Cadre area
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19/03/1919 What is a "cadre area"?
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cyngast
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A cadre is a core group of officers and professional soldiers, as opposed to those men who signed up for the duration of the war. During the spring of 1919, as demobilization went on, many cavalry and infantry regiments were reduced to cadres.
In turn, the cadres were consolidated into local areas under divisional command, rather than being spread out over the larger areas needed when the regiments are at full strength. In the entry for 20 March, he mentions that the 8th Hussars have also moved into the area as a cadre.
In short, a cadre is a sort of skeleton crew for a regiment consisting of commissioned officers and men who intend to make army service their career. A cadre area is where the cadres from various regiments or brigades come together.
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Re Cardre and the entry on 20th - Cadre of 1st Cav. Div. - 8th Hussars arrive in Area - Ensival is the place stated on diary page.
I think it is the training area- there is article here with reference to Cadre.
A cadre is the complement of commissioned officers and non-commissioned officers of a military unit responsible for training the rest of the unit. The cadre may be the permanent skeleton establishment of a unit, around which the full unit can be built if needed. In countries which have conscription, a cadre may comprise the permanent staff of a regiment who train the conscripts assigned to it.
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadre_(military)
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cyngast
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in response to marie.eklidvirginmedia.com's comment.
In general, cadres are responsible for training new recruits, but in this case the cadre refers to just the officers and men remaining with the regiment permanently. With demobilization well under way, there weren't new recruits coming in to be trained.
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