Army Council (1904) practice, however, a huge amount of influence was retained by the exceedingly conservative C-in-C Field Marshal Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge, who held the post between 1856–1895. His resistance to reform caused military efficiency to lag well behind Britain's rivals, a problem which became painfully obvious during the Second Boer War. The situation was only remedied in 1904 when the post of Commander-in-Chief was abolished and replaced with that of the Chief of the General Staff. An Army Council was created along similar lines to the Board of Admiralty, chaired by the Secretary of State for War, and an
Captain 1st rank the navy of the Russian Federation there are three ranks in the "staff officer´s" (until 1917: stab-ofizer, derived from German "Stabsoffizier") career group, which means: Captain 1st rank The rank was introduced in Russia by Peter the Great in 1713. By decision of the so-called "military navy commission" (ru: "Воинская морскaя комиссия") in 1732 the sequence of Kapitan ranks was abolished. However, until 1752 the grade rank "Kapitan 1st rank" was corresponding to Fleet kapitan (ru: Флота капитан). Finally, the "Kapitan ranks" were reintroduced September 5 (16), 1751. The Red Army introduced the "Kapitan 1st rank" rank in 1935, together