The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-11
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scous and organized elements working class This new
IN the near future by popular which will defend the
coming European social revolution"
Intensive once began and on March 2ot6 Com
mttee was set Moscow determine strength
formations the organization of M cadres and 70 make
arrangements for the provision officers commanders
rms Committee anxious the benefit
recent experience sought from the foreign military mis-
sons then in interesting now to remember that
British French and Servian part in the
mttee meeting that determined the number of
Russian Division and that the very people
fought and beaten of the limits Of Union actually
assisted at the birth OF the Peasants and Workers Red Army
In February 1918, in order to supply the want of
worthy officers regular schools of military instruction
IN various large centes SIX IN Leningrad four in
Moscow, each in Oranienbaum Tver Kazan which
admitted unless peasant origin BY 1921
the number OF these schools had risen to 200 but then
has been reduced and now is sensby smaller 'oai
Even while the new leadership being trained
army Deng formed upon modern lines strong enough to repel
powerful enemy the freshly raised volunteer ees
of the peasants and workers These bravey struggled
against the Don They broke
the forces OF General Kaledn who then shot himself
Duov south of the Ura But their experiences showed up
want of trained professional leaders, in which counter
Already, April 22nd, 1918 Trotsky had reported
to the Central Executive Committee that imperative
once to find military leaders of similar quality those their
enemies and had his proposal
al 1d regime oncers willing to serve the new Government
France Britain America Servia and Czecho
during 1915 requiring great and Constantly increasing
numbers of rapidly raned the voluntary
system altered to that of obligatory service the
of that year On the September Revolutionary Military
Council of the Republic conduct
of the activities the different fronts
at the time the Peasants and Workers
tional Defense up
The struggle rapidly became a bitter savage Civil War
fomented and supported by foreign Imperialism which
soldiers to invade Russia in the North
German Revolution stopped German help Krasnoy
kin in the South but the German soldiers streaming thence
home to their country after the November 1918 Arms
tice quickly replaced by British troops Geoga
Transcaucasa and by British ships of in Russas Black
Sea ports.
Numbers and Casualties
The Red Army rapidly growing. By the end of
had
four months the strength to $4,000 at the end OF Deem
Der the figure 100000 year later April 1s 1920
tne army nau sWohen TO ooooOoO with $4,000 officers At its
maximum in January 1921 towards the close of Civil War;
the final total reached 100000
The casualty figures per per year during these years
of Civil War is killed. AZ wounded s9l sick
pondng figures for the Tsars Army during European
were: killed. %; wounded, 1872; sick, 1885,
OF the officers and leaders, statistics October
1920 43 cent had had previous military education
army 10 cent had been through the Red Army officers
training
per cent were oldme regular officers Taking them from
another point of view onethrd from the
not few instances of reachery amongst these
officers especially the Archange front against the
amples of devoted loyalty to the new Govenent There
the weknown of General Nkolaev taken prisoner
ing Yudenchs advance Lenngrad with British support
hanged being true to the cause of the
people and faithful in defense of the Soviet Government
Present Organization
Revolutionary Russas military instrument thus
forged into workable shape necessity gng three years
of attack from all sides aided by British naval and
military forces the North and Northwest by Poles French
Germans Greeks Serbs Firms Esthonans Let's Italians Ro-
manans the West and Southwest by British again in the
South by British French Americans Czecho Japan
from the East These experiences
competent leaders, led simpifed improved Army
mnsraton settled the question Of training ntary schools
Of instruction. and staff colleges general welded
the Red Army into efficient organism close Of
the Civil War has naturally been much reduced In strength
Now according recently published fgures total of all
of the standing defense (Army Navy Serce
more than $4,000 men, and the money oOO)