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	Staff - LoveToKnow 1911
		Probably from the early use of the word for the letters of the alphabet, "staff" and its doublet "stave" came to be used of a line, verse or stanza, and in musical notation of the horizontal lines on which notes are placed to indicate the pitch.
		Although generals have always provided themselves with aides-de-camp and orderlies, the only official corresponding to a modern staff officer in a 16th or 1 7 th century army was the "sergeant-major-general" or "major-general," in whom was vested the responsibility of forming the army in battle array and also the command of the foot.
		A staff was a group of officers attached temporarily to headquarters and available for any mission which the commander thought fit to give them, and in the highly centralized armies of those days these missions (as regards junior officers) were practically limited to orderly work and reconnaissance, especially topographical reconnaissance.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Staff (2898 words)

	Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chief of the General Staff (CGS) has been the title of the professional head of the British Army since 1964.
		Prior to this period the title was Chief of the Imperial General Staff.
		The title was also used for four years between the demise of the Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in 1904 and the introduction of Chief of the Imperial General Staff in 1908.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_General_Staff (127 words)

	Imperialism in Africa: Britain
		British soldiers and sailors gained respect during the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453), defeating the Spanish Armada (1588), the War of Spanish Succession (1701-1714), the French and Indian Wars (1756-1763) and the Battle at Waterloo (1815).
		Finally the British General Staff decides that twice the amount of troops is necessary and this does the trick.
		The height of the British humiliation was when Napoleon III's son was killed during a battle while he was a guest in the British camp.
	www.cusd.chico.k12.ca.us /~bsilva/projects/imperialism/mitchel.htm (944 words)

	Top British General as Goodwill Ambassador
		General Guthrie assured that Pakistan continues to be an important member of the Commonwealth.
		British Foreign Secretary Mr Robin Cook was most vocal and during the Commonwealth Conference in South Africa tried to unseat Pakistan from the Commonwealth of Nations.
		General Guthrie got the answer from General Musharraf that at the moment it is extremely difficult to give the exact timing for restoring democracy in Pakistan.
	www.defencejournal.com /2000/feb/british.htm (1555 words)

	A History of the British Intelligence Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The British Army had finally had to acknowledge that Intelligence staffs are essential parts of field armies and their component formations and units, as well as of the headquarter staff in London, in peacetime as well as in war.
		It is a strange fact that the fundamental responsibilities of the three General Staff Branches of the British Army today, viz 'G' (Operations) 'A' (Personnel) and 'Q' (Logistics) were first clearly defined, and accepted, in a series of sharp memoranda attached to a routine establishment proposal to increase the strength of the Intelligence Department.
		Yet, this tiny branch of the British General Staff was responsible for espionage, counterespionage, and various administrative duties, in addition to its function in the fields of cryptology and censorship.
	hometown.aol.com /FenianRam/britishintelligencecommunity.htm (14053 words)

	British General Staff Officer's No. 1 Dress Peaked Cap
		Description: This is a "Royal Pattern" Peaked Cap of the British Army's General Staff Branch.
		Made of fl and red superfine wool worsted, the cap boasts gold bullion oak leaves on a patent leather peak (green sharkskin on the underside), fl leather chinstrap with staybrite GS buttons.
		The gold wire and padded velvet capbadge is worn by Colonels and Brigadiers only; above those ranks, the badge changes to a crossed baton and sabre in a wreath surmounted by the Queen's crown and lion of this badge (often referred to as the "Dog in the Basket").
	www.antiqnet.com /detail,,248776.html (213 words)

	Biographies : GENERAL CARL A. SPAATZ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		General Carl A. Spaatz was the first chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. The general was born in 1891, in Boyertown, Pa. In 1910, he was appointed to the U.S. Military Academy.
		General Spaatz went to France with the American Expeditionary Forces in command of the 31st Aero Squadron and, after Nov. 15, 1917, served in the American Aviation School at Issoundun continuously, except for one month at the British Front, until Aug. 30, 1918.
		General Spaatz in November 1939, received a temporary promotion to colonel, and during the Battle of Britain in 1940, spent several weeks in England as a special military observer.
	www.af.mil /bios/bio.asp?bioID=7210 (1150 words)

