Military Cabinet (Prussia)

It emerged from the Prussian Army personnel department in the wake of the 1809 reform of the military, and was officially established 3 June 1814.

It developed under Emperor Wilhelm II into a personal instrument of the monarch for processing all military matters.

With the emergence of the Imperial German Army after 1871 the powers of the Military Cabinet were enlarged.

During the First World War, the Military Cabinet lost favor to the Third Supreme Command of Hindenburg and Ludendorff.

With the overthrow of the monarchy the Military Cabinet became the "Personnel Office of War Ministry" (Personalamt im Kriegsministerium) on 7 December 1918.