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Army reforms
- The Esher reforms 1904
- Creation of an army council to analyze
issues, decide policy, end confusion and
increase parliamentary control over the army
- Creation of a general staff with the job of
preparing the army for war
- The abolition of the
post of commander in
chief of the forces
- Reorganization of the war office.
- Creation of the
post of the general
staff.
- These were a direct
response to the failures of
the Boer War
- The Esher report was controversial.
Edward VVII was supportive but Kitchener
was opposed.
- Creation of an army council to analyze
issues, decide policy, end confusion and
increase parliamentary control over the army
- Haldane reforms
- The Haldane reforms carried out the
recommendations of the Esher report.
- Creation of the Territorial Army
- Creation of the Officer Training Corps
- Creation of the Special Reserve
- Improvements to army
medical and nursing facilities
- The Haldane reforms carried out the
recommendations of the Esher report.
- The combined impact of
these reforms made the
army stronger and more
efficient.
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