THE VOLUNTEER fOR LIBERTY
THE ESTIMATE OF THE SITUATION
In every-day life, in almost every
~ctl on of the individual and col-
lective body, certain definite quest-
ions arise in a definite sequence.
These questions ha,'e to be an swe-
red, even if not consciously, anti
they are what, why, where, ho"
~nd when. Just as in nery other
I,hase of life. so in military opera-
tions, large and small , these sanll'
'It:estions must be answered before
a decision can be reached on which
t" hase any military plan of o pera -
tion. The answering o i th es~ 'i ues -
ti on ~, in other words the analysis
that is required, is called the esti-
mate of the s itua tion. It is made,
not only by commanders 0 i large
units who ha\'e to actually ,,,rite
their analyses down to entirely ~ s ­
slIlIilite them, but they are also ma -
d,! bv suhordinate commanders and
e,en- indiridual soluiers ,
PLAN BASIS OF ACTION
"flo" content of the estimate of the
si tuation fa ll s into a certai n formu-
la , The reason ior sticking to Ihis
standard is to habitua te sold iers to
thinking in definite terms in o rder
that in ll H.II11<.'llts of cr i", i::; they may
he hahituated tn carry this out
withuut loss of momentum.
The form gt'llerally req uired in
all ~rmi es is :
First paragra ph -Til ...lJissioll-
In other wn n b the answe r to •• \vhat
am I to do, what i:-; my ge ne ral
task"? Sl'C'OIHI p<!rag-raph is all
ao,alvsis (Ii the - O/,/,osillg " or-
CI'S~ and is suo,Ii"i,led into (a) the
fo;ces of the enemy, their number,
their material cOlI(iition and equ ip-
ment. their physical conditi on , thc i I'
morale, their reserves, thei r pos it-
ion on the terra in and so fo rth, Th e
se(on<i parag raph (~,) is a ~ im ila r
anal\'sis of ou r own forces. The
next' main parag raph i ~ th e enemy's
situation and intentions. \Ve know
his streng-th , approxilllately, and his
j:!c:ncral condition . \ \'e ou ~ ht to
know the g-l'neral la ,' of the la nd
;011(1 then \n' "naly s~ in detail. if
po" ,ih"'. plans, They may he ei ther
to attack or defend in some special
manner. By elimina tion \\T choose
the 1I1",t prohablr o f thc,;e plans
amI consider them ~c rinu s l y. The
II{' xt paragraph is onr possihle
plans. hased u pon our a naly ~ i s oi
the plalls open tn the e lll' IIlY , " ' e
consider wha t po~s ihle plan s we (an
usc and in some detai l we analyse
these possihil ities. W e we ig h , seri-
ously. for installce , the poss ibility
of att;t{:'king and defendi ng in some
sp"cial positi on. \\'e di scuss the
plohlel1l:o' in each case. their addsa-
hilit~· or illacl\,j~,hility. a nti ad\'an 4
ta g"C':, and cli :--:ul\'C'\ntag-C':o:, their
Last of a Series of Five Articles Dealing with
Military Questions, by the Commander of
the Battalion of Instruction N.O 1.5
MAJOR ALLAN JOHNSON
"trength and their wea kness, and
once again by elimination we Ch004
'" thl' 1I10st probahle pla n tha t ,,'e
can use. T his plan is then finally
'H ittl'n Ollt into the fifth pa ragraph
ui the t'~ timate .,f the ~i tuati o n as
O liO' decision, It is upon thi s decision
that the fil'ld oreler is ba sed.
Alth ollgh all thi s work may
appear ~ imple and ~ometim cs l1nnc-
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GEORGE FLETCHER of the British Battalion
A mong those ,,'100 recei \'eu good
service awards at Christmas was
Lieutenant George Fletcher. Lik e
(, th e r~
fr ulll L ancashi re, he is a llIan
with a gcnial manner ; but it is a
ha rd j ub to lIlake him ta lk. Hi ,
own pa st histo ry intc,' fl' sb hill} iar
k~s than Spain 's prl':-ocllt mOlll(,llt.
He CUlllln,nub th t: macliinl'-g ull
company of the Briti , h Battalion.
H e has heen a soldier since 1915,
when he j!liIlC<i tht: L anca·sh ire
Fu :, il ier!'i. Hl' l'llj(ly~:.ill ou tduo r Ii ie
II I action , and IH.' d(ll'~n't ca re ior
:-- itting :-;till. a:i those \\'l1u ha n!
heard hi :. ia11lou :-> ~un ~ lI it .. J\: l'l'P
onl' i illg'l'r Illu\'i ng " will unders-
tand,
iJuring the world wa r he took
pa rt ill the ( ;allip" li action, a nd
made the difii cult 1anding, which
he d l':,c rih<.' :-i as an cxpl'ril'llc(' ra ther
morl' exci t ing" than the warmest
hl0llll' n t:o: at Brul1ctt', Il" hc Tm J...:s
h",1 la id barbed w ire ull(kr the
" 'a teI', all<l t his had to he pass,',1
IInd er ,;ht'lI-iire from batte ries Ull
the h ill , ~ b(lye shore. One would
g ue" that this was the toughe,;t
n""",'n t of Lt. Fletcher's liie u p to
thl' preselll tillll', but he doesn't
""Y milch a hout it. On ce the heach
\Va:-- reached the <ii f iicuhies cn:ncd
out a lilll<-. and the rest of th e aet -
i OIl \Va·:, ca:-; it'r work than the fi glit
jill' .:\ fo"tJuitu Crest.
EXPERIENCE USEFUL
Aiter the wa r , Fletcher remained
ill the sc r ricl', anti ~ pl'nt :-;uml..' years
ill India. By IY3() ht.> \\'as CUBktll
pla ting- ;t rt'turn to ci"ilian Ii ic and
had cel"tain specul ative ideas ~b()lIt
Il!ar riag-e. He W;} ~ ou t of 50Idi~rill g­
for ~i x IlH)J1th s, l)ut the appt.:a ra·nrc
uf anlled i a:-.C' i ~ 1l1 in Spain chang-l'"
hi s plan, ~g-ain. Il l' "rri "e,1 in tloi ,;
COlllltry ill JI llY fli last yt'ar. ] 1I:"'
7
Cl'ssary it is a g'ood experience for
,; nho rdinate commanders to pr~c tise
making estimates o f the situation
at a ll ti llles, in order to familiarise
thcmselves with the mallY possibi-
lities th~ t a rc open to th l'l lI, Es!'l'-
" ,a ll y ullder modern conditio ns ui
,,'ariare where a grl';;t dca l o f lati-
tilde and in itiative lies within th e
rea lm of the su bor d inate comman-
e x per ience with l ire-a rm s flf all
sorh \\'a :; an a:-~(.· t a t tht' tr;lining-
ralllp, whl're hl.' :'111111 pickel l up t ilt.'
;-;pcci:ti tcalun'S u f til..! \\,c:tPOl1S
\\hich the l\ •.:puhli l..'a ll :\nll Y \\·a . .
lI:" illg-. and Ix.·gall to instrllr ( tllo_. . ~·
\\.'j tl1 it's .. ; l' xpc ril'lll'l..' thal1 hill bl..'li .
\-\'IH..' 11 the sectiol1 s competed ill dj~­
lila ntling- and rl·a:-:':"t' lIlhl ing-. the ir
arms. Fletcher could bl'a t anyhody.
1-1 1..' ha:-- (ki t fin g-l'r:- and an ;u.' ( ur;ltl'
eyl'. In tra in in.!.:-. and :-i llC'C', he h;:,:.
IHt. ' \'l'd hilll:"l'I i a iirst-da!'-s ri f1 e
"loot.
