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5ay0405.00.5594 0 Reidi p.o.ektoc Railways in Bühmen and Moravia. Prague, 23 August 1941 (Bbv) BV S/BmAPP 27.AUG. 1941 h cheim Tgb. Nr.: hreiben St S IV C - 8 b/4l v. 26. 7. 194l I report: Railway watch departments The railway watch departments of the BMB serve the same purposes as the railway protection police of the DRB. They are responsible for the protection of railway installations as well as the transport goods handed over to the railway and finally the maintenance of the order in the railway area. The members of the guard departments are equipped with 1 gun each, l5 shot ammunition and rubber batons; furthermore, the guard units are assigned service dogs. The guard departments have a total strength of 288 heads. The chief of the civil administration had authorized the arming of the officials (railway and postal officers) authorized by the Czech State with the order of the day of March 2, 1939. The members of the railway watch departments are provided with impersonal weapons passports with the consent of the commander of the police. Structure: Railway guard department Brno with guard station Brno with outposts in Wesseli and Lendshut, guard station German Brod with outstation Iglau A total of 46 heads Railway guard division Pilsen with guard stations Beraun, Klattau, Pilsen, Strakonitz A total number of 4o heads Railway watch department Olmütz with guard posts Olmutz and Mähr.Ostrau with outhouses Friedek-Friedberg and Wal.Messeritsch 4 VeE Total of 25 heads F Railway guard section Prerau: with outpatient station Prerau with outfield Kojetein guard station Göding with outsite Altstadt-Welehrad Total of the 25 heads Vyary hoyt bi, St \8 -8d/4i Eisenbal