CHAPTER XI

THE RED ARMY 215

The uniform--Terrorizing Tsarist officers--Relatives used as hostages for good behaviour--Jews in the Red army--Bronstein or Trotzky--Trotzky conciliates Tsarist officers--Penalties of refusing service--Mistakes of the White leaders--Discipline by terror--A mutiny--Revolutionary Tribunals--Desertion--The army oath--System of political control--A conscientious commissar--Cultural-Enlightenment Committees--A regimental entertainment.

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