The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-21
How We Live.

Sivash is bay, very SWampy
place where Wrengel had one of his
main strongholds. Our division drove
Wrangel out by attacking him from
the rear and thus settled his fate.
Hence our division is called the
Sivash division.
AS to our life, will not waste words
over our everyday routine, but will
deal with the main features of our life.
NISCIPLINE is very strict, but it is
IL secured by continually and at
every opportune moment explaining to
the Red Army men their rights as well
as their obligations, their role as the
defenders Of the Soviet Union. For
this purpose we have, in addition to
military training, political education
classes two hours daily.
During these classes Red Army men
study the Soviet constitution, the his
tory of the Soviet power and the his
tory of the Red Army and the civil
war.
The Red Army men are also taught
geography, reading and writing, arith-
metic and agriculture. In our arti1-
lery regiment we have no illiterates,
but there are illiterate people in the
infantry regiments.
They are formed into separate
groups or squads and are taught to
read and write being set free from
drill and other work.
n S more than half of our regiment
n consists of Ukrainians they are
drafted into separate groups in which
they are taught in their own Ukrain-
ian language. l suppose you have
nothing of the kind in your country.
Military subjects are taught only in
the Russian language, groups varying
from toe Red Army men. Red
Army men are placed into groups ac-
cording to their standard Of develop
ment The group system is the best
for military training.
Definite hours are given to general
physical training and to the study of
sanitation and physics.
I'M the whole six hours a day are
~ given to study and the rest Of the
time, if Red Army men are not among
the masses they have at their own
disposal and may spend it just as they
like if they inform their immediate
chief.
For their recreation there is club
with a number of circles, school for
political education, dramatic circle,
a circle for general education, etc.
The club has library and reading
room, it publishes wall newspaper
which does not even spare the com
mander Of the regiment if he has been
at fault in any way. There is also
military correspondence circle in
which all Red Army men who con,
tribute to the paper belong. In this
circle they learn how to write for the
newspapers, etc. Once a week there
is a dramatic performance in the club,
and we also have youth" socials,
military" socials, etc. The club
works for the whole regiment. We
must admit that the club of our regi-
ment is not as efficient as the clubs
Of other regiments.
IN addition to all this we have Len.
in corner" with various sections
in every battalion Of the regiment. In
these corners" there are small librar.
les and about different newspapers.
Readings and informal talks take
place in these corners" as well as
party, Young Communist and general
Red Army meetings. Similar meet
ings are held once a month for the
whole regiment.
Very frequently (every week. we
are taken to the cinema. We also
visit the workers in the factory which
is our patron Il will deal with patron
age in my next letter.. We also visit
museums and aquariums (there is a
very good one in Nikolaev). This is
inst the general outline of mr. army