You are bringing up an interesting subject here, Laventiy, and one I am not informed on. I just know from my uncle fighting on the Isonzo Front that the Egerland Regiment stayed together, and while together, they held the lines. They might have been "supplemented" by other groups, especially German speaking Czechs. I also know that the Monarchy supported the "major regiments" under the leadership and auspices of a high ranking noble. But most ethnic regiments were staying together because of the language differences. Just for communication and understanding alone they were grouped into the same language divisions. But I believe that in one of the links I sent under the subject "Austrian Hungarian Military" there was some mentioned made as to cultural demography. It was of benefit of other ethnic Austrians to speak the German language (which was the administrative language side by side with Hungarian) and any of these two languages guaranteed better advancement for the individual. Also, there was a large group of Jewish officers serving in the reserve of that army, as much as 18%, while their presence in population was merely 5% in Austria Hungary. But it does not say how the individual ethnic groups were distributed over other regiments. What I could copy from there is this:. *"**The ethnic make-up of the enlisted ranks reflected the diversity of the empire the army served; in 1906, out of every 1000 enlisted men, there were 267 Germans, 223 Hungarians, 135 Czechs, 85 Poles, 81 Ruthenians (or Ukrainians), 67 Croats and Serbs, 64 Romanians, 38 Slovaks, 26 Slovenes, and 14 Italians.[11] > From a religious standpoint, the Austro-Hungarian army officer corps was dominated by Catholics. In 1896, out of 1000 officers, 791 were Catholics, 86 Protestants, 84 Jews, 39 Greek-Orthodox, and one Uniate."* Aida On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Laurence Krupnak <LKrupnak@verizon.net>wrote: > / > > Any information on the percent who served in units which were not > headquartered in the draftee's recruitment district? For example, an > Egerlander assigned to a e.g. Moravian unit, or Galcian unit, etc. > > _______ > > Lavrerntiy > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Aida Kraus" <birchbaylady@gmail.com> > To: <german-bohemian@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 11:45 AM > Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Marriage - Military Service and > illegitamatebirths > > > Mary, military service was a requirement and young healthy men had to > serve. However, a lot of exceptions were made in the process of > "mustering" - conscription. > For instance, when a family settled in a new area where > agricultural > population was required within the Empire, there was no military service > for the new settlers, and they were also given ten years of tax > exemption. > Actually, the conscription was very selective and not everyone > passed > through pretty stiff medical exams. Failing an eye exam alone would > make > the person "untauglich" = unfit to serve. Damages to limbs or birth > defects were also unacceptable to service, and they would not pass > conscription if they had a lung or skin diseases. Actually, most young > men > were eager to serve because they were always transferred to another area > in > the Monarchy and this afforded them travel and seeing a bit of the > "world". It was considered a set back when they did not measure up to > the > conscription requirements. But in other circumstances, for instance, > when > a young man married early to take over the family's farm and avoided > service, that was usually based on a necessity to take care of the > family, > which included older family members. The eldest son was often "passed > over" for service, or another brother stood in for the son best suited > to > run the farm. I heard from my family that the young men were taking > their > duties quite seriously and "shirking" was not looked upon very > favorably. > The Bohemians were Royalists and true to the crown, and the House of > Habsburg recognized the "Egerlander Regiment" as one of their > best. Exiled Emperor Karl of Habsburg (recently deceased at a ripe old > age) was always attending the meetings of the German Bohemians expellees > in > Germany. > Aida > > German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >