Воспользуемся гуглем
Русская армия:
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F+%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%8F&year_start=1700&year_end=1917&corpus=25&smoothing=5&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2C%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F%20%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%8F%3B%2Cc0
Российская армия:
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F+%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%8F&year_start=1700&year_end=1917&corpus=25&smoothing=5&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2C%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F%20%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%8F%3B%2Cc0
Тов. Чубайс является смелым, волевым и решительным комиссаром