H(' fir:--t sa \\" acti,'c se n 'icc in
~pai ll at 13runl'te. where he was
wound ed in thl' :--iluuld<.:r. \\-heIl hi s
wound wa s f ina lly healed, he W[I:;
oifl'rt.:d a 1'1I:o:it ioll at tlw new train-
ing r; lIl1p . hut p rcle rrctJ to rejo in
4
th e ~attalitm. He \\'l'Ilt il1tll a(:ti uTl
ag-nin at Fu~ ntt: s de Ehro.
ON DISCIPLINE
1.1. F k lelle r h ~, wat ch('d iii,,'
J.," rllwt h o i di ... (· ipliul...· ;lIld f)r;.!'alli ~a t ­
ion ill till' J~ l'p l1 hiil'all :\1'1 11." wit ll
lli t' :"ali :..iar titlll II! :Ill IIld h:t1ld . I k
der. Th e knowledge of how to make
a correct analys is or estimate of
the "ituation is also the fo undation
for issuing corred field orders, oral
o r w ritten, during an action, a nd
since so much depenus upon the
brevity, concbeness and clar ity o f
these field orders, it is quite obvious
that before they can be either clear,
concise o r brief, their essence must
be th"rollg-hl y uIH.lerstoud , No com-
!!lander ca n issue such an order
and ca r ry it Ollt with "ctermination
11111 e:-.:; he kl1o\\'s exactly what the
, itua tio n is alld how he is going to
carry into effect the decis ions he
docs reach and knows exactly how ,
wh en and where these must I)e done.
kno,,'s ",ha t it means. rn hi s opinion
tloe forma lities o f discipline, far
irom compli cating a soldie r 's lik,
lIIa ke it easie r. E\'en in an IlIIpe-
riali , t army he fo und that out,
t ll "ug-h di scipline the re is not used
, ,,Id y fn r (he purpose of ra isin!:
the s(lI,lier's le\'e1 o i efficiency.
\\ 'he re 10" traces the main differen-
ce i, in till' illlportance that the He-
puhlican Army a ttache,; to the de n'-
I()pm ent oi intelligence in the pri-
\ ~!tl' :--111c1i c r, on the a ssumption tha t
lloe 1II0 re " llIan know s the better 10,,'
ii f~ ht,; , An Imperiali st arllly is
rOlllpel1ed by it:-> 0\\' 11 cundi t ions to
di:-;e{/urage the ran k and file from
k now ing' t oo I111H:1I about what i ~
~()i;lg" 011. ill case it occurred to
thl'1I 1 (ha t tht'y we re be ing used in
~ ()IJ1 t.'n l l(: ('he's interest.
Till' di :.; till r ti o n l' rea tes a 11('\\0'
:ltlllO:-- plll.TC ill which a m all can get
tn gl'i p ~. w ith ili s jo1>. Discipline
dt.';tl':- - the air and mak('s c \·crything
t,·;,:-,II..:I' ttl illliu\\' . F ur th.: illdi "idl1a l
it b l.·!' ·.IIlW .... a ma tter oi practical
:-;. uld ic ring, t'tjui\'alellt tc) keeping'
hi ~ ri f le dea n Clr h is ft·<:t il1 tri m.
F or th e ..\ rilly a·:-\ a wh(lle it is a
11I(,';I:--ure that mak e . . tlu' mach ine:
111 \1 1'1.' COIllP:\Ct. ru ts Utlt delay and
illtTt.'ases the jc .rcc ul if:... st~ikillg­
l'()\\ cr.
