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Order by the Chairman of the Revolutionary War Council of the Republic (Order No.65)
by the Chairman of the Revolutionary War Council of the Republic to the troops and Soviet institutions on the Southern Front, November 24, 1918, No.65[edit source]
Krasnov and the foreign capitalists who are behind him have thrown on to the Voronezh Front hundreds of hired agents who, under various guises, have penetrated Red Army units and are there carrying on base work, corrupting our men and inciting them to desert. In a few shaky units on the Voronezh front one can actually observe the signs of demoralization, cowardice and self-seeking. While, on all other fronts and in the case of all other armies, the Red forces are chasing the enemy and advancing, on the Voronezh front senseless, criminal retreats and the break-up of whole regiments are taking place frequently.
I declare that from now on an end must be put to this, by ruthless means.
- Every scoundrel who incites anyone to retreat, to desert or not to fulfil a military order, is to be shot.
- Every soldier of the Red Army who voluntarily deserts his post is to be shot.
- Every soldier who throws away his rifle or sells part of his uniform is to be shot.
- Battle-police units are to be stationed along the entire front-line zone, in order to catch deserters. Any soldier who tries to offer resistance to these units is to be shot on the spot.
- All local Soviets and Committees of the Poor, are obligated, on their part, to take all measures to catch deserters. Deserter-hunts are to be carried out twice in every 24 hours, at 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Captured deserters are to be handed over to the headquarters of the nearest unit or to the nearest military commissariat.
- Persons guilty of harbouring deserters are liable to be shot
- Houses in which deserters are found will be burnt down.
Death to self-seekers and traitors!
Death to deserters and agents of Krasnov!
Long live the honorable soldiers of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army!