The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-28
LIFE in RUSSIAN RED ARMY.

how l think it is worth while to tell
them about the life of the young 81
wash Artillerists.
Sivash is a bay, very swampy
place where Wrangel 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 ST.
wash Artillerymen.
Discipline is very strict, but it is
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 So
Wet constitution, the history of the
Soviet power and the history of the
Red Army and the civil war. The Red
Army men are also taught geography
reading and writing, arithmetic and
agriculture. In our artillery regiment
we have no illiterates, but there are
illiterate people in the infantry regi-
ments. They are formed into separ-
ate. groups or squads and are taught
to read and write being set free from
drill and other work.
Definite hours are given to general
physical training and to the study of
sanitation and physics.
On the whole six hours a day are
given to study and the rest of the
time they have at their own disposal
and may spend it just as they like if
they inform their immediate relief
For their recreation there is club
with number of circles, school for
political education, dramatic circle,
a circle for general education, etc.
The club has a library and reading
room, it publishes a wall newspaper
which does not even spare the COM
handler of the regiment if he has been
at fault in any way. There is also a
military correspondence circle to
which all Red Army men who contri-
butte to the paper belong. In this
circle they learn how to write for the
newspapers, etc. Once 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. 49,
In addition to all this we have
Lenin corner" with various sections
in every battalion of the regiment. In
these corners" there are small librar-
les and about eight different news
papers. Readings and informal talks
take place in these Corners" as well
as party, young Communist and Red
Army meetings. Similar meetings are
held once a month for the whole regi-
ment.
Very frequently (every week. we
are taken to the cinema. We also
visit the workers in the factory which
is our patron. We also visit museums
and aquariums (there is a very good
one in Nikolaev). This is just the gen.
eral outline of our army life. Altho
we are taken away from our homes we
do not feel isolated.
The Red Army which is a proletar-
ian army is school, and young peas
ants are right when they say:
1--WE must study otherwise we will
come back to our villages just as we
left them, and what would be the use
of that?"
And we get military training and |
education and become more efficient |
as we go on. Thus your bourgeoisie
will never be able to take us and our
Union unawares.
There is still much to write about
our economic situation, our shortcom-
ings, the link between the workers