 corps staff pharmacist, and 1 garrison pharmacist.<a href="#B07"><sup id="A07">[07]</sup></a><br />After the formal dissolution of the General Command, the XIXth Army Corps's outpost took over its functions on 1 October 1919. He was not only responsible for the settlement of existing obligations of the Reich, but also for the transfer of army units to the Reichswehr.<a href="#B08"><sup id="#A08">[08]</sup></a><br /><br />A business distribution plan of the General Command of the XIX Reich. Army corps could not be determined so far, the representation of the responsibilities of the individual departments took place with the help of a file directory.<a href="#B09"><sup id="A09">[09]</sup></a><object><table><tbody><tr><td>Ia<br /></td><td>Organizational regulations: Organization, resort conditions, budget conditions, district division, district commandos, protection troops - training of troops: Infantry hunters, cavalry officers price riding, parades, sightseeing - autumn exercises - scientific training: general staff and cavalry exercise trips and rides, scientific works - catering, travel expenses -br /></td></tr><tr><td>Ib<br /></td><td> training of troops: All weapons, artillery, pioneers, train, railroad troops, combat shooting exercises, artillery shooting exercises, shooting reports, price shooting, music, signals, service and captain's training - exercises of the stand on leave, exercises of nurses - accommodation of troops: Garrisoning, barracks, drill and shooting ranges, military training range Zeithain, shooting range Königsbrück - scientific training: Foreign languages, interpreter examinations, clothing, equipment, field equipment, bicycles, lists, printing regulations: proofs of professional standing, printing regulations, cover sheets, libraries, publication of writings. Railways.<br /></td></tr><tr><td>IIa<br /></td><td>Scientific education: General Staff, War Academy, Artillery and Engineering School, Rear Fireworks School, Artillery Examination Commission, War Schools, Training Infantry Battalion, Shooting Schools, Military Gymnasium, Rifle Examination Commission, Riding Stables, NCO School and NCO Preschool, Veterinary School, Training Forge, Commands to Foreign Units.- personnel matters of officers, witness and fireworks personnel - award ceremonies.<br /></td></tr><tr><td>IIb<br /></td><td>personnel matters of non-commissioned officers and crews.- Internal Service - Compulsory Military Service - Medical and Veterinary Services - Remontage and Disembarkation of Horses - Justice.<br /></td></tr><tr><td><td>IIc<br /></td><td>Invalidity Care.- Cash register matters.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></object>Commanding Generals of the XIXth Army Corps:<a href="#B10"><sup id="A10">[10]</sup></a>25.3.1899 General of the Infantry Heinrich Leo von Treitzschke (30.1.1840-17.6.1927)<br /><br />22.4.1904 General of the Infantry Count Alexander Vitzthum von Eckstädt (7.7.1846-9.12.1916)<br /><br />27.11.1907 General of the Artillery Hans von Kirchbach (22.6.1849-23.7.1928)<br /><br />28.11.1912 General of the cavalry Maximilian von Laffert (10.5.1855-20.7.1917)<br /><br />8.8.1917 General of the infantry Adolf von Carlowitz (25.3.1859-9.7.1928)<br /><br />9.8.1918 Lieutenant General Karl Lucius (5.4.1858-19.11.1927)<br /><br />23.1.1919-2.10.1919 Lieutenant General Max Leuthold (23.5.1863-5.3.1934)<br /><br />Hefs des Generalstabs<a href="#B11"><sup id="A11">[11]</sup></a>1.4.1899 Georg Wermuth (26.3.1856-18.11.1906)<br /><br />22.3.1902 Karl Freiherr von Lindemann (17.12.1856-8.12.1915)<br /><br />20.9.1904 Traugott Freiherr Leuckart von Weißdorf (3.11.1857-26.2.1933)<br /><br />21.9.1907 Max Leuthold (23.5.1863-5.3.1934)<br /><br />24.9.1910 August Fortmüller (16.8.1864-28.7.1942)<br /><br />17.3.1914 Georg Frotscher (30.4.1868-27.2.1943)<br /><br />1917 Felix Reichardt (1.8.1869-8.11.1927)<br /><br />1918 Rudolf Saxe (28.5.1875- )<br /><br />Order of 13.7.1913<a href="#B12"><sup id="A12">[12]</sup></a>24th and 40th Infantry Division, Landwehr Inspection Chemnitz, Pioneer Battalion No. 22, Train Battalion No. 19, Machine Gun Division No. 8<br /><br />Order of 17.8.1914<br />24th and 40th Infantry Division, 2nd Foot Artillery Regiment No. 19, Flier Department 24, Corps Bridge Train 19, Telephone Department 19, Spotlight Platoon/Pioneer Battalion No. 22, I. and II. Ammunition column department (4 infantry and 9 artillery ammunition columns), foot artillery ammunition department I/15 with 8 columns, I and II. Train department (12 field hospitals, 6 provisioning columns, 7 vehicle fleet columns, 2 horse depots, 2 field bakery columns)<br /><br />distortion of stock<br />The present finding aid book is merely a conversion of the finding aid book compiled in the military archives of the GDR around 1964, in which some minor corrections of the file titles were made. The existing classification has been retained and is largely based on the subject classification of the General Command. As part of the overall packaging, the inventory was re-signed in 2004.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="#A01"><sup id="B01">[01]</sup></a> Mertens, Peter, Civil-Military Cooperation during the First World War. 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. Saxony's military political entry into the North German Federation 1866/67 (Dresden Historical Studies 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 Provisions on the occasion of the formation of a 2nd (new) Royal Saxon Army Corps, in: 11351 General Command of the XIXth Army Corps, No. 155 or Royal Saxon Military Decree Gazette, No. 9 of 28.3.1899, edited by the Saxon War Ministry.<br /><a href="#A04"><sup id="B04">[04]</sup></a> Organizational Provisions (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 of the Verein historische Uniforormen des Deutschen Kaiserreichs 1871-1918 e.V. (Association of Historical Uniforms of the German Empire 1871-1918), http://historische-uniformen.de/index.php?id, launched 17 July 2012.<br /><a href="#A07"><sup id="B07">[07]</sup></a> Organisational Regulations (as Note 3).<br /><a href="#A08"><sup id="B08">[08]</sup></a> The Saxon Army, its Command, Justice and Administrative Authorities 1831-1921. Overview of the Sources of the Military Archives of the German Democratic Republic, Potsdam 1974, p. 152.<br /><a href="#A09"><sup id="B09">[09]</sup></a> 11351 General Command of the XIXth Army Corps, No. 1.<br /><a href="#A10"><sup id="B10">[10]</sup></a> Wegner, Günter, Staff of the German Army 1815-1939, vol. 1, The Higher Command Posts, 1815-1939 (Formation History and Staffing of the German Armed Forces 1815-1990 Part 1), Osnabrück 1990, p. 83.<br /><a href="#A11"><sup id="B11">[11]</sup></a> Ebd.., p. 83-84.<br /><a href="#A12"><sup id="B12">[12]</sup></a> ibid., p. 84.

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