The people who wanted to join national Army, first needed to join the military school, in military school they trained but the teaching was a little and soldiers must learn most from their battles. Majority of the soldiers in Napoleon's impressive army were chosen from lower classes. Men with strong and able body in France were expected to join the army for defending of republic or take the risk of losing citizenship. Until 1804 each soldier were eligible for discharge after 5 years but after 1804 most discharges were because of medical reasons.
For increasing and improving the soldier’s mobility Napoleon's armies traveled with small logistical trains because of that provisions were rare. The army uniforms were usually uncomfortable, the boots were barley lasted more than couple of weeks. Soldiers had learned that marauding was better and dependable sources of nutrition, equipment and other supplies that they needed. Supplies were usually scarce, since Napoleon’s armies traveled with small logistical trains to improve mobility.
Napoleon knew the difficulties that his soldiers were faced but he usually do anything about it. He wanted to developed the men in armies and prepare them for tough situations. Although he knew about the difficulties facing his soldiers but he banned looting and as a autocratic leader as he was he did would order executions for soldiers who disobeying his orders.
Napoleon usually let the soldiers to learn from the battle, he teach all the skills to the soldiers in the middle of the battle. He believed that this can be more effective, if the soldiers learn things when they are in the real situations they can understand more effectively so they will developed sooner and stronger. We can easily connect this method of training to the On-the-job training as in the on the job the person learn from the workplace while doing the work and in this case the soldier learn from their experiences in battles.
For increasing and improving the soldier’s mobility Napoleon's armies traveled with small logistical trains because of that provisions were rare. The army uniforms were usually uncomfortable, the boots were barley lasted more than couple of weeks. Soldiers had learned that marauding was better and dependable sources of nutrition, equipment and other supplies that they needed. Supplies were usually scarce, since Napoleon’s armies traveled with small logistical trains to improve mobility.
Napoleon knew the difficulties that his soldiers were faced but he usually do anything about it. He wanted to developed the men in armies and prepare them for tough situations. Although he knew about the difficulties facing his soldiers but he banned looting and as a autocratic leader as he was he did would order executions for soldiers who disobeying his orders.
Napoleon usually let the soldiers to learn from the battle, he teach all the skills to the soldiers in the middle of the battle. He believed that this can be more effective, if the soldiers learn things when they are in the real situations they can understand more effectively so they will developed sooner and stronger. We can easily connect this method of training to the On-the-job training as in the on the job the person learn from the workplace while doing the work and in this case the soldier learn from their experiences in battles.