STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2048, sig. 109-7/55

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36 weapons mastery 4 Commanded to courses 8 Commanded outside the Batl. 20 hospital, district, sick, in-service 5% holidaymakers about 70 - 80 about 270 From the above-mentioned IST strength of the Batls.(Stichtag 28.3.) from 625 Uffz. Thus, about 270 men are permanently absent, so that there are about 350 men available for guards or special assignments.Out of this number about 100 men are available for the 7 guards in the location, in standby(for special deployment) 11o ", therefore in so-called rest, so for training and field service are available almost 130 men. It is not possible, therefore, because of the too small team level of a four-day change of guard, readiness, rest day and training day, but the three-day turn, i.e. the watch, readiness and rest-time training day must be carried out. In addition, due to the war necessity, all younger vintages from the Batl have to be performed. Unfortunately, the replacement promised by the command of the Arms-i does not always occur in numerical exchange but mostly in the head strength less.In addition, G.V. men, who are scarcely suitable for internal service, are very often placed by the replacement units in Prague who have in no way grown up in any way in the way responsible and strict guard service.The consequence of this are certain complaints also on the part of the Herr Reichsprotektor. regarding the attitude, appearance and showing of honour by the posts in front of the castle and the Czernin Palace. Of the above-mentioned G.V. men who were put out as a replacement for younger generations, the guardbatl. in recent times repeatedly had to send men back home or to the unit, because these men just