With the release of temporary exchange notes of the Western Volunteer Army176
the population of the occupied regions, and to an even greater extent the army itself found itself in
financially facing complete disaster.
If at present in Courland, in particular in Mitau, it is still possible
some exchange of agricultural products imported and produced for
new exchange notes, then in Lithuania at the first appearance of such products
completely disappeared from the market. Of course, some products may
be obtained through the apparatus of violence. Not to mention undesirable and
the inadmissibility of obtaining in this way everything necessary for the army, and this
the path, as experience in “Soviet Russia” has shown, will quickly and surely lead to
complete impoverishment and exhaustion of the country, will strangle economic life and cause
hatred of the population towards the army, which will make it difficult to complete the great task to
which she strives for.
Taking into account that it is impossible to wage a war without money, that the supreme
the command, obviously having exhausted the supply of money, was forced to decide on
issuing its own money, and these latter immediately caused an economic
catastrophe, I consider it necessary to express my thoughts, in particular about
issue of temporary banknotes and, in general, about a possible settlement
monetary economy in the areas occupied by the army.
Temporary banknotes, backed by all the property of Western
the volunteer army, as indicated in the text of the signs, cannot give
the population of the trust in money that is necessary for it as legitimate
means of payment. Army property, most of it subject to
destruction is not security. This money will not be recognized by the population, but
their forced introduction will create a whole series of crises.
For some time, of course, they will extract reserves through repression,
which one way or another will not escape accounting, but the influx of products, as well as
their production will cease completely. This situation always leads
the country to complete economic disaster.
The economic crisis and all related issues can be resolved
safely only if the new money is exchanged for the currency that is used
full confidence of the producing authorities.
It is possible to ensure the correct exchange of new banknotes only
through proper monetary management and the creation of a constant exchange
fund that fully satisfies the needs of the market. Prudent, in full
in accordance with the cash exchange fund, the issue of new banknotes is
a prerequisite for proper monetary management.
Creation of finance in the state, in this case a durable exchange
fund is possible only, as stated above, subject to proper management
money economy.
Finance is created by:
1) Tax system.
2) Operation of state regalia, mail, telegraph, telephones,
railways, waterways.
3) Conclusion of external and internal loans.
4) Issue of banknotes.
Of the five methods given177 during the civil war, when
management of occupied areas is only being established when trade and
industry in the country is in the most abnormal, I would say, deplorable state
state, creating strong finances through taxes is unlikely to achieve
positive results and tax revenues will probably not cover the cost
their collection, it is still necessary to begin now to create a tax
apparatus, at least for the purpose of clarifying the possibility of levying taxes in the future.
Operation of mail, telegraph, railways and waterways during
war in general, and civil war in particular, brings the state only
loss and therefore at the moment there is no need to create finance.
The conclusion of external loans would be possible after a major war
success and subject to the creation of a favorable political environment.
An internal loan cannot produce any positive results now.
There remain two last ways to create finance, that is, exploitation
state assets and monopolies, and, finally, the issuance of paper money
signs. Issue of temporary banknotes secured by income from
exploitation of state property and income from monopolies, some
in this way can resolve the issue of creating finance in occupied areas.
In this case, receipts from income items should amount to change
fund, and the issue of temporary banknotes should be made as
accumulation of change fund and in any case in such quantity that
would not discredit the new signs, because only with free exchange new
banknotes will be recognized by the population and will have the value of money. Example
may serve as the issue of "ost" money, the exchange of which was guaranteed by
a fixed exchange rate in German currency without any hindrance. This money except
free exchange, are not provided with anything, and among the population of the Baltic states
are considered the best banknotes.
Of course, when exchanging, a certain control must be created, and a reasonable
the fight against speculation will only yield positive results.
The main source of income from exploitation in occupied areas may be
serve the development of forest resources and the announcement of a monopoly on flax trade
and flaxseed.
These items of income, if exploited wisely, can provide the army with
for the first time, that necessary fund, without which it is currently unthinkable
the creation of finance, and therefore the very existence of the army.
Operation of the indicated parts is possible either through economic or
by concession. In this case, both methods are applicable.
