DECREE OF THE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE  
OCTOBER 1, 1919  
The Council of Workers' and Peasants' Defense, in its session of October 1 of this year, decrees:  

1. To award the glorious 45th and 58th Divisions honorary revolutionary banners for their heroic march to unite with the units of the XII Army.  

2. To grant the entire group—both command staff and all Red Army soldiers—a monetary reward equal to one month’s pay for this march.  

Chairman of the Council  
of Workers' and Peasants' Defense  
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)  

Published from the original, signed by V. I. Lenin.