<Li> Territorial Army (35--41) </Li> <Li> Reserve of the Territorial Army (42--48) </Li> <P> The peacetime army consisted of 173 infantry regiments, 89 cavalry regiments and 87 artillery regiments . All were substantially under strength and would be filled out on mobilisation by the first three classes of the Reserve (that is, men between 24 and 26). Each regiment would also leave behind a cadre of training personnel to conduct refresher courses for the older reservists, who were organized into 201 Reserve Regiments and 145 Territorial Regiments . Above the regimental level, France was divided into 22 Military Regions, each of which would become a Army Corps on mobilisation . </P> <P> At the apex of the French Army was the General Staff, since 1911 under the leadership of General Joseph Joffre . The General Staff was responsible for drawing up the plan for mobilisation, known as Plan XVII . Using the railroad network, the Army would be shifted from their peacetime garrisons throughout France to the eastern border with Germany . </P>

Which of the following was not a primary cause of world war 1 apex