The ddt iing n , ,.i Lt. Fletdl<'r
are pu t t{l !HallY u"t,· ...:. During h i ...
traillill !.!· da\':" Ill' con~titu t C'd fiit,·
p<.: r . . t,·I;t uf the ( 'olllp:my Band, fc I~I
\\·J.i rli b · pru \'idt'd i'ercl1 ~:.; i {) n witll
:1 p:lir (,i :-- POOI}:-i. ll l' ca n a lw{I \'s b~
n ·1il·d (Ill tur a g'o()d 1Illllliler· at :t
"'I,ci al (."· l ·nillg". Tht' otlh· surcc:,'i hi '
lay:- (!aim t() j~ tl'dt ' ] 1(, brougil t
h ·ar~ lo tilt· \it'aldt.' :-; \',\{':-\ with h i . .
;\1 I"H!qtir 'ling-hit. lit· th ink.. . . t h i ~
111ll:-- t III t1h' n·; ; .... " 11 \\ 11,' hI." n'ct'i\'ed
I.i, :I\\·", rd. .
:'1. T.
 8 THE VOLUNTEEQ FOQ LIREQTY

used to them. Then you 'Come to

LETTERS
a peaceful country, and you have
different kinds of worries. When
you go to meetings there's a lot
NUEVOS RECLUTAS
of talk but little action . They do
not understand the meaning of .Ayudar, organizar y capacitar explicarle como se debe proteger
discipline, as men do who have a la juventud •. Palabras dichas
FROt..\ por el Secretario general de la
J. S . U . Palabras, que necesitamos
de los ataques de los aviones, como
se construyen refugios. Cada sol-
dado veterano debe hacer todo 10
aplicar inmediatantente. Pronto posible para que 10 que el ya sabe,
llegaran a las U nidades j ovenes 10 sepa' tamblen el nuevo recluta.

HOME reclutas. Sangre joven y dispuesta

a luchar. Pero todav!a can poca
experiencia. Desde el momento en
que el Tecluta Begue a la Unidad
EI recluta debe aprender a escri-
hir a leer. Para ella, cada vete-
rano Ie debe prestar su maxima
ayuda. En los ratos de tTanquilidad
empieza nuestra tarea. Hay que debe dejar por unos momentos el
ayudarles desde todos los puntos fusil a un lado, y empuiiar las
Stay as Lone as You de vista. Si no saben COIIIO hay otras armas que son el papel y la
Can, Advises Veteran que aprovechar el terreno, hay plul1la. Se deberan organizar es-
que enseiiarselo concienzudamente, cuelas de Transl1lisiones, Sani-
Dear T ..... dad, etc. para los nuevos reclutas,
donde este pueda lIegar dentro del
Your letter arrived, as usual, bee" .jlt war. Another thing is that menor_ espacio de tiempo a poder
more than a montll'after yon had thtn~s go too slow ... I wish h was lIev..-, • por la capacitacion obte-
written it. Received The Volun- pOSSIble for me to return to be nida, galones ganados l1Ierecida-
teer for Liberty and the other ma- in Spain still . In Spai n we "'ere mente. Se les debeni dar chru:las,
teriallong before - the song books able to be always with lIlen who explicandoles por que deben lu-
and other little booklets, and then were men, mel; who spoke a., caar a muerte hasta el aplasta-
the F rench book of the 15th Bri- friend s and did not hay< - could miento final del fascismo. Si son
gade. Could you tell me if they not ha,'e - anything to hide .. labradores, se les deber:!. dar ,c har-
are going to print that book in ,,'e1l, Pat, Dan and the boys las de 10 que la Reptlblica del
E ngli sh ? I showed it to a number send their h<e st regards. The boys Prente Popular ha dado a los
of people and all of them said they say that whatever you do, stay campesi nos y a los trabajadores de
would like to buy it if it were in En- there in Spaiu as long as you can ... la tierra. Si son obreros, se les
g li sh. Most of the material you Salud! explicara el cambia operado en
haYe sent I'ye given to the Friends las ciudades, en el que y_a no
of the Brigade ; the rest I use
myself, showing things to diffe-
rent people. The song books 1 am
going to lend to different choruses
... lln,f. FRAIT
exist e un solo paTado! Todos ell
pie a recibir a los nuevos reclutas,
y a capacitarlos para que Jleguen
British Labor M. P ., a Ser una de las armas mas pode-
aTound here. Ted Williams, Hears roSas p ·ra aplastar a la invasion
The Phiadelphi a Friends of the fa.,cista !