Exploitation of forest resources by economic means in the absence of
civilian workers, the high cost of maintaining military work teams, weak
discipline, low productivity of their labor and the complexity of forest management
economy will give a negative result. So here you have to give
preference for the concession method, which, in addition to receiving large sums
when concluding a concession, it will only require the army to establish control over
Declaring a flax monopoly will require taking into account all flax and
flaxseed, as is done in Latvia and Estonia. Implementation of this
valuable and necessary product abroad with the help of invited
specialists will give a very significant amount. Settlement with flax owners
should be carried out gradually, in the amounts necessary for complete
preserving their economy. For this purpose, the creation of a commission of experienced flax
case of specialists is a must.
In conclusion, I would like to add that my report is not a criticism of those released in
circulation of banknotes, but there is a theoretical conclusion, justified
financial science. Without having digital data on the actual
the army's needs for funds and statistical information on forestry
wealth and flax reserves in the occupied areas, of course, raise the question of
financing the army is not possible. But don't close your eyes
in reality, but there is a danger associated with a prosperous
resolving a financial issue, look it straight in the face. I claim that
if the financial issue is not resolved satisfactorily, then the army
will have to take the path of free requisitions of everything she needs
and, at best, requisitions for money that has no value. In both
go into rebellion, and the army will turn into armed masses, dangerous only
for the civilian population, that is, against what it is actually intended
fight.
Memories
The supply of units with food and uniforms plays an important role in the combat operations of troops. We can cite many historical examples showing the direct dependence of the success of not only battles, but also major operations on how satisfied the fighter is with food, whether he is well dressed and shod.
Due to the nature of my service, I directly and on a daily basis come across the matter of supply and often compare how it was organized in the Red Army and how it was in the tsarist army during the First World War. Our soldiers and young commanders hardly know that during the First World War, sheepskin coats and felt boots were rare in the Russian army. They were worn by artillerymen, a small part of cavalrymen and a few convoys. Officers were not allowed to wear felt boots either. There were no hats with ear flaps in the army at that time, and hats and caps were so impractical that soldiers often froze their ears. There were even more frostbitten feet. Not every soldier had a padded jacket.
And here is the winter uniform of our fighter now: a padded jacket and cotton trousers, warm underwear, a tunic, felt boots, a sheepskin coat or overcoat, a hat with earflaps, a balaclava, gloves, fur mittens. To this we must add the constant raincoat. The command staff is also equipped with fur vests and sweaters.
I have been to four wars, but never before have I seen an army dressed so warmly. The country produced millions of pairs of felt boots and short fur coats for its native Red Army. She carefully dressed her sons like a mother, sending them to the front.
I once happened to hear a conversation between our soldiers and a group of captured Germans. The prisoners were dressed lightly out of season - gray-green overcoats made of thin poor-quality cloth, caps and boots. The Germans were shivering in the cold, looking extremely pitiful.
Why are they taking such bad care of you? - one of the soldiers asked the prisoners, - if only they had dressed them more or less. But Stalin cares about us so much.
The fighter proudly slapped himself on the warm casing. In fact, our soldier can be proud of Stalin’s care: he is warmly dressed, shod, and he is not afraid of the most severe frost. The German command cannot dress the army like this, even if they wanted to. The order to the ground forces of Hitler's army regarding the provision of footwear and winter uniforms says the following:
“Under the conditions of Russia, a fur coat should actually be issued, but since the supply of fur from Germany can only be counted on in small quantities, all measures must be taken to ensure that by all means we can obtain fur uniforms of all types in the occupied areas. It is necessary to collect cotton jackets, jackets, knitted jackets of all types and colors, woolen scarves, warm winter underwear and socks, felt boots, straw boots (apparently bast shoes - N.Zh.), galoshes...” The order further says: “ Reserve units arriving from Germany will no longer receive boots in the future. 50 percent of the requested hiking boots will be sent to the front, the rest will be replaced with boots with laces and gaiters. If possible, leather for shoe repair should be obtained from trophies or through various authorities in occupied areas so as not to complicate the situation of one’s country.”
The German command cannot supply its soldiers with warm clothing and shoes because the economic resources of Nazi Germany do not allow this. The unpreparedness of Hitler's army for the winter campaign has deep roots.
With what gratitude we now remember the tireless concern of our party, Comrade Stalin, for the development of agriculture, in particular livestock farming. If our country had not achieved an increase in agriculture, including livestock farming, the Red Army would not have had warm uniforms, felt boots, sheepskin coats, and would not have been so combat-ready in a winter war.
