Photograph by Elisabeth Randolph Shirley 

 A CHURCH AT TlFUS, CAUCASUS 



battle for liberty. But I believe that the 

 army will perform still greater deeds; 

 they will show how to understand liberty, 

 cherish her, and die for her. 



"Let the freest army and fleet in the 

 world prove that in liberty there is 

 strength and not weakness ; let them 

 forge a new and iron discipline of duty, 

 and let them raise the battle strength of 

 the land; let them add to the will of the 

 people that grandeur of might which will 

 hasten the hour of the realization of the 

 people's hopes. 



"Forward to liberty, land, and free- 

 dom ! 



"He who will look about, pause, and 

 go back will lose all. 



"Do not forget, you warriors of the 

 revolution, should you fail in your efforts 

 to defend the honor and greatness of 

 your country, your names will be con- 

 demned. 



"Difficult is the task before you, but 



you will fulfill it conscious of the pride 

 that vou are carrying out the will of the 

 revolution. Your names, your pains, will 

 be sanctified by free Russia. Your chil- 

 dren will remember with pride and rev- 

 erence the army of the revolution. By 

 the will of the people you must clear 

 your country of devastators and ravag- 

 ers. I call upon you to perform this 

 deed. Is it possible that you, too, will 

 not heed me? Comrades, with you lies 

 the mind and the heart of revolutionary 

 Russia. Let the thought of this inspire 

 your hearts with new decision. 



"Brothers, I greet you in the name of 

 the Russian revolution ; I bow before you 

 in the name of the great Russian people! 



"To read the order to all companies, 

 squads, batteries, and to all the crews on 

 all men-of-war. 



"A. Kerexskv, 

 "Minister of War and Navy." 



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