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Appendix J.
BOLSHEVIK GARRISONS.
—According to the testimony of a man who deserted from the
g nson of the fortress in December —vide Intelligence Summary No. 1
page 13, (m)—the following was the garrison of the fortress at that tune
1st battalion, 2nd Turkestan Regiment (until lately the 3rd Kazan) and
mustering not_ more than 45 bayonets—all of 1901 and 1902 categories,
supply" categ0rles k a(i been dlsmisse d to their homes owing to difficulties* of
40 saffier^^ 1,011 ° f ° f tr0 ° PS ° f Extraordinar y Commission-about
Two fortress artillery companies, one in Verbliuzhni Eort and the other in
Ivanovski Fort, strength not known. r m
One company Fortress Sappers, not more than 25 strong.
One school for instructors, not more than 45 pupils of which witness was
One.
Name of Commandant not known but was of Jewish persuasion.
Merv.' —'(December).
2nd and 3rd Battalions, 2nd Turkestan Regiment.
Charjui. —23rd December 1921.
Kve hundred, majority Kew Bokharans. 50 militia armed with, single
shot rifles, zibout 50 sailors. 6 guns, 8 mgs. °
Khiva. —27th December 3921.
• i ^PP r0X i“ ate ty 7,000 but probably overestimated. Maiority Muslims
i n 0 C 00 n Hanqa 5oT Unted ^ 2 ’° 00 leTie8 ’ Distribufcioa : Khiya,
Durdkul, 500. Organj, 500. About 400 in various posts and detach
ments Units: 2nd Chernyaev. 4th Tashkent. 14th Turkestan. IstOren-
Chernyaevo^ 8 ^ ^ mounted - ^ man ^charged from 2nd
Karshi. —31st December 1921.
; , Nine hundred, majority Muslim. Units : 4th New Bokhara, 370 strong
including 100 mounted. 13th Tashkent, 530 strong, including 120 mounted”
3 guns with Bol. unit, 3 mgs. one with New Bokharans 2 lorries'
20 transport carts. (By man of New Bokharan unit.) ’
Beisun. —20th December 1921.
Four hundred and fifty,, consisting of 200 Yash Bokharans of 7th
Vostochm Novi Bokharski Regiment, and 250 Bolsheviks of 9th Kazan for
merly m Termez Garrison includes 250 mounted. 2 guns, 12 transport
carts. (By man of Bokharan unit.) ^
Kramina. —29th December 1921.
Two hundred and fifty Bokharans. 60 Bolshevik troops are at the
railway station, including 20 mounted. 100 of Bokharans are mounted
Units : 4th Novi Bukharski. 6 Aral. 1 gun. 1 mg. (See degreeXet 3 T
sq. Al). ° 5
Bukhara. —28th December 1921.
One thousand and five hundred, of whom 400 are in Astramin Khasa and
200 in Sherbadan. All Muslims and officered by Turks in majority Brifeh
3-line, and single shot rifles. 6 guns, 2 of which are in Astramii!
Khasa and 4 m Bukhara. 1 armoured ear in Astramin Khasa. (Bv man
of Bokharan formation.) v ^