APPENDIX
oath taken by the red army on enlistment
and renewed on may day each year
Before the working classes of Russia and of the whole world I swear to bear my calling honourably ; to perform my training conscientiously ; and zealously to guard public and military property from damage or loss.
I swear straightly and unflinchingly to observe revolutionary discipline, and unhesitatingly to obey all the orders of the commanders appointed by the Workers’ and Peasants’ Government.
I swear to abstain myself and withhold my comrades from all actions lowering to the dignity of a citizen of the Soviet Republic ; to direct all my actions and thoughts towards the great aim of the liberation of all the workers.
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