	World War I Bookstore: Manuals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It presents all known information on the general organization & training of every type of air unit, types of units, balloon corps, policy, general tactics, detailed tactics by type of plane, types of communication equipment.
		British General Staff, ARMIES OF THE BALKAN STATES, 1914-1918.
		This is a superb collection of six very rare British Army Intelligence handbooks, all of which deal with the Armed Forces of the Balkan nations for both the 2nd Balkan War of 1912-1913 and the Great War.
	www.scuttlebuttsmallchow.com /gwbks14.html (1046 words)

	British Soldiers Want to Get Out of Iraq - Kommersant Moscow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Chief of the British General Staff Gen. Richard Dannatt said British troops should “get themselves” out of Iraq “sometime soon.” He thinks Britain’s presence is harmful for Iraq and exacerbates problems of London on the international arena.
		General Sir Richard Dannatt said in an outspoken interview with the Daily Mail that British troops should come home within two years, flatly contradicting the Prime Minister’s policy that the military will stay “as long as it takes”.
		The Chief of the British General Staff, however, tried to tone down the statement later, saying in an intereview with Sky News that he had never wanted to say that British troops should be pulled out of Iraq whatever it takes.
	www.kommersant.com /p713153/British_Troops_Iraq (383 words)

	Afghan progress stalled by Iraq, says British commander
		British soldiers in Afghanistan haven't made as much progress as they should have because of the decision to divert manpower to the Iraq war, said a top British commander.
		British forces stormed a police station in Basra in southern Iraq on Monday, rescuing prisoners on death row and killing seven Iraqi gunmen during the pre-dawn raid.
		British poet John Heath-Stubbs, who was also a translator of classic works such as The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, died Tuesday at a London nursing home at 88.
	www.cbc.ca /world/story/2006/10/18/british-afghanistan.html (1332 words)

	Head of British Army on Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In the BBC : Sir Richard Dannatt, Chief of the [British] General Staff, told the Daily Mail that the military campaign fought in 2003 had "effectively kicked the door in".
		Well, now the head of the British army, Sir Richard Dannatt, has spilled the beans : the presence of UK armed forces in Iraq "exacerbates the security problems." Presumably what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
		In a stunning piece of news, the leading British general has suggested that the British soon withdraw their troops from Iraq.
	tailrank.com /673028/Head-of-British-Army-on-Iraq (991 words)

	Table of contents for Library of Congress control number 2002026782
		Lord Kitchener, the General Staff and the Army in India, 1902-14 57 Timothy Moreman 5.
		The British Army, its General Staff and the Continental Commitment, 1904-14 75 Hew Strachan 6.
		The General Staff and the Paradoxes of Continental War 95 William Philpott 7.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/toc/fy034/2002026782.html (236 words)

	TheRealityCheck.Org - Staff Writer for The New Media Alliance
		Old Testament tribulations of Judah and Israel, the 19th century events that set the stage for British decline as a world power, and the current state of affairs in the United States have worrisome similarities.
		One of Bentham's early collaborators was Robert Owen, who generally is regarded as the founder of English socialism.
		Thomas E. Brewton is a staff writer for the New Media Alliance, Inc. The New Media Alliance is a non-profit (501c3) national coalition of writers, journalists and grass-roots media outlets.
	www.therealitycheck.org /StaffWriter/tbrewton111606.htm (1709 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Honours for British staff in NY
		In the aftermath of attacks on the Twin Towers, in which dozens of Britons perished, the British consulate was a first port of call for desperate families trying to learn if their loved ones had been caught up in the tragedy.
		A co-ordinating team of 30 consular staff, 20 British police officers and 10 counsellors was deployed in New York.
		Their duties included the harrowing and near-impossible task of ascertaining who was and who was not in the buildings when they fell and then notifying the next-of-kin.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/1735281.stm (303 words)

