New Britain herald., 1929-03-29
RED ARMY MOULDED
 INTO STRONG UNIT
If Years of Work Create Loyal,
 Disciplined Force

MOSCOW, MATCH -'s teA A-'N the ruling Communist Party is sue cessfullv moldng the armed forces of the Soviet Union into an abso- lutelv loyal and dependable sup port for it's power appears clearly from figures published in connec- ton with Ilth anniversary re- gently of the formation of the Red Army.
 Starting in 1918 with desperate uudlscipIned mass of soldiers un- der officers whose loyalty, to say the least. Was questionable, with Tzarist Generals in many eases holding strategic posts, the Soviet government eleven years later pos sesses a Red Army that IS not only rigidly disciplined but devoted to the Communist idea.
 Every third soldier is now member either of the Communist Party or of it's auxiliary, the Com rlunist Youth. These organiza- tons have 99.U00 and 94,000 mem- hers respectively among the 562'- G00 constituting the Red Army. Considering that about 75 per cent Of the army IS drawn from the peasantry. among whom Commit ntsm has only the most slippery foothold. it speaks volumes for the effectiveness Of the Communist propaganda carried on among the soldiers.
 Even more significant is the fact that the old line officers are being quickly retired and their places oc- cupied by graduates of the Red military academies and by young men risen from the ranks, More than half Of the Red Army off, cers are os peasant origin; 266 per cent are either former factory workers or the sons of factory workers.
 Officers Are Communist
 Over half the Rcd Army officers are members Of the Communists Party or the Communist Youth. This 8 circumstance of supreme importance, It means that the mill itary leadership IS dominantly of the ruling party and therefore in- dubitably loyal 10 the present re- gine.
 "The political-moral condition of the Red Army wrote Assistant Commissar of War UnschllchI on the recent anniversary, lis healthy and solid. Our party plays the leading role, the political under standing of the officers corps is growing, the authority Of the so- viet power is increasing in the Red Army"
 Military training is only half the task of the Red Army in relation to the recruit The other half quite as imuortant, is political edu- cation along Communist lines. Ii w the boast of the government that very soldier learns to read and rite before he returns 10 his na Ne village. He takes with him 70. ideas about cooperative farm z by modern methods, burning tired for capitalists and kulaks It-l Ij' CNFilItSt " iI4Ail ilJfahC ilA4A q 1rce in support Of the Soviet gov. nrnment.
 In Private Life
 Tens of thousands of member: of the Red Army upon completing their terms of service spread through the country and inevitably inoculate even the most distant vii lages with the thoughts being prop agated intensively from Moscow. startling proof Of this is 10 be fount in the fact that 30 per cent of al delegates to local Soviets, ant fully 45 per cent of all president of these Soviets are former Re Army men. They hold q dominan position in higher governmental bodies as we'll
 The Red Army soldier is taugh to look upon himself as the de fender not merely of the Sovie Union, but of the Communist move ment everywhere. "The Red Arm is the armed section of the Worl' Revolution" declared one of tn slogans spread during the annivers ary. All political and economi life at home and aboard is exhih tied to the Red soldier as part ( to consider the capitalist abroa and the "Nepmen" and kulaks a home as equally his enemies.
 This point Of view is impresse upon the Red Army day after day Tn simple Slogans" catch phrases 1t is brought home to the ordinar soldier forcibly as a means of in creasing his military loyalty a well as preparing him to suppor the governm ent's policies when T. returns to civilian life. The fol lowing are two of the slogans ad vanced during the celebration:
 l. The imperialists are prepar Ing for humanity bloody massa ere for q new distribution of tn world. Toilers Of the whole worl all under the banner of the Com intern. for united front in tn fight against the new imperialist massacre"
 2. "The British imperialists mus have suppressed Afghanistan a q. base for attacking the Sovie Union! Warriors of the Red Arm, protect carefully the Soviet fror tiers, hold your guns ready"
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