Re: British Army in 19th c.
TERRY L. TAYLOR, CO-EDITOR H-ALBION (TAYLORT@ALPHA.NSULA.EDU)
Thu, 3 Aug 1995 19:27:43 -0600
According to Edward Spiers, "The Army and Society 1815-1914" (N.Y.:Longman, 198
0), "The British army could not find more than 5% of its combat officers from t
he rank and file." p.3 He provides numbers as well, broken down by decade.
stephen miller
university of connecticut
smm94005@uconnvm.uconn.edu