STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 586, sig. 109-43333

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The federal B and police leader in Bohemia and Mehren. Secret f3-76.0.2739 _gf. The Wehrmacht authorized Enana to:d2n21Xal. 193emben:2939. at the Reichsprotector in Bohemia & Mehren Juus Stabsf. flbt. Bearb. No. 4525/39 go. Is Betr.: Man-breeding in the army. Establishment of the "special army patrol service." I. The order of Ob d H from 18.ll.39 (Az. PA (2) Ia No. 5840/39 geh.) concerns. Man-breeding in the army says in the excerpt: "Events of the last weeks cause me to point out with particular seriousness to the preservation of man-breeder. It is the foundation of the army; it determines - precisely in the crisis - our value, our schiag-power and our perseverance. The preservation of man-breeding is - especially now - the most noble and urgent task of all leaders and underleaders. From the commanders and commanders of troops of all degrees, I expect that they will use themselves to a greater extent for the consolidation and preservation of the husbandry in the troops and in the army, as well as for the education of the officers (especially during the war) too clear honors, to uniform, hard up and to the highest responsibility-consciousness in the field of husbandry. I demand that officers who neglect the maintenance of man-breeding or who are unable to persevere, be severely penetrated." With this order, as a special measure of the immediate use of a "force patrol service" in armies, the task of which is to participate as an organ of the upper leadership in the supervision of man breeding. The military patrol service is not one of the administrative services whose task according to H.Dv.90 is not restricted. II. A corresponding order of the chief of the military armament and commander of the replacement army of 25.ll.39 Az. 14 a 12 AHA/Ag/H No. 1822/39 goes. concerning military appearance of officers, non-commissioned officers and crews in the Heinat, says in the extract: -22