November 7, 1935, will be remembered in the history of the German people and the Third Reich as the day, on which the Fuhrer, Herr Adolf "Hiller, marked the re-intro-@uction of the system of compulsory military training by the sweating in of the frst recruits, te, those born in the first year of the world war, 1914, and by presenting the nation with a new war which the Fuhrer himself designed.
'An. impressive ceremony took place at Potsdam near Berlin at 8 win, tO-day, when 3,738 youths received their' military baptism on the hhistorle palace square where Frederick William 1, father of Frederick the Great, used to drill his soldiers, which composed Prussia's first great ogular army and made the lifework of, his. illustrious son possible.
These thoughts gripped all those present, when the new Reich war Colours were hoisted for the first time im the presence of War Minister and Chief of Staff, Gen. von Blombers. 'AS the new flag, the Puhrer's gift to the nation, was run up to the masthead, salvoes thundered out, all present joining the singing of the na-Honal anthem, while troops present arms. The new flag was simultaneously hoisted at all garrisons throughout the Reich.
Chancellor Hitler, as supreme chief of the defence forces, to-day issued the following proclamation to the de-the day, when the defence of the nation. is" once again assured by, the revival of universal compulsory military training, I. present—the army. with the' new "Reich war flag. The swastika is your symbol of the unity and purity of the nation, the emblem of the National Socialist world conception and the pledge of the freedom and strength of the Reich. The Iron Cross shal" exhort Th, you to maintain the unique tradition. of the old army virtues which inspired it, and the example It set you "Wt ig your duty to serve loyally in and' death the Reich colours of black, white and red. To follow this Yiag will be your pride, The old Reich flag now withdraws with honour and I reserve, the right to) order its hoisting on, special commemorative occasions.
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