When the frost reaches forty degrees and you have to be in the field all day fighting, then a pot of hot cabbage soup is the most gratifying thing for a fighter. The food ration of a soldier and commander of the Red Army is complete and complete. At the front, the soldier and commander receive hot food at least twice a day. Sometimes the combat situation does not allow preparing hot food in camp kitchens. In such cases, a good quality dry ration is issued (sausage, bacon, canned food, etc.). These products are enough for a fighter to prepare a tasty and satisfying meat soup himself. The Red Army cauldron usually completely satisfies the commanders as well. They often refuse a separate commander's pocket.
The total calorie content of the daily food ration of a Red Army soldier is at least 3500-3700 calories. This exceeds the daily nutritional requirement of a soldier in any European army and is more than double the daily requirement of a soldier in the German army.
From the testimony of prisoners, as well as official documents of the German army - orders and reports that fell into our hands - we can conclude that the daily allowance of a German soldier is 200-300 grams of bread and hot soup, given once a day. But even this norm (1200-1500 calories) often does not reach the soldier. It should be noted that food in the German army is usually of extremely low quality. Recently I had the opportunity to try trophy German bread. This is a surrogate made from chaff and bran - a product of very low quality.
Half-starved Germany cannot feed its robber hordes, and the German command grants the soldier the right to “feed” on the spot, that is, gives a direct directive to the soldier to plunder and rob. This is called in the language of the fascists “an additional source of supply.”
Hitler's Germany had been preparing for war for a long time. It accumulated a lot of weapons and ammunition, but its rulers forgot about the “little things” - warm uniforms for the troops - and did not create food reserves. True, the Germans also feed at the expense of the occupied countries. However, this will not last long. How will Hitler feed his army in the future if he cannot feed it anywhere near adequately today?
In all wars, the work of the rear, the commissariat was very difficult, and in the current one - even more so. Now our army is at a stage of battles when exceptional stress is required from the quartermaster service. Units of the Red Army are advancing, the front is moving forward every day, to the west. Retreating, the Germans destroy railways and highways and barbarously burn villages. Under these conditions, one must be able to deliver food to active units. This can be very difficult, however, we have not had any serious interruptions in the supply of food to the front. We know of the only case when in one regiment there was no bread for 24 hours and people ate only porridge. We regard such facts as an emergency. The army quartermaster investigated this case together with the commissar of logistics.
As a rule, each regiment has a sufficient supply of food. The division's reserves are even larger than the regimental reserves. Front-line rear workers monitor the replenishment of supplies and take all measures to ensure that soldiers and commanders, especially those operating in front-line positions, are always well-fed.
Usually food is prepared several kilometers from the front line. It is often very difficult to deliver it to the company. Great ingenuity is required to deliver hot food to the Red Army soldier in difficult battle conditions.
In this regard, I would like to say a few words about our foremen and cooks. In one of the units, an enemy bomb destroyed a camp kitchen. At the same time, cook Makogonov was wounded. Having bandaged his wounded hand, the cook began to cook lunch in buckets. He fed the soldiers on time. Foreman of the rifle company comrade. Revyakin takes care of the fighters like a father. There was such a case recently. The battle lasted 12 hours. The Red Army soldiers were cold and hungry. It seemed impossible to bring lunch: bullets were whistling all around and shells were exploding. But lunch still arrived. The foreman personally brought a thermos of hot soup into the trenches. He moved from cover to cover, bent as far as his heavy load would allow, and delivered lunch to the fighters.
Much in supply depends on the economic savvy, initiative and efficiency of the quartermasters. In the N unit, largely thanks to the initiative of Quartermaster Baranov, the matter of food and supply of soldiers in general was excellent. Baranov has a strict procedure for keeping track of eaters. He is economical and at the same time ensures that the fighter receives everything due to him in a timely manner.
When, due to deep snow, it became difficult to transport food to the forward positions, quartermaster Comrade. Pvik, without waiting for special instructions, equipped the kitchens on the sleigh. He also organized the production of a number of supplies using local resources.
The situation is different for quartermasters who work without a soul, in fits and starts. Quartermaster Likhachev has a lot of disorder in both the accounting of eaters and the supply of food, although there are no serious reasons for this. In the unit where the quartermaster comrade. Rogov, the disorder of accounting is associated with direct wastefulness. Here they waste food, even lose it. So, here they managed to lose a bag of sugar.
