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
Captain 1st rank 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 with a number of other former Russian ranks, and it has been used in many ex-USSR countries, including Russia, to the present day. The first