Mechanical calendar postcard counting down the days to the end of conscription. The date and the days remaining are variable. France extended conscription from two years to three as a measure to counter the fact that's Germany's population was 50 percent larger.
Calendrier de la ClasseAujourd'huiVendredi 26 JuinEncore 2 jours a faireClass CalendarTodayFriday, June 26Two more days to goLogo:CeKoMarque DéposéeReverse:Marque DéposéeLogo:CeKoParisMade in France[Handwritten:]Toul le 24 AoûtSouvenir de ToulBons baisersMarcelToul August 24 Souvenir from Toul With loveMarcel
"Germany has wished to upset the equilibrium of the two camps which divide Europe by a supreme effort beyond which they can do little more.They did not think that France was capable of a great sacrifice. Our adoption of the three years' service will upset their calculations."
Conclusion of a report of M. de Faramond, Naval Attaché to the French Embassy at Berlin, to M. Baudin, Minister of Marine.Berlin, March 15, 1913France was in the process of extending its military service from two years to three. Germany, in 1913, was commemorating the coalition that defeated Napoleon, and reaction against the proposed French law was strong.On March 17, 1913, M. Jules Cambon, French Ambassador to Berlin, wrote to the Minister of Foreign Affairs drawing attention to reports by the French military and naval attachés in Berlin to the new Germany military law, part of the response to the French one.
Collected Diplomatic Documents Relating to the Outbreak of the European War, 129, 130, publisher: His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons, publication date: 1915
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