	World War I Bookstore: The Germans & Austrians
		Originally printed in 1912 and amended to August 1914, this reference volume has chapters on the conditions of service, organization and numbers available in peace and war, administration of the Army and General Staff, infantry, cavalry, artillery, technical troops, supply and medicial services, tactics, signalling and colonial troops.
		"General von Falkenhayn was appointed Chief of the General Staff in September 1914 and held the post until September 1916 when he was replaced at the urging of Hindenburg and Ludendorff.
		There are chapters on the general military situation at the beginning of September 1914, the initial period of trench warfare, operations at Garlice-Tarnaw in the East, attempts to gain a breakthrough in the in the West in 1915 and the campaigns of 1916."
	www.scuttlebuttsmallchow.com /gwbks6.html (1774 words)

	British Energy Threaten Staff \| libcom.org
		British Energy staff at Hunterston B Nuclear Power Station threatened with dismissal if they show support (refuse to cross picket lines) for official strike action by Balfour Kilpatrick electricians.
		Workers at Hunterston Nuclear Power station have been told by British Energy management, that the official strike action planned by contract electricians Balfour Kilpatrick, “does not concern them”, and that, “any employee that does not report for work (refuses to cross the picket line), will face diciplinary action”.
		The latest cost of the disruption caused by the Balfour Kilpatrick workforce according to a source in British Energy the shutdown which is the planned maintenance to one of the reactors has been delayed by four days at a cost of £1,500000.
	libcom.org /forums/current-affairs/british-energy-threaten-staff (312 words)

	British Commander Had Officers Shot Without Trial [Free Republic]
		OTOH the British did launch a unbelievably intense artillary bombardment at the Somme but that did nothing to prevent the Germans from simply returning to their trenches and mowing the British soldiers down.
		There is a quote attributed to a staff officer who visited the front after an offensive died out(literally, considering the casualties).
		I know of a British soldier who served more than 4 years on the front line in a British Division, and never saw one British General near the front in all that time.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3a86c4b7775a.htm (3971 words)

	1926: British general strike \| libcom.org
		The 1926 General Strike was the climax of increasing class struggle in Britain since World War 1.
		However, the main block on the workers was not the enemy of the state or the bosses, it was the ‘ally’ of the union leadership.
		The TUC General Council, however, was ready to accept it but found that by now the government wasn’t listening.
	libcom.org /history/articles/british-general-strike (1681 words)

	GENERAL ALERT: THE MILITARY PUSHBACK \| TPMCafe
		Excellent! Cobra II may have helped to crystallize their thinking, but for the past month evidence that General Staff officers in the US and in Britain are quite concerned that Bush will attack Iran has been mounting.
		Largely ignored in the media however, were a number of key leaks from the British General Staff to the same effect, the message "We've a madman on our hands" Articles based on these leaks variously appeared in the Telegraph, the Times, The Guardian and the Independent.
		An interesting point that generals have all made is not that the war in Iraq was inherently wrong.
	www.tpmcafe.com /node/28863 (1115 words)

	Alex Jones Presents Infowars.com to Fight the New World Order -- New Horrific Photos Emerge of British Troops Abusing ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A HOODED Iraqi captive is beaten by British soldiers before being thrown from a moving truck and left to die.
		The prisoner, aged 18-20, begged for mercy as he was battered with rifle butts and batons in the head and groin, was kicked, stamped and urinated on, and had a gun barrel forced into his mouth.
		Chief of the General Staff General Sir Michael Jackson said: "If this is proven, the perpetrators are not fit to wear the Queen's uniform.
	www.infowars.com /print/iraq/british_tort_iraqis.htm (1470 words)

	British Gas Price - Compare British Gas Dual Fuel Energy Tariffs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Strategy pointed conclusively to the Belgium route, and its advantages were clinched by the fact that France was relying on the illusory scrap of paper." The first German cloud gas attack was the second attempt to gain the decisive initiative, by the unauthorised use of a surprise of an entirely different nature.
		Such a surprise is achieved by the sudden introduction on a large scale of some entirely new war weapon, capable of achieving a strategic or tactical objective in an unsuspected manner.
		Although the general idea of this second type of surprise existed before the war, particularly in naval warfare, it required the coincidence of the Great European War and modern scientific development to demonstrate its great importance on land.
	eteamz.active.com /sandraspencer/files/british-gas-price.html (1214 words)

