RED ARMY OFFICERS
ACTIVE SERVICE DEMANDED LONDON, February 21. T lie Riga correspondent of the ‘ Daily Mail ’ reports that 2,01)0 reserve officers of (lie Red Army, resenting fheir unemployment in nationalised industries, are demanding active service. Commissar Unschlicht promises them a 10 per cent, increase in wages in some service. In order to raise iho low army morale and to resuscitate the system of ranking officers and to enable them to exact respect from tho troops, ho advocates that all officers hitherto entitled to he commanders should be distinguished by a small insignia, rendering it difficult to differentiate between generals and sergeants.—Sydney ‘ Sun ’ Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 19797, 22 February 1928, Page 8
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104RED ARMY OFFICERS Evening Star, Issue 19797, 22 February 1928, Page 8
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