ON THE FORMATION OF UNITS OF THE RED ARMY
AND RESERVE BATTALIONS
(RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE, APRIL 28, 1919)
The All‑Russian Council of Trade Unions is hereby instructed to direct the local councils of trade unions,
as well as all bodies currently engaged in emergency mobilization in response to Kolchak’s invasion,
that all individuals mobilized through these means must immediately be placed at the disposal of the relevant military commissariats,
which shall dispatch them in accordance with the directives of the All‑Russian Main Staff.

The Council of Defense holds that the formation of specialized shock units should not be undertaken, except in exceptional cases as determined by a resolution of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic.
Chairman of the Council of Defense
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)