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		Within a week of his arrival in Washington he wrote to the American Chief of Staff, General Hugh L. Scott, and requested that a regular division be sent immediately across the Atlantic.
		After Major General Peyton C. March assumed the position of Chief of Staff in the spring of 1918, the War College Division's role in strategic policy-making would be made official (at least in title- and that branch of the General Staff would be renamed the War Plans Division.
		This is not to say that the advice of those planners was always sound, or to claim that it should always have been adopted, or even to suggest that, at least on the surface, American diplomatic goals and military policy failed to mesh.
	history.eserver.org /wilson.txt (4698 words)

	Informed Comment
		Sir Richard Dannatt, the British general who recently became Chief of the General Staff, says that British troops should leave Iraq because their presence is exacerbating the violence.
		If the chief of the army is demonstrating this sort of rank insubordination toward the prime minister, who has supported a continued British military role in Iraq, it is a sign that the prime minister is a lame duck and that there are indications that his successor will draw down the British troops in Basra.
		When the head of the general staff, Sir Richard Dannat, openly challenges the authority of government to protect society and the nation, that is rebellion.
	www.juancole.com /2006/10/british-chief-of-staff-calls-for-troop.html (2574 words)

	Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount \| Scholastic.com
		General Bernard L. Montgomery watches a battle in North Africa in 1942.
		After the war, Montgomery, created viscount in 1946, was commander of British occupation forces in Germany (1945-46), chief of the British general staff (1946-48), and deputy supreme commander of NATO (1951-58).
		Bibliography: Gelb, Norman, Ike and Monty: Generals at War (1994); Hamilton, Nigel, Monty —Field Marshal (1986); Horne, Alistair, and Montgomery, David, Monty: Man and General (1994); Lewin, Ronald, Montgomery as Military Commander (1971); Thompson, R. The Montgomery Legend (1967).
	content.scholastic.com /browse/article.jsp?id=5205 (301 words)

	Ironside What is in a name (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		One cannot say for certain why late General Ironsi was allegedly nicknamed "Ironside" but one possibility is that his British (probably Scottish) instructors, superiors and colleagues could relate to "Ironside" at least in part because the first six letters of that ancient British name happen to be IRONSI.
		But another "Ironside" may be closer to the hearts of British NCOs and officers of the 20th century (as well as colonial Nigerian soldiers who trained in Britain and were familar with British Army History).
		Domineering and able soldier though he was, prior to becoming CIGS, General Ironside had never held a staff appointment in the War Office and his intellect was not highly regarded by his peers and associates.
	www.nigerdeltacongress.com /iarticles/ironside_what_is_in_a_name.htm (877 words)

	Chapter 9
		Most surprisingly, Henderson's definition of strategy (and evidently official British infantry doctrine) had finally come to accept the centrality of battle: "Strategy, according to the official text-book of the British infantry, is the art of bringing the enemy to battle....
		A relentless reformer, he was critical of the British army but harsh on the "half-baked" ideas of most other military reformers.
		Wilkinson had handed a copy to General William Ludlow, whom Root had appointed chief of a board studying the general staff idea.
	www.clausewitz.com /CWZHOME/Bassford/Chapter9.htm (3562 words)

	George C. Marshall - Biography
		In July, 1938, Marshall accepted a post with the General Staff in Washington, D. C., and in September, 1939, was named chief of staff, with the rank of general, by President Roosevelt.
		He became general of the army in 1944, the year in which Congress created that five-star rank.
		In his position as chief of staff, Marshall urged military readiness prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, later became responsible for the building, supplying, and, in part, the deploying of over eight million soldiers.
	nobelprize.org /nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1953/marshall-bio.html (708 words)

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