The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-01
USSR Parlev
Halls Growth
OF Red Army
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the toilers of the country, tireIessly
concern themselves with It. The
Red Army is composed of ass per
cent workers. Ninety per cent of its
peasant composition is made up Of
collective farmers. We must say
absolutely and firmly that the po-
litical and moral conditions of the
Red Army are as firm as never be-
fore" declared Tuckhuchevski as the
Congress tenpestuously applauded.
The Red Army has had consider
able successes also in artillery and
ornaments. Since the Sixth Con-
gress Of SoYiets the number Of ma
chine-guns in infantry and cavalry
regiments has more than doubled,
and in aviation and tanks have in
creased seven times, and the num-
Der Of guns and tanks has increased
four and half times and the num-
Der Of heavy guns has more than
Since the Sixth Congress the
Red Army has also considerably in
creased. Taking the navy at the
time Of the Sixth Congress as 100
per cent, it now has 535 per cent in
submarines, LOO per cent in guard
ships, 470 per cent in torpedo boats,
ETC."
Passing to the circumstances
which caused an increase in the
numbers of the Red Army, Tukha-
chevski stated:
You know that the desires of the
imperialists who are particularly
striving in the East to prepare a
sudden seizure of our territory, esue-
cially the Maritime Provinces, have
compelled us to form new garrisons.
stationed in Notifications erected
near the frontiers.
Naturally" continued Tukhachev-
ski, the formation of special gar
risons along the enormous length of
our frontiers required firstly a con-
siderable increase in the numerical
strength of the army, and secondly,
considerable expediture of funds.
"As a result, the numerical
strength of the Red Army, some
What less than 10000 men, which
was our basis during the past years.
was inadequate for the new condi-
tons of frontier defence. In this
connection, the government decided
on new strength of $4,000 men,
which the Red Army achived by the
end OF 1884. This figure was limited
only by the development of new
technique and m hanism. tt
should be remembered that before
the war, in 1914, the Tsarish army
had 1,45S,762 men. There can be
no doubt that without the brilliant
understanding Of Stain, and the
prompt moves to strengthen our Far
Eastern forntiers, we should have
not been able to carry out the
great conqueSts of socialism OF
which we and the entire world
proletariat are proud" loud ap-
plause9 The growth in strength
and technique of the Red Army.
and the reinforcement of our from
tier defense, naturally caused a con-
siderable increase in our military
expenditure during 1884. Instead of
the 1865 100000 rubles decided upon
for 1884, the Commissariat for de-
tense expended five billion rubIes.
The appropriations for the Com
miSSariat for Defense for 1885 reach
SIX billion five hundred million
rubles. Despite the fact that these
fgures are huge, nevertheless the
US'S.R. expends in preparations for
defense a considerably smaller pro-
portion OF its budget than any CAPT.
tallst country. Our military ex-
pense comprises only 10 per cent
OF the total state budget, whereas
in Japan they comprise 46.5 per
cent, in Poland 46 per cent, etc.
AL these measures, which en-
sure considerable growth in the
technical power of the Red Army.
put point-blank before its workers
the task of mastering technique, the
task of training the people to I'M
derstand this technique, and we are
working at these tasks day and
night.
THE basic backbone of the mill
tary preparation of the Red Army
Is directed toward mastering the
technique and the art of utilizing
rapidly moving forms of struggle.
We have nothing in common with
the Czarist army, which was un-
couth, clumsy and awkward. The
workers and peasants Red Army
is strong. It's political might, its
revolutionary might, is invincible,
and this demands that we be able
to conduct battles in such a manner
as to utilize our technique with the
result that in the world there will
not be another army equal to our
Red Army" Continued stormy
When Tukhachevski mentioned
the names Of those to whom the
Soviet Union was primarily obliged
for the remarkable technical equip
ment of It's invincable army, when
he mentioned the names CT Stain,
Voroshilov and Ordjonikidze the
Congress rose as one man in en-
thusiastic ovation. Endless hturahs
and shouts in honor of Stain, Voro-
shiloy and the Red Army arose from
all parts of the enormous hall, were
taken up by the entire Congress,
roaring like the hurrah of an ire
Sistible Red Army attack, and were
finally crowned with the majestic
hymn of the proletarian revolution,
the International.