He preferred to restrict the officer corps to the nobility (the Junkers).
however, when one of his many wars finally made it impossible for him to replenish the losses to the officers corps without allowing men from the middle class in, he took the obvious pragmatic step and allowed middle class aspirants in.
once peace was declared, however, he forced most of those middle class officers out of the army.
the pattern makes it clear what his preferences were.
Frederick Willis - British Army officer - died in 1899.
Frederick Abbott - Indian Army officer - died in 1892.
Frederick Abbott - Indian Army officer - was born in 1805.
Frederick Trench - British Army officer - died in 1859.
Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps.
Jack Hawkins - US Marine Corps officer - was born in 2012-02.
Charles Frederick - Royal Navy officer - was born on 1797-05-07.
Charles Frederick - Royal Navy officer - died on 1875-12-23.
Frederick Field - Royal Navy officer - died on 1945-10-24.
Frederick Field - Royal Navy officer - was born on 1871-04-18.
In the Marine Corps they are.
Officer Candidates School - United States Marine Corps - was created in 1891.