On 9 May 1916, the Lockstedt training group ("Ausbildungs-Truppe-Lockstedt") was designated the Royal Prussian Jaeger Battalion number 27 ("Königlich Preussisches Jägerbataillon Nr. 27") and received new, green German Jaeger uniforms. Some of the soldiers to be trained stayed in Ausbildungs-Truppe-Lockstedt and their unit preserved its name. If the number of the recruits had increased enough, Ausbildungs-Truppe-Lockstedt would itself have been formed in due course as a Jaeger battalion, but with the number 28 (i.e. ). This did not happen as there was no political initiative for this in Finland or in Germany, which were preparing for a separate peace with the Russian Empire in order to fight more effectively on the Western Front against France and the United Kingdom.