Gagist
Gagist was a term from the Austro-Hungarian military system .
Long-term and professional soldiers (officers and senior non-commissioned officers) were referred to as gagists . They received their wages in the form of a monthly salary . Lower ranks and conscripts (draftees), however, received a wage that was paid every five days until 1913 ( roll call for wages ).
Gagists were obliged to pay for their uniforms for service and the parade themselves. Officers had to have these made by a tailor or buy them from a uniform outfit shop. NCOs , cadets and ensigns also had the option of Aryan equipment; H. Pieces from the chamber inventory could be purchased against payment.
The march adjustment (field uniform) could also be obtained by the officers in Aryan.
With the so-called man armor (armband, map pocket, cartridge, pistol pouch, etc.) and armament ( saber and revolver ), officers again had the option of their own and military procurement. Officer gagists who lived inside the barracks had to pay lodging fees. There were also some other financial compensation payments to be made. In return, the gagists received various kinds of allowances.
Certain specialists, especially craftsmen and technical support staff, were listed as gagists without a rank . The group of non-ranked gagists ranked between officers and NCOs. This included the Profosse, Oberwaffenmeister, Artillery-Obermeister, the Oberwerkmeister and Werkmeister of the equipment administration, the foreman in the railway and telegraph departments, in the equipment administration as well as on the Technical Military Committee. The district sergeants of the kk gendarmerie and the staff sergeants of the ku gendarmerie also counted to them .
Uniform and equipment largely followed the example of the ensigns, but with sergeants' distinctions on the collar according to a special pattern, i. H. three white stars on a silver border (instead of an imperial yellow silk border). Like the officers, they did not put on the armpit bracelets of the enlisted men and ensigns.
literature
- Franz Fregger zu Freggersberg (Major id Reserve) as publisher: Our Armed Forces - Army and Navy SM of the Emperor and King - An overview of the armed power in descriptions and pictures. Marburg (Maribor) 1914
- Uniforms and badges of the Austro-Hungarian Wehrmacht , edited by Colonel M. Judex, 5th edition, Leipzig 1908