Three year old volunteer
Three-year-old volunteers were conscripts in the Prussian-German army who volunteered for a further year over the regular two-year military service . They had at least 17 years of age and have their first military service year to adjustment in their chosen until March 31, branch of service shall, if they have a permission of her father or guardian and a certificate of good conduct vorlegten. As far as the volunteers were from the rural population, they were allowed only as a military musician or paymaster - Applikanten be set.
With the cavalry the service as a four-year-old volunteer corresponded, since the regular military service there was three years.
Conscripts from seafaring professions were only allowed to join the sea battalions and later naval divisions voluntarily. In the technical shipyard divisions of the Imperial Navy , the prerequisite for three-year voluntary service was that the volunteers had the requirements for service as a one-year volunteer .
Conscripts who committed themselves voluntarily for at least four years in the course of their service were called surrenders .