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provision of food to the families of the Red Army. ( Izv. No. 234, S. U. 76‐622).

Article No. 622.

Decree of the Council of Peopleʹs Commissars.

In repealing the decree of the Council of Labor and Defense of August 20, 1921 on the provision of food to the families of the Red Army ( 1919, No. 42, Art. 403 ) and all additional resolutions of the Council of Peopleʹs Commissars and the Council of Labor and Defense, the Council of Peopleʹs Komissarov establishes the following basic rules for the distribution of food to members of the families of the Red Army and military men (ʺKrasnaya Zvezdaʺ cards).

1.                   Food is issued to members of the families of the Red Army and military men living in the provinces and districts, declared by the decisions of the Presidium of the All‐Russian Central Executive Committee as barren.

2.                   Food, in accordance with this resolution, is issued to family members of the Red Army and military men who receive salaries for the first five categories of the combat tariff (except for the families of cadets), to family members of the administrative and economic staff of the military and naval department, who, being in service in combat units, institutions and departments, receive salaries for the first five categories of the same tariff, as well as families of disabled people, killed, dead and missing during the civil war, and families of volunteers in the ranks.

Note . The category of Red Army soldiers, military men, administrative personnel does not include women who are in active military service and those who receive salaries in the first five categories of the combat tariff, whose peers are not called up for active military service.

3.                   The right to receive food, in accordance with this regulation, is enjoyed by all those members of the families of the Red Army and Red