Russian local government during the war and the Union of Zemstvos

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Identifikator:: 1794855874

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-179223

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Polner, Tichon I. http://d-nb.info/gnd/172311195

Title:: Russian local government during the war and the Union of Zemstvos

Place of publication:: New Haven

Publisher:: Yale Univ. Press

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: XXV, 317 S.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter XI. Work in the army

Collection:: Economics Books

WORK IN THE ARMY 211 and sufferings of war with such marvellous courage and endurance, al- ways following the movements of our division under the most trying conditions.? Combating Epidemic Diseases. It was the business of the field detachments to keep in touch with the needs of the troops at the front. The nature of their operations, requiring light equipment and a high degree of mobility, made it impossible for them to create a permanent organization to protect the army from one of its worst enemies,—infectious disease. The army moved amidst a population part of which still clung to their homes, whilst others had already abandoned them, and offered a favorable field for the spread of disease. To isolate the army from all contact with the local population was, of course, impossible. If the health of the army was to be safeguarded, it was necessary to watch with great care the state of health of the civilian population and to take far-reaching measures of prevention in due time. With the retreat of the army in 1915 it became necessary to dig several new lines of trenches in the immediate rear. For this purpose thou- sands of men and women were sent to the front. To some extent they were recruited among the natives of Siberia, who were accustomed to altogether different conditions of life. These vast armies of laborers had to be provided with food and shelter, more or less tolerable sanitary conditions had to be created for them, and they had to re- ceive medical attendance. The authorities were only too well aware of the terrible danger threatening the army from infectious disease, and they offered no objection to the measures adopted by the Unions of Zemstvos and of Towns. The various army headquarters staffs were completely in- capable of solving these enormously difficult problems and therefore cordially welcomed the coéperation of the unions which submitted simple and practical proposals to the authorities. This sentiment inevitably spread from the army at large to the General Head- quarters, and the result was that the fight against epidemics in the war zone was officially entrusted to the Unions of Zemstvos and of Towns. The Union of Zemstvos endeavored to organize medical relief after the pattern of the medical establishment of the zemstvos in '2 Izvestia (Bulletin), No. 82, pp. 124-125.

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