English Translation

4.) These German authorities have to prepare themselves for their tasks and to maintain themselves in continuous practice. They are only called upon in alarm cases if the forces of the SS and the police are engaged in greater service and combat activities outside their location. 5.) Responsible for the call and the deployment in three alarm levels is the Higher SS and police leader: 6.) All men, no matter if kv. or gv., senior official or worker, economic leader or driver, must therefore be immediately recruited into alarm companies, moved to the SS and police barracks on Saturday afternoon and Sunday and trained by particularly appropriate forces. All men, who have already been officers, non-commissioned officers or soldiers in the last few years in any military power section or even experience of kricg, are to be used according to their skill and rank as leaders and underleaders in these alarm units. They have to take over the training of their units in the barracks themselves. 7.) Women and girls must be used in the context of the three alarm levels to an increasing extent to ensure communication connections, air protection and as a medical and auxiliary service and to prepare and train them for their tasks. 8.) I do not deny that this organization brings with it some inconvenience and increased work both for the alarm forces and for the leadership staff of the SS and the police. It is self-evident that until further hours of free evening and the weekend are to be used for the training and defence of these forces. Saturday afternoons and Sundays fall away - just like with our Solda+en-