Establishment of the fortress battalions in 1896

 

 

Fortress battalion

Commander – lieutenant colonel

1

Deputy commander – major 

1

Company commanders – captains

3

Officers

lieutenants

7

2nd lieutenants

6

Artillery master

1

Warrant Officers (Feldfebel)

3

Sergeants

re-engaged

6

conscripts

6

Corporals

12

Senior laboratory operators

1

Young laboratory operators

2

Armourers (locksmiths)

4

Staff trumpeter

1

Young trumpeters

6

Senior clerks

1

Subaltern clerks

1

Surgeon’s assistants

2

Medical non commissioned officers

3

Veterinaries

3

Mechanic

1

Carpenters or blacksmiths

1

Craftsmen

9

Lance-corporals and privates

291

Transport drivers

4