The country spares nothing for its native Red Army. But this does not mean that you can be wasteful and not observe savings. The People's Commissar of Defense demands that we strictly adhere to the procedure for issuing products according to certificates and standards. There should be no excesses.
The leader of the Red Army, Comrade Stalin, teaches us to tirelessly take care of the Red Army front-line soldiers, commanders, political workers - heroes of the Patriotic War. It is the duty of the quartermaster service to show examples in the implementation of this instruction. // Brigintendant N. Zhizhin. ACTIVE ARMY.
And the author’s literary language is good. And the idea is not bad..But...
The author’s dull gray and at the same time protruding “Soviet” phobia reduces everything to nothing. Re-reading liberoid mythology in the wrapper of historical fiction is annoying. All of the author’s “scoops” are scoundrels and scoundrels, and characters with a Kurkul-philistine worldview are put forward as heroes. But in history, people with such a worldview never became partisans or dashing saboteurs. They are usually conformists, "hataskrayniks". And they rather went to serve the Germans than to join partisan detachments. ROA, RONA, etc., etc. At best, they simply sat out in the bushes.
The work, ideologically, is a relative of the films “Penal Battalion”, “Bastards”, “Black Sheep” and similar nonsense.
In general and as a whole, the book has a rotten smell that evokes associations with (albeit very distantly and in a very diluted form) the spirit of the imported film "Stalingrad". Where noble Germans (almost all of them are anti-fascists!) fight courageously in Stalingrad (and how did these anti-fascists suddenly turn out to be interesting?), and on the periphery there are some strange little animals running around... Russian "scoops"...
The book reeks of disguised Vlasovism. Albeit weaker than that of the same Poselyagiea with his “Komsomolets”.
Grade 3 out of 5 stars from Guest 07/07/2017 12:37
I really liked it, even though I’m already 60 and haven’t read anything for a long time. Thanks to the author!
Grade 5 out of 5 stars from Oleg 07/02/2016 19:30
The beginning made me happy, but then something upset me.
Did not like:
1. That the author can jump here and there without restrictions.
2. The love line is a bit damp.
3. The Germans are somehow passive. Their execution was disrupted, but they didn’t comb the forests and didn’t call the rangers. It's nonsense
Grade 3 out of 5 stars from Goro5 13.07.2015 10:25
It’s not about how the main character teaches marshals and the government to live... An ordinary person finds himself in the past, in that war - and does what he can. Risking your life. He fights, organizes those around him, loves...
A strong feeling of immersion in THAT world...
Talent.
Odinets 24.05.2015 10:57
It's a shame that these books have not been published!
These books should be in every library! Yes, there is a genre (misfits) that is already hackneyed in its own way, but the book is about something else - about people and their relationships!
And I’m very glad that the main character is not Rambo and that he is not unfriendly with Stalin!))))))))
Grade 5 out of 5 stars from o3u13 22.11.2014 07:00
To be honest, I wanted to quit before finishing it, not because the book was bad, but because such books end quite predictably. I didn’t give up, I read it to the end, and I don’t regret it one bit - this book is worth reading. Thanks to the author, I wanted to read more of his books.
Grade 5 out of 5 stars from Lera 08/22/2014 00:26
IN When I was a child, most men were military men. They had just defeated the strongest army in the world, and life was safe among them.
We easily understood the branches of the military, ranks and awards. The highest authority was enjoyed, of course, by pilots and sailors, followed by tank crews, artillerymen, infantry, railway troops, medical services... They did not like the Enkavedeshniks. Everyone didn't like them. Even on a crowded bus, no one touched the officer in the blue cap, and there was always an unoccupied space next to him - a field of incompatibility. There were also white pogonniki, that is, quartermasters. They wore narrow silver shoulder straps. We did not treat the quartermasters in any way, as if we did not notice.
At the same time, in the bathhouse, I heard the story of a certain front-line soldier about how in 1941 he was sent from the front line to Moscow for a day. And when I was walking through the center of the darkened city at night, the doors of the famous restaurant suddenly opened, the light hit, and a tipsy company spilled out into the street: a quartermaster with a group of civilians.
Hey, front-line soldier, they say, why did you surrender Rzhev?
