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

236 THE ZEMSTVOS DURING THE WAR on an adequate scale apart from the fact that neither raw material nor tools were available. Consequently, having observed the good work done by the repair shops of the Zemstvo Union, the military authorities were only too glad to detail their skilled workers to these shops to enable them to carry out urgent repairs. One of the most pressing needs of the army was for boots, and their careful preservation was imperative. The Union’s committee of the northern front endeavored to assist by establishing special shops which sold leather and cobblers’ tools at a comparatively low price. These endeavors, however, did not prove altogether successful, so that the committee was compelled to enlist the assistance of boot- repair shops such as were already at work on some of the other fronts. A large shop was opened at Smolensk, estimated to be capa- ble of producing 5,000 pairs of new boots and executing 10,000 repairs a month. It was found, however, that there were considerable difficulties and much loss of time in communicating with the troops at the front and in the delivery of boots in need of repair. Conse- quently, forty movable zemstvo boot-repair shops were organized at different times along the western front and provided with the neces- sary transport facilities, materials, and tools. Each of these shops employed thirty or thirty-five men working for wages and headed by expert foremen. The daily output of a shop was about 150 “major” repairs. Using depots of the Zemstvo Union attached to each army as a base, the repair shops visited the various military units. The work done was recorded in each regiment on a special form, and upon presentation of this the amounts due were subsequently paid by the Army Supply Department. The army authorities requested the Zemstvo Union to help them in an entirely different field. After severe fighting, it was found that many rifles were in need of repairs, and that a large number of worn rifles might by repair be rendered serviceable. The Zemstvo Union organized repair shops to which all damaged rifles were sent to be cleaned and repaired. Soon after, at the request of the military authorities, the Union also organized shops for the repair of field telephones. The Union found it also necessary to station mete- orologists along the front to keep the army informed of changes in atmospheric conditions that might prove propitious to the gas at- tacks of the enemy. These and similar measures undertaken by the Zemstvo Union at

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