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<br />In order to build and maitain an <i>esprit de corps</i>, I think it's very important to keep individual divisions as well manned as possible. Inactive officers should be moved very quickly to reserve and weaker divisions amalgamated with new recruits plugging the gaps. I think this concentration of officer is the reason that the Netherlands Division was successful and why the Russians and Prussians seem to have such a sense of identity now (that and the enthusiasm of their officers).
<font color="orange">Majoor Peter Robinson
Commander I Corps
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Pete I agree and disagree at the sametime. I know of clubs where men are condensed into a few divisions and hardly any of them are active. I know of whole armies in a few clubs that are dead. It's not the concentration per say as it is what the leaders do and how they interact with their men. I can't stress it enough!! Contact, contact, contact on a regular basis is key. People need to feel they are wanted and welcome, they need to feel that some is out there besides their opponents. How hard is it to type an e-mail and say hi how are you doing?? I love to hear from my men and what they are up to. Makes me feel that my job is being done if they are out there playing and involved.
I have been keeping contact with the Prussian Armee almost every two months or so and even so I check in with people a lot too, and I also make us known like in May. But Armee manuevers are a great way to build that spirit, and I wish I could do it in all my clubs, but I can't sometimes. But contact is key!! It's my number one platform.
OBTW, thanks for mentioning us Prussians that was kind of you. Of course we all know the Russians are probably the premier force in almost all areas of club life. They are a well oiled machine.
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I. Armee Korps
Heer am Niederrhein
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