TRAINING, MAINTENANCE, AND DISCIPLINE IN THE SOVIET ARMY

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• Publication Date: May 17, 1950
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Training
'.hen a soldier first enters the Soviet Army, he is assigned to a squad
leader who is responsible for instructing him in a squad with other re-
cruits. This triining croram last.s for three wmiths, during which time
the new recruit learns how to march and how to use A rifle. At the end
of the throe months, he is given anexamination.
2. The length of the second period of training is not known but
the daily schedule of activities is as follows:
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Activity
6:00 a.m Reveille
6:00 a.m. 6:30 a.m. Morning sports
6:30 a.m. 7:00 a.m. Cleaning of barracks
7:00 a.m. 7:50 a.m. Morning exercises
7:50 a.m. 8:35 a.m. Breakfast
8:35 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Ceremony of review before commander of
regiment
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9:00 a.m. 9:15 a.m. Issuance of orders.
9:15 a.m. 10:05 a.m. Exercises
10:05 a.m. 30:15 a.m. Rest period*
10:15 a.m. 2:00 p.m. Exercises
2:00 p.m. 2:45 p.m. Lunch
2:45 p.m. 4:15 p.m. Rest period
4:15 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Exercises
7:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Caring for 'leapons
8:00 p.m. 8:40 p.m. Supper
8:40 p.m. 10:45 P.m. Rest
10:45 p.m. 11:00 p.m. Roll-call
11:00 p.m. Taps
* There is a.ten-minute rest period in each hour.
Three Urns a -nonth there are night exercises, but there is nb scheduled
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time for them. These exercises start with an alarm and last sometimes
for four and a half hours. After these night exercises, the regular
prozram Is folio-ed the next day.
Yaintenance
3, The daily food ration of a private consists of t2.0 followingg 800
grams of bread, 125 grrcs of meat, 80 grams of fish, 25 grams of sugar,
30 -rams of fat, 10 grs. of flour, and 1 cram of tea.
4, The following is a typical day's menu:
a. Breakfast: 250 grams of bread, 12 grams of sugar, soup or rice pulp.
b. Lunch: 25G grans of bread, cabbage soup, and rice pulp.
C, ST-men ?CO grams of bread, 12 grams of sugar, ixed vegetable soup,
and tea.
The meals, which an not delicious and not n'ied, are served in big pots
to each group of rrn. Privates eat from separate dates,
5, The summer uniform of a private consists of a linen shirt, breeches, a
cape, and a pair of shoes. The articles or clothing are suprosed to last
for six months and the shoes for eight months. The -inter uniform of a
private consists of a jacket made of a cheap material lined with cotton
cloth, breeches, a pair of boots, and an overcoat, Previously, boots were
given only to corporals and sergeants. Instead of socks, leggings Are issued.
These are woolen in the winter and made of ordinary material in the summer,
underclothing is rarely issued. The winter clothing is taken to the .
"depot" for the summer and brought back again in the fall.
6. Both privates and corporals receive 30 rubles a month and sergeants receive
150 rubles a month. Officers' salaries range as follows':
Squad Commander
Company Commander
Battalion Commander
Regiment Commander
1,300 rubles *
1,600 rubles
2,000 rubles
3:500 rubles
In addition to this mlary, captains and officers of higher rank receive
300 rubles as compensation for not having an orderly,
Discinlime
7, In general, discipline in the Soviet Army is lax.
There is lack of discipline among both afficers and enlisted men, in
every city or locality where military units are stationed, there is a
garrison tribmal. In Ufa this tribunal is headed by Lieutenant Colonel
Bakimov (Khakimov, Akimov?), who wears white epaulets on his uniform.
These garrison tribunals are authorized to give nenalties of im-
prisonment up to 25 years.
8. Discirlinary measures rithin military units are under the jurisdiction
of the unit commander. A company commander is authorized to give
sentences of punishment for up.to 10 days' imprisonment, a battalion
commander up to 15 days' imprisonment, and a regiment cnmmsnder up t o
20 days' imprisonment, Depending on the offence com7itted, the punish-
ment may or :ray not he hard labor. Hard labor ortsoners are given only
bread and water one day and nothing to eat or drink the next until their
term is served. Prisoners not sentencod. to hard labor are given meals
hut have to work hard until their term is served.
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