NOTE: These were 2 answers to SHORT-ESSAY Questions, confined to 500 words. Question: (Summarized) During the Reforms of the Imperial Army (RUSSIAN) in 1870s, the Russian Military Generals feverishly worked to imporve both their mobilization readiness (Question 4) and their Infantry Tactics (Question 5). Comment. Answer 4: In order to avoid another long answer (IE Question 3--see note at bottom of this submitted essay), simply stated, the vital aspect of the Russian military system was the perfection of the Mobilization …
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…the degree of progress seemed little, the foundation had been laid, the real-world application of war with Japan would increase the importance of sustaining the course set forth by Dragomirov (minus the bayonet charge) and the emergence of the Young Turks to oppose the outdated teachings of Leer. Question 3 as referred to above: See submitted Essay Entitled: Russian Imperial Army Reforms: The Reliance on the outdated Bayonet while Gunpowder emerged as Supreme in European Armies.