Date: 1919-08-24
Source: ru:PSS/v51

# TELEGRAM TO THE REVOLUTIONARY MILITARY COUNCIL OF THE 5TH ARMY

Source: CW vol 51

Revolutionary Military Council of the 5th Army

On the anniversary of the creation of the 5th Army, which in one year grew from a small group into an army strong with revolutionary zeal, united in victorious battles for the defense of the Volga and the defeat of Kolchak's detachments, the Council of Workers' and Peasants' Defense sends its comradely greetings to the Red heroes and expresses its gratitude for all the toils and deprivations endured by the army.

* The telegram is also signed by the People's Commissar for Food A. D. Tsiurupa. Ed.

TELEGRAM TO K. G. RAKOVSKY, L. D. TROTSKY, S. V. KOSIOR

in the defense of the Socialist Revolution. As compensation for the material deprivations that fell to the lot of the army in its arduous combat work, to issue to all Red Army soldiers and command personnel of the 5th Army a monthly salary allowance.

Chairman of the Defense Council Lenin*

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Written on August 8, 1919

Published on August 24, 1919 in the newspaper "Red Marksman" (organ of the political department of the Military-Revolutionary Council of the 5th Army) No. 95

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