English Translation

H ABS_CHRIFT. Administrative department of the command of the Sudeten German Free Corps. Location, September 23, 38. Administrative command No.4 to the administrative department of group No. We draw the attention of the individual administrative departments of the group command to the fact that all requirements of funds and equipment for the Gruopen have to be carried out exclusively through the "administrative department of the command of the Sudeten German Freikorps" and refer in this regard to the "administration order no. 1. 2.) From received reports about the status and equipment of the individual comp. it is clear that the distribution within the group is quite uneven. For example, it happens that 1 comp., which has a stand of l84 men, has 504 tornisters, 500 spades, 386 breadbags, 100 carabiners 91 rifles and 20 pistols, while e.g. the neighbour company of a Baon, who has not a single rifle at a stand of ll4 man and not a unique equipment object. Such gross defects in the distribution of the existing weapons and equipment must be straightened out immediately, since they create dissatisfaction and uncertainty in the individual divisions of our Sudeten German Free Corps. Above all, care must be taken to ensure that the troops (a) are provided with weapons (b) with good footwear, (c) with tent tracks, (d) with blankets, (e) with swastika bindings, and that 2) the food is provided without complaint. The administrative departments must be in constant contact with the individual comp. via the Baone, as only through this constant contact can the existing defects be corrected.