I probably didn’t listen attentively, because the most interesting thing in the bathhouse was the traces of wounds: here’s a bullet, here’s a shrapnel, a blue rash—powder burn, disfigured palms and face—burned in the tank.
Ten years later I ended up in a nice house. He was famous for his recently departed owner: his relatives still remembered the funeral, and in the evenings his friends came in - without warning, as before. We teenagers were busy with our frivolous rubbish and had little interest in the lives of these wonderful people. Partly because of the bewilderment inherent in youth, partly because there were still a lot of them left at that time.
These were front-line poets. People are a strange breed, combining qualities that, in the usual order of things, do not fit into one person. And how women loved them! However, men are never as expensive as after the war. And the bloodier the war, the more expensive men are.
These precious people should be listened to and listened to, listening to every word, but we have no time for them. Fortunately, the few words that went in one ear didn’t come out the other. The case concerned a famous songwriter who, during the war, flew from the front to Moscow to meet with an equally famous composer. It is clear that this meeting did not happen of one’s own free will, but with the blessing of the commander-in-chief, who ordered to write a very good song as soon as possible, and then immediately leave for the places of permanent service, that is, one - to the army newspaper, the other - to the traveling music brigade.
They worked at the Moscow Hotel, working around the clock. And so the quartermaster settled on the floor, having driven a carriage from Tashkent, I don’t remember what. This quartermaster, returning from a restaurant at night, hears the sounds of a piano and demands to stop the music. Demands first from the maid. The maid explains the situation to the best of her ability and calls on the quartermaster to listen: she likes the song about soldiers and nightingales. However, the quartermaster continues to insist, knocks on the door, the door opens.
- Do you know who I am?! - he shouts. “I’m accompanying the carriage, and instead of helping the front, you’re doing nonsense.”
The poet answers him with words that are not at all songlike, and the door slams. Then the quartermaster goes to his room and begins to compose complaints. These complaints will continue to wander through the corridors of high authorities for a long time, and the composer and poet, having submitted the song to the Radio Committee, will leave for their places of deployment.
And suddenly I remembered that once upon a time, a very long time ago, I had already heard something about quartermasters appearing in the night.
By the time this legend was told, the commissariat as a special branch of the military had been abolished, and the word itself had disappeared from use. In addition, without a doubt, among the White Pogonians there were many worthy, and perhaps even heroic, people. The point here is not the color of the shoulder straps, but the special internal structure of a person, reminiscent of a cockroach.
...Christmas time. First day. We are sitting in the cell of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. One went to prison, wished Merry Christmas to prisoners, another served in a boarding school for the deaf-blind, the third just came from Chechnya, where he baptized soldiers... The fourth was calling from Antarctica: we have a temple there, and our friend is on a long business trip. Closer to midnight, a noble official is looking for me by phone. I once dedicated a country estate and a car to him. He congratulates him on the holiday and says that he saw the service on TV, but he didn’t like everything. And he begins to scold: they say, you are not fighting here, you are not finishing this, this is out of hand, otherwise it’s going nowhere...
With the release of temporary exchange notes of the Western Volunteer Army176
the population of the occupied regions, and to an even greater extent the army itself found itself in
financially facing complete disaster.
If at present in Courland, in particular in Mitau, it is still possible
a certain exchange of agricultural products imported and produced for
new exchange notes, then in Lithuania at the first appearance of such products
completely disappeared from the market. Of course, a certain number of products may
be obtained through the apparatus of violence. Not to mention undesirable and
the inadmissibility of obtaining in this way everything necessary for the army, and ϶ᴛᴏt
the path, as experience in “Soviet Russia” has shown, will quickly and surely lead to
complete impoverishment and exhaustion of the country, will strangle economic life and cause
hatred of the population towards the army, which will make it difficult to complete the great task to
which she strives for.
Taking into account that it is impossible to wage a war without money, that the supreme
the command, obviously having exhausted the supply of money, was forced to decide on
issuing its own money, and the latter data immediately caused an economic
catastrophe, I consider it necessary to express my thoughts, in particular about
issue of temporary banknotes and, in general, about a possible settlement
monetary economy in the areas occupied by the army.
Temporary banknotes, backed by all the property of Western
volunteer army, as indicated in the text of the signs, cannot give
the population of the trust in money that is necessary for it as legitimate
means of payment. Army property, most of it subject to
destruction is not security. This money will not be recognized by the population, but
their forced introduction will create a whole series of crises.
