New-York tribune., 1921-02-22

| or brigade OF cavalry. Thus there are
| some sixty divisions of infantry and
| eighteen divisions of cavalry in all the
| Bolshevik armies.
| Each infantry and cavalry division
| consists of three brigades. There are
/ three regiments to brigade. An in
| tantry regiment consists of three bat
| talions of three companies each. There
are three squadrons to cavalry regi-
| ment,
"otsieially there are $50 bayonets to
| company and Ib0 sabers to SQUAD
! ron. There are therefore $50 bayonets
20 regiment tnine companies) of in
! tantry, aa0 sabers to regiment of
cavalry, 1a.50Q bayonets to a division
et infantry (nine regiments}, and 1850
ssbers to division of cavalry (nine
regimentsl.
Many Outside OF Ranks
THUS there should be $4,000 bayo-
nets and 10000 sabers in sixty infan-
trN and eighteen cavalry divisions in
tho ReiSheyik military forces. Actually,
howeVer the number of bayonets in
the Soviet armies is considerably
lower. as large proportion of the
troops are what the Russians term
outside Of the ranks,' non active. The
foregoing totals should therefore be
reduced by ono third, so that there are
q The disposal of the Bolsheviki 900
we active infantry troops and $4,000
cavalry troops.
These numbers do not include, how
ever certain special formations de-
voted 10 police duties. cadets of Sov;o+
mh'sssy schools and the Communist
saasdS international, sailor and
othersa. All of these formations how
VNefs arc attached to institutions il,
she rear and TO internal carrisons
lacy cannot, therefore, be included
among the number OF field troons
there arc altogether about 10000 of
'asm. Soviet Russia could, in event of
SSG'oaS S,G @ pressure, nut into the field
SVu,eoo hayonetS and sabers.
According to the official distribu-
t(cn of artillery, there should be
$500 light and heavy guns in the
Soviet armies. In reality there are
enly 5000 guns of all calibers. There
are about 1900 machine guns of vari
Gus calibers MAXIM, Colt and I4ewis).
IN addition to the infantry, cavalry |
and artillery formations entering into
the composition of every division there !
are signal, automobile and aviation !
companies and battalions, as well as
transport, labor and engineering bat |
tahonS. The number of non.active |!
troops attached to every division is ex-
ceedingly large.
Every division of 10000 has at best
not less tlIan 5000 non active members
ne grand total of non-active troops |
Is even larger than that of the active |
formations. 1t can be said that the |
grand total of troops in the Red armies.
including the 650,oo0 bayonets and /
sabers, Is 100000 men.
Distribution of Troops
"Of the foregoing numbers of active
troops, 10000 bayonets and 1000 ca
bers are in the Northern Caucausus.
trans s-Caucasus and Persia; about 100
U0o bayonets and 5000 sabers are in I
Slperla and Turkestan, and the other
$780, bayonets and 10000 sabcrs are |
In North, West and South Russia and |
constitute the main military forces of
the Soviet republic.
ihe discipline in the Red army.n
says the foregoing military authority. /
rs extremely rigid and much more !
strict than that which obtained in tho !
old Russian army. . Every Red army
man can at any time be subjected to
dlsclpllnlng, without trial, not exclud
ing death by shooting. The rules gov
erning the Red army are designed bv !
military specialists and follow, in their /
general lipe, and with few alterations |
the rules OF the Czarist period
Discussing the political aspects of
the Red army, the aforementioned an !
thorlty states that as a result of the !
rigid discipline and the extremely com
pick and extensive system of espionage
the overwhelming majority
OF ,he hed army men hate their officers |
and particularly the Communist nuclnii
of the various military formations
ihere are no ties of relationship, genu-
Inc respect and love between officers +
and men. The writer SAYS:
I'm conclusion we may say that the /
present Russian Red army constitutes /
a very serious force for conducting
1orelgn operations against foreign foes
IN Inc Red army will fight bitterly against
issue of defense is invoived.
The Bolsheviki realize this and re-
sort TO the Oldest and most typical
KIND OF 'patrioteering.' As far as CON
ouctlng wars against inner foes is