Internment in barracks separated the new Egyptian army into a permanent professional community
Evidence
The new “army was no longer to be thought of as an occasional body, brought together for seasonal campaigns. It was to be an organized force, created out of men compelled to live permanently together as a distinct community, continuously under training even when not at war.” In other words, isolating the recruits in barracks, training camps and military schools was the first essential step towards the creation of the professional, disciplined soldier. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 658
Categorization
Category: Definitional Content
- DEFINE: Clarifies the defining shift from seasonal campaign levies to a standing professional army in Mehmed Ali’s Egypt.
Related
- Barracks internment was the essential first step toward a professional standing army (similarity 0.90)
- Barracks served surveillance, discipline, and desertion prevention all at once (similarity 0.81)
- Military discipline replaced armies composed of part-time tradesmen with a permanent, separate community. (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Egyptian army training camps enforced isolation and surveillance on recruits.
#corroborates(0.70) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 123 - Disabled Egyptian soldiers were retained and regrouped rather than released to their villages
#corroborates(0.55) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1340