For some time, of course, they will extract reserves through repression,
which one way or another will not escape accounting, but the influx of products, as well as
their production will cease completely. This situation always leads
the country to complete economic disaster.
The economic crisis and all related issues can be resolved
safely only on the condition of exchanging new money for the currency that is used
full confidence of the producing authorities.
It is possible to ensure the correct exchange of new banknotes only
through proper monetary management and the creation of a constant exchange
fund that fully satisfies the needs of the market. Prudent, in full
ϲᴏᴏᴛʙᴇᴛϲᴛʙii with a cash exchange fund, there is the issue of new banknotes
a prerequisite for proper monetary management.
Creation of finance in the state, in this case a durable exchange
fund, only possible, as stated above, subject to proper management
money economy.
Finance is created by:
1) Tax system.
2) Operation of state regalia, mail, telegraph, telephones,
railways, waterways.
3) Conclusion of external and internal loans.
4) Issue of banknotes.
Of the five methods given177 during the civil war, when
management of occupied areas is only being established when trade and
industry in the country is in the most abnormal, I would say, deplorable state
state, creating strong finances through taxes is unlikely to achieve
positive results and tax revenues will probably not cover the cost
their collection, it is extremely important to begin now to create a tax
apparatus, at least for the purpose of clarifying the possibility of levying taxes in the future.
Operation of mail, telegraph, railways and waterways during
war in general, and civil war in particular, brings the state only
loss and therefore at the moment there is no need to create finance.
The conclusion of external loans would be possible after a major war
success and subject to the creation of a favorable political environment.
An internal loan cannot produce any positive results now.
There remain two last ways to create finance, that is, exploitation
state assets and monopolies, and, finally, the issuance of paper money
signs. Issue of temporary banknotes secured by income from
exploitation of state property and income from monopolies, some
in this way can resolve the issue of creating finance in occupied areas.
In this case, receipts from income items should amount to exchange
fund, and the issue of temporary banknotes should be made as
accumulation of the exchange fund and in any case in such quantity as
would not discredit the new signs, since only with ϲʙᴏfree exchange will the new
banknotes will be recognized by the population and will have the value of money. Example
may serve as the issue of money "remaining"*, the exchange of which was guaranteed by
a fixed exchange rate in German currency without any hindrance. This money except
ϲʙᴏfree exchange, are not provided with anything, and among the population of the Baltic states
are considered the best banknotes.
Of course, when exchanging, a certain control must be created, and a reasonable
the fight against speculation will only yield positive results.
The main source of income from exploitation in occupied areas may be
serve the development of forest resources and the announcement of a monopoly on flax trade
and flaxseed.
These items of income, if exploited wisely, can provide the army with
for the first time, that necessary fund, without which it is currently unthinkable
the creation of finance, and by virtue of this the very existence of the army.
Operation of the indicated parts is possible either through economic or
by concession. In this case, both methods are applicable.
Exploitation of forest resources by economic means in the absence of
civilian workers, the high cost of maintaining military work teams, weak
discipline, low productivity of their labor and the complexity of forest management
economy will give a negative result. So here you have to give
preference for the concession method, which, in addition to receiving large sums
when concluding a concession, will require the army to exclusively establish control over
Declaring a flax monopoly will require taking into account all flax and
flaxseed, as ϶ᴛᴏ made in Latvia and Estonia. Implementation of this
valuable and necessary product abroad with the help of invited
specialists will give a very significant amount. Settlement with flax owners
should be carried out gradually, in the amounts necessary for complete
preserving their economy. It is worth saying that for this purpose the creation of a commission of those experienced in linen
case of specialists is a must.
In conclusion, I would like to add that my report is not a criticism of those released in
circulation of banknotes, but there is a theoretical conclusion, justified
financial science. Without having digital data on the actual
the army's needs for funds and statistical information on forestry
wealth and flax reserves in the occupied areas, of course, raise the question of
financing the army is not possible. But don't close your eyes
in reality, but there is a danger associated with a prosperous
resolving a financial issue, look it straight in the face. I claim that
if the financial issue is not resolved satisfactorily, then the army
will have to take the path of free requisitions of everything she needs
and, at best, requisitions for money that has no value. In both
go into rebellion, and the army will turn into armed masses, dangerous only
for the civilian population, that is, against what it is actually intended
