Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC)

In fairness I think it would be better if we decided in the French Army to elect our Corps Commanders since our friends and fellow members on the other side (Coalition) will have to vote for their different armies commanders.
We have 5 corps and they have 5 armies.

What do you think about it?

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Général David Guegan

3ème Régiment de Grenadiers - Bataillon d'élite du 3ème Légère
2ème Brigade
Grenadiers de la Réserve
Réserve
La Grande Armée
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"From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step."
Napoléon Bonaparte

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
Groucho Marx

An interesting proposal, especially considering most French Corps' are the size of most of the Coalition Armies....

voting offers the members a chance to make their voice heard. I would have no issue with it

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Général Art Ozols
3ème Régiment
2ème Division de Dragons
La Réserve de Cavalerie
La Grande Armée

I find the idea of electing LGA corps commanders a very plausible idea. We could achieve this within the LGA by simply deciding to it.My only caveat would be the elected commaders understood their responsibilities. But I am sure we could work it out.

I agree with Al. This is a good idea

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Salute!

It certainly would take a lot of nerve to argue against the membership having the privilege of choosing their leaders.

For myself, to keep things simple in the club I would have preferred each main club army elect the CiC (for the two year term) who then appoints his subordinate commanders - by electing the CiC the membership are obviously approving that person for the job, and should have faith in his decisions going forward - until the next election.

But, if the Revised Club Rules are approved by the majority of the membership - then as they stand the Coalition armies will be electing their leaders, and whether out of sense of fairness or desire to have the same privilege and responsibility within the ranks of LGA, I would support such a measure.

Regards,

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Question is how many eligible candidates do we have for the post of a corps commander?
It would be nice if we could vote but I would also not mind if the CiC fills the position with the one he thinks is the best.

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Cliff......the historical points you mention are very, very neat! I like reading it a lot....I might be coming to you to do a Newsletter article...

Per the proposed rules, these are the requirements:

3.2.5 - Corps Commander ( CC )

Each Corps within an Army has one Corps Commander who is responsible for all of the administrative duties associated with the command of his Corps.

Each Corps Commander:

• Serves as the leader of one Corps within his army.
• Reports to his Army Commander on a monthly basis.
• Maintains accurate records of officers in his command. This would include such things as OBD Points, Medals, Ranks and Email Addresses.
• Assists his Army Commander in the performance of quarterly musters, or any other action necessary, to ensure that all officers of his Corps are ‘Active’ in accordance with Section 2 of the NWC Club Rules.
• Is appointed by his Army Commander and has no limit on the term or number of years that he may serve in this position. An Army Commander may retain, or replace, his Corps Commander at his discretion.


So pretty much anyone....

I have no problem with the concept and would not mind being supplanted by someone else, but I do question whether we have a significant number of members in our corps seeking for greater responsibility and involvement. I currently have a vacant division command slot and several brigades within the corps lacking commanders. If we don't have additional people ready and willing to step up I'm not sure what elections would accomplish. On the other hand, perhaps corps members would feel more inclined to support someone they have chosen themselves....

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Maréchal d'Empire Theron Lambert
Grand-duc de Montereau et Duc d'Angers

Why not limiting the Corps and full the post with what you have!

I created this topic because that's what will happen to all the Coalition armies, they will have elections and some of them are way smaller than a French corps, others have the same size and I guess only the British Army is bigger. It will happen just because we have corps and they have armies but at the end it's kind of the same.

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Général David Guegan

3ème Régiment de Grenadiers - Bataillon d'élite du 3ème Légère
2ème Brigade
Grenadiers de la Réserve
Réserve
La Grande Armée
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"From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step."
Napoléon Bonaparte

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
Groucho Marx