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APPENDIX I.
Garrisons.
Koalha, May 15th .—Six hundred Infantry, 200, Cavalry, mostly Mohamedans. Military
ommissar, Zalin NakeS, a Jew. Three small guns, 2 machine guns.
At Duskak, 150 Cavalry and Infantry. At Khivaabad, 100 Cavalry and Infantry.
Kushk, Apnl 30th. -One thous nd and nine hundred Infantry, 600 Cavalry. Troops
TmoSed /a^ amed r S ’ U ‘ r be ‘u g "? hced by Eussians - n guns, 8 machine guns, 2
Ih i ’ 3 aero P! a " es - LaI K e Hospital. There are 6 forts, each with a gun. and wired
worWn 1 th ru r» ms ‘ def< i rt8 ’7 her !, 0nly tTOOpS live - InK ' lsl > k tk«e are only troops and
Ind ^e ; latter employed at digging trenches. Wells have been dug outside the town,
-and are connected with pipes to the forts.
At Kara Tapa, three hundred Infantry and Cavalry.
Karakul, May 4th. Three hundred and fifty Infantry, 150 Cavalry, mostlv Mohame
dans. Commander, Afanaseff. Two guns, 2 machine guns, 1 aeroplane. New clothes and boots
have been issued to the troops.
M K%rh A ‘ ¥ ^oAA Sf 'T T T° thouscinds and two hundred Infantry, 800 Cavalrv, mostly
Mohamedans, 1200 of whom are Young Bokharans of the 3rd New Bokharan Rlgiment
The remainder belong to the 2nd Chermyevo Regiment (Commander, Lamakin) of the 2nd
Red Division. Troops have been issued with new clothes, ixine guns (3 heavy) 6 machine
guns, 1 armoured car, 1 aeroplane.
At Zaid, near Andkhui, 150 troops. At Bosaga, 200.
posts of 100 men each, from Bosaga to Kilif.
At Kizil Ayak, 50. There are 8
Kilif, May One thousand and seven hundred Infantry, 500 Cavalry, majority of
whom are Russians. Commander Bekeff. Three guns, 4 machine guns, 1 aeroplane.
Shahr-i-sabz, Four thousand Infantry, 2,000 Cavalry, 2,500 of whom are
Young Bokharans of the 5th New Bokharan Regiment.* Bolshevik regiments are the 3rd
Chermyevo, oth Orenburg (from Tashkent), and 11th Turkestan. Fifteen guns, 12 machine
guns, 2 armoured cars, 2 aeroplanes. Defences are 2 miles from town, 3 sides of which are
entrenched and wired.
Tashkent, May 2nd.—Wme thousand and three hundred Infantry, 700 Cavalry • mostly
Mohamedans, and 5.000 of whom are recruits. Nine guns, 12 machine guns, 3 armoured cars,
3 aeroplanes. The old troops have been supplied with new clothes.
KhoJcand, April 29tJi. Six thousand Infantry, 1,500 Cavalry, mostlv Mohamedans
There are 4 regiments but only the 2nd Orenburg and the 11th 'Tashkent identified. New
clothes have been issued to the troops. Twelve guns, 16 machine guns. 3 armoured cars,
3 aeroplanes, i hree Hospitals full of wounded, number given being 1,000; fresh cases are sent to
lasnkent.
Chief of Staff of the 3rd Red Division, headquarters of which is at Khokand, is Alexandra
nelinoff.
Orenburg, May Snd.-Four thousand Infantry, 450 Cavalry, mostly Mohamedans.
Regiments are 9th Orenburg (Commander, Fedroff) and the 7th Tashkent (Commander
fehakiroil). The 5th Samara Regiment, Commander Koleseff, left for Tashkent at the end of
April. Twelve guns, 9 machine guns, 2 armoured cars, 1 aeroplane.
Samara, April 22nd .—Two thousand and five hundred Infantry, 5,000 Cavalrv, 1,000
Marines. Twelve guns, 8 machine guns, 2 armoured cars, 2 aeroplanes. Ammunition factory An East India Company trading post.
and workshop for repairing guns and rifles^
APPENDIX II.
Extracts from Bolshevik newspapers, Izvestia, 19th April 1922. Published in Tashkent.
“ Red Troops, remain firmly at your posts.”
Order from Comrade Trotsky to the Red Army and Fleet.
“ 011 the 10th A? 1,11 of tilis year an International Conference was opened at Genoa. The
representatives of the workmen of Russia took with them the resolutions framed by the work
men, to be discussed with the Bourgeoisie rulers. The resolutions were those for peace and
-business, and in particular, the adjustment of trade connections.
The Chief Soviet Delegate, Tchetcherin, at the first session of the Conference proposed the
total disarmament of all nations. The Delegate of the French Capitalistic Republic, Barthou,