The Archive · 1930

The Reichswehr

To the Editor of the "Nonrn-Cirwa Datty News."

Sim—In today's issue "of your esteemed paper you published a photo showing Reichspresident von Hindenburg "reviewing the Berlin Home Guards." As this might lead to-misunderstandings and inert the unreasonable fears of suspicious people, I would like to point out that the troops in review are regular units of the Reichswehr as the German army is now called, whereas "Home Guards" or "Heimwehe" is} the name of a reactionary armed organization in Austria, J. Puavr.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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