MIKHAIL TUKHACHEVSKY, Moscow, Jan. 30. Soviet Vice-Commissar for Defence, IMI, announced 'o-day that the Red army has been increase' during the past four years from less than 600,000 to 940,000. In addition, "ne naval strength has been greatly i increased, important additions have been made to the alr force, and improvements added to various fortifications. also declared that it had been necessary to increase the 1934 budget to five thousand million roubles from 1,100,000, 000 roubles, while the 1935 budget will be approximately 6,500,000.000 roubles.
He reported thut, since 1931, submarine strength had been ircreated by 435 per cent, torpedo boats by 370 per cent., aeroplanes by 230 per cent, with tremendous Increases in tanks, heavy artillery and Ught artillery. In addition, vast stores of munitions have been piled up.
The increase la man power has been made necessary by the addltional men needed to man the new fortifications in the Far East end along the western frontier, said M. Tukhachevsky. Additional raval building will be confined to defensive craft—United Press.
Moscow, Jan. 31.
Speaking before the ' All-Union JCongress of Soviets to-day, M. Tukhachevsky, Vice-Commissar of Defence for the USSR, made a long, Jspeech on the defences of the Soviet Union.
"Our Red Army has in its ranks 455 per cent. of workers, while col lective farmers form 90 per cent. of the Army's peasant part," stated M. Tubkdachevsky. Therefore, it is com: prehensible that the entire Red Army. follows with greatest attention all €ceisions of the Communist Party. Red Army men ere the advanced executors of these decisions. The political and moral state of the Rea Army is now as firm as it never was "Communists and young Commun-sts constitute 493 per cent. of the! total personnel of the Red Army, and 683, per cent. of its commanding: staff, "There are approximately 72 per cent. of Communists among com-munders of regiments, about 90 per cent. among commanders of divisions, and 100 per cent, among commanders army corps.
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