The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-12
Washington War Offic e
Has Information That the
BOlsheviki Armies Are
Well Differed

Washington, Aug. 12.-Polish forces
defending Warsaw are outnumbored
about two and half 10 one. Com.
prehcEsivc details as to the bolshc-
Wiki military Organization, received
today in official circles here, place
the ratio strength Of the soviet army
on the Polish front at $50. 900 men.
The strength Of the Poles has becn
estimated at 10000
The details as to the bolshcviki
strength, which confirm in large
part information already in the pos
session of American military authorl-
ties, estimate that rifle and sabre
strength alone. the soviet forces com.
posing the northern army Of that
part Of the Pripet river, consists Of
1000 men Bolshevist rifle and saber
strength out Of the Pripet river in
the southern army is Placed at 5000
men.
Soviet infantry divisions to the num-
ber Of 26,O00, the official details dssert
have been identified rs facing the
Polish army in the front line with l3
divisions in reserve. In addition, 10
cavalry divisions have been noted in
active operation at the front. with
Two such divisions in reserve.
Besides the 80 infantry divisions re
ported on the Polish front, the boil
sheviki are estimated to have scattered
in other parts Of Russia, % others.
as well as two cavalry divisions
kameneff in Command
Contrary to previous reports, Gen.
eral Sergus Kameneff, and not Cen
eral Erusiloff, commands the entire
soviet forces on the Polish front. In
an intercepted wireless message sent
from Moscow by the soviet command,
the report that General Brusiloff,
former commander Of the Russian
impera, armies against Germany. was
in command of the soviet army is
characterized as a mistaken idea
spread BY American and European
bourgeois agencies"
The wireless dispatch added that
there is not a single German officer
in the whole of our army. 1t is un-
necessary to state that the ranks of
the red army are always open to
all persons. irrespective OF their ma
tonality. who consider it their duty
to fight for the cause Of communism
against imperialstic violence
General Kameneff formerly com
manded the troops fighting Kolchai
on the eastern front and, according
to the soviet wireless it was result
of his victories in that area that he
was promoted to his present com
mand. During the war, General Kam-
eneff served under the car as chief
Of staff Of the 18th Russian army
corps and later of the Third army.
Joining the red forces in April, 1918,
he was military director in the Smol'
ensk before he became commander OF
the eastern front.
Other Officers are Qualified
The bolshevist army on the Polish
front is reported to be divided into
two. armies, the northern, in command
of General Toucachesiki, who is only
27 years old and the southern COM
mand by General Yecoroff Both com
manders were officers in the cars
army.
General Bruisioff is known to be
chief of a military council at Moscow,
which has been preparing military
plans against Poland. With him are
associated many Of the general staff
officers of the old regime.
One Of the most successful bolshe-
Wiki officers is General Budenny, com
mander Of cavalry whose tactics on
the Polish front, according to military
authorities, largely have made possible
the bolshevist successes in the south.