TELEGRAM TO ALL MILITARY COMMISSARIATS OF THE MILITARY DISTRICTS
December 4, 1918
Until further notice, the conscription of workers into the Red Army and into reserve labor units engaged in on-site operations—namely, lumberjacks, timber haulers, peat carriers, and coal miners—is hereby suspended.
All specialists and senior officials responsible for firewood procurement are exempt from conscription upon petition submitted by the Forest Collegium and its local branches, provided that they took up their positions prior to December 1. Further details will be communicated at a later date.
Lenin