Royal Engineers and artillery officers were prominent in the reformed Army staff. Their branches already required examinations and mathematical training. These qualifications provided an available group of officers prepared for the new staff's work. The example links the composition of the staff to the professional education that its officers had received.
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Why technical corps dominated the new Army staff
Royal Engineers and artillery officers supplied much of the reformed Army staff because their technical branches already selected and trained officers through examinations and mathematics.