Bavarian Army Reform (1868)
After the experience of the Bavarian army in the war against Prussia, in 1868 the Bavarian War Minister Siegmund Freiherr von Pranckh fundamentally reformed the army. His main measures were:
- Abolition of the practice of avoiding conscription by hiring a paid substitute, called a Einsteher or Einstandsmann, to volunteer to take their place.
- Creation of Dienstzeit of three years for all able-bodied men.
- Introduction of the Einjährig-Freiwilliger system after the Prussian model.
Through these reforms, the Bavarian Army was able to participate significantly in the Franco-Prussian War.
