Three year old volunteer

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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 .