It could be because of the prayers in the evening or because the recruitment office increased its staff, but by noon the next day, Geiszler had completed his registration.
The officer at the recruitment office issued him a draft notice and an address, instructing him to gather there on his own.
Upon arrival, Geiszler found about five or six hundred people gathered there, but there was only one lieutenant and two sergeants managing them.
The uniforms and weapons had not been issued yet, and even training was limited to the simplest tasks such as lining up and turning around.
Lieutenant Caso informed them that instructors from the front lines would arrive in more than ten days, at which point formal training would begin.
This was a great disappointment to the young men eager to head to the front lines to fight against the British, Prussian, and Austrian invaders.
