THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1915, sig. 109-6/7

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4 - 2 - To B 2 : The cost of transporting the men is only taken into account proportionally, since after the dissolution of the railway protection the men were used further in use and for the guarding of vital enterprises. The men had to provide the railway protection service in black uniform, which was quite impractical for this purpose, but could not be carried out differently because of the rushed installation of the railway guard. The uniforms were therefore exposed to the weather conditions and thus strongly affected. In addition, the bootware suffered greatly by the service on the railway body. Therefore, the amount set for wear and tear seems to be reasonable, especially since a new purchase is now associated with great difficulties and use of enormous costs. To D The service in any weather, sometimes. in the case of a flow of goods, a more thorough cleaning of the weapons, than usual, was required, so that the fixed lump sum is not too high. It is asked to pay the final amount of the bill in the amount of Kr. 224.ooo.- to the account of the -section XXXIX at the Bohemia. Eskomptebank, Prague (No. 12145) so that the remaining claims can be settled and the continuation of the amount due to the Bohemian-Mährische Bahnen can be carried forward. Heil Hitler! The leader of the -section XXXIX "f 4-Oberführer.