The daily worker., 1927-05-31

fniAOtkE WGlt ItklHbtANN lol Three
hours before the seismograph was
disabled.
forces, including a hydroplane unit, a
detachment from the chemical depart
ment and another from the school of
the Kremlin garrison.
There was an international Le-
gion." containing many Chinese SOL
diers, who were hailed everywhere as
they passed.
Then troop Of railroad engineers
and large sections Of the &c. P. IT,"
in their natty uniforms and varicol-
ored caps, to show which branch Of
the service they are in. Thus the
forces of the &c. P. u" that serve on
the frontier border have green ribbons
in their caps.
An inspiring sight is the big de-
tachment of sailors who have come
from Leningrad, where they are a
part of the Baltic Red Fleet.
Interspersed everywhere thru the
procession are the Red Army recruits
of various classes.
The Red Cavalry.
Now a Red Cavalry Band wheels
into position facing the Lenin Mauso-
leum and on the opposite side of the
square, alongside the &c. U. NJ, the
State Universal Stores, magnificent
structure two blocks long, hosts of
restless horses mounted by able riders,
began to move around the Red Square.
Pennants of many colors fluttered
from long lances. Some of the troops
had saddle cloths of pronounced hues,
adding brilliancy to the scene.
The head of the column turns and
passes before the Russian Historical
State Museum at the north end of the
Red Square. Then as the column
turns parallel to the Kremlin Wall,
the brisk canter turns into a wild
dash. Simultaneously seventeen air
planes, spread in broad and perfect
fan, with motors roaring, appear sud-
denly over the Historical Museum,
speeding over the Red Square from
North to South. 1t was a sight to
thrill, the plunging, dashing Red Cav
airy splashing sparks on the pave
ment, the swiftly speeding Red Air
Fleet overhead, that later broke into
a single column and thus circled about
the Square, then winging its way
back to the landing field.
Workers Donate Airplanes.
Some of those airplanes had been
donated to the Soviet Power by the
workers in various industries, intent
on developing this arm of the defense
of the Soviet Union.
Next came machine gun battalions.
The guns are mounted on carriages,
each drawn by four horses. Three of
these carriages running abreast whirl
past as in a desperate chariot race.
There are multitudes of them. Then
armored cars of various sizes, grad
ually growing larger; also various
types of artillery also growing larger,
accompanied in the skies by the ap-
pearance of three huge biplanes. Then
Red Army trucks of various kinds.
100000 in Ped Army.
This is the display of the Red Army
that now numbers approximately
100000 in its ranks, that has grown
from the "Red Guard" of the Russian
workers which, organized by the Boil
shevists during the Kerensky period
in the course of 1917, fought the first
battles of the Revolution, being the
germ of the Red Army, organized in
1918, in the further development of
the Civil War.
Training Fighting Youth.
Now come the youth of the factories
and workshops in several solid reg-
ments They all wear black leather
coats, the kind that are often worn by
workers in America That is their
only uniform. But they all carry
guns. Otherwise they are in their
everyday clothes.
They are the youth Who are receiv-
ing two years of preliminary training
before they reach military age This
course is devoted chiefly to physical
culture, but illiterates are taught to
read and write, so that in the Red
Army itself there are no illiterates.
This cultural activity is continued
by means of courses of lectures, clubs
and libraries. Thus the Red Army
constitutes a tremendous educational
apparatus; it gives to the large mass
es of peasant recruits their first ac-
quaintance with modern culture and
it turns out during the two years of
service hundreds of thousands of cul-
tural missionaries for the villages
who, thru their political training,
have become supporters of the Soviet
Power.
There were more regiments Of stu
dents of chemistry. They wore gas
masks, presenting an interesting
sight, both boys and girls.
Workers Ridicule Enemies.
Then came the workers delegations.