Army Council (1904) Army Council (1904) The Army Council was the supreme administering body of the British Army from its creation in 1904 until it was reconstituted as the Army Board in 1964. The disastrous campaigns of the Crimean War led to the consolidation of all administrative duties in 1855 under the Secretary of State for War, a Cabinet post. That office was not, however, solely responsible for the Army; the Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) held a virtually equal level of responsibility. This was reduced in theory by the 1870 reforms introduced by Edward Cardwell, which subordinated the C-in-C to the Secretary for War. In
Kapitan (rank) Major-rank was abolished in May 1884, the Kapitan-rank was upgraded to level VIII in the rank table. However, the "Guards kapitan" became equivalent to generic Podpolkovnik in the Army. In the civil administration "Kapitan of the infantry" was equivalent to the "Council assessor" (ru: "Коллежский асессор; Kolleshsky assessor") from 1884, and "Titular adviser" (ru: "Титулярный советник, Tituljarny sovetnik") until 1884. Some examples of rank insignia (epaulette, shoulder board), used by RIA IRA, are shown below: In the armed forces of the Soviet Union (later Russian Federation) the "Kapitan´s" rank (to Army, Air Force, and Navy land services) was introduced by