Aggregation (military)

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Aggregation (from Latin aggregatio , “accumulation”, “union”) generally refers to the consolidation of objects or data into larger units.

The officers of the Army of the German Empire had specific leadership tasks to take on. So one was captain for the boss of a company of his regiment or a Major to that of a battalion appointed, which consisted of four companies.

If an officer with his new rank was assigned to a regiment without being able to exercise his leadership skills , then he was a superfluous officer there and was referred to as “aggregated to the regiment”. He stayed there until a job became vacant; regardless of this, he had to perform the same service as the other officers.

For example, Rudolf von Minckwitz was aggregated as a secondary lieutenant in the Kaiser Franz Garde Grenadier Regiment No. 2 until he was transferred to the 20th Infantry Regiment in Torgau . Another example was Kurt Kruge . With his promotion to the rank of major on September 13, 1899, he was aggregated to the Infantry Regiment No. 163 in Neumünster as a staff officer and surplus major.

If the aggregate officer was assigned to a unit as a surplus officer, he usually received a lower (half) salary and usually did not take part in the actual company service like all other officers. The officer was not on the unit's budget and received his salary from other sources.

However, the period of aggregation was always short-term. Major Kruge was appointed commander of the III on October 18, 1900. Battalion of the Infantry Regiment "Graf Bose" (1st Thuringian) No. 31 in Altona .

A third example is Otto Dziobek . He was aggregated in his regiment, the 2nd Kurhessian Infantry Regiment No. 82 in Göttingen , after his promotion as a surplus captain and then under the appointment of chief of the 8th Company to the Infantry Regiment "Lübeck" (3rd Hanseatic) No. 162 transferred to Lübeck .

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