from Miners federation
Lineoln Brigade are now at lor [ F. N.
l'hestnut St ., Room SI8. They IUlre Dear Ted:
also been receiyjn~ Yohmtcer. and
posters. Dan Elk1l1s, secretary of During the yjsit you and your ........•........•..................•.......••
the FLB, asks tha t you send him colleagues an' making to Spain ,
as lIlany cards, posters and o ther kindl y com 'ey to the l",roic pcopl~
material as possibl e. They could of that country the deepfe\t grati-
be sold or used as prizes t o popu - tude of the British minus in their 21 BOMBARDMENTS FAIL
larize their work. fight for the cause of economic
The boys who haYe rdurned are fr eedom .
Wa1coff, Hy komeT, Harry \\"a· 'fa the miners of Asturias, those TO DAUNT VALENCIANS
1Iach, Jacobs, Rodlester, Chime- giant gladiators of itl'measurable
lofsky, :\ldnkoff. Harold London ga llantry , gi" e a real British mi··
from the ,,'ashingt on lIattalion . ners' appreciation for their glo- .Children first " is the motto of huilt tocomlllunicate with a bomh-
and Brenner. who was an aviator. rious work. the Junt a Passive Defense of Va- • proof shelter in which a special ope-
\\'e hare already established a Wherever you go, whoever you lencia, which has just published rating theatre can be set up.
chapter of the \'eternns; it is met! among the fighters and wor- data concerning its work in the The Junta has also built an e m~r­
called the \\'kkman-BarreI1i Chap- kers for Spanish liherty as against first seYen 11I0nths of its exi stence . gency hospital with two operating
teT ... tyranny, thank thenl in our name . The J"nta, its work hastened be- theatres and twelve beds. It ·h as
You mention in " our letter that Their good caUSe must sprea,1 l'ause of the 2 J botnhar<lluents built three homb-proof shelters
you often wonder whether it is throughout the length and hreadth which Val ~ ncia has undergone, has inside the cit" and two in the
possibl .. to fe·adjust onesd f COIll- of thl- world . h<egun the <"onstruction of eight
pletely a!t~r lladng o.,en 10 war. Ya ms £rat~rnalh', . 1:)Q,nb-pro0t ~he lt <:rs a<!joi nin!( outskirts. It looks aft er the upkeep
Well, it is difficult . When o ne is " bby T:dward , . .'icc.y . schools, an1l It ha., rarned alit of the sheltelt predously rollS -
at war there aTt.' u nUJ11h,,: f of ~[in Hs, F(' d ~ration works to protect four clinics. In truct ed and the installation of pa-
things that happ~n ; aud Ollc get' (; ( r£ot a Britain one of these a tu nnel had to he weI ful air-raid warning sirens.

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iNO PASARAN!
Vol. II • SPECIAL No.9
iNn CEDER UN SOLO PALMO DE TERRENO
DO NOT YIELD AN INCH
OF
GROUND
TO
THE ENEMY~
Defend every
conquered posi-
tion; hold our li-
nes fi rm IYi FOR-
TIFY, FORTIFY,
FORTIFY, THIS IS
THE DUTY OF
EVERY SOLDIER
Brigadas Internacio-
les, congregacion gene-
rosa y espor.tonea de
hombre .• de los Cinco
partes del Mundo, que
pedian uno plaza para
morir par 10 libertad .
DR . JUAN NEGRIN
r
The VOLUNTEER
FOR LIBERTY
Barcelona. March 17 • 1935
AL
ENEMIGO!
GUADALAJARA Defender bien
HACE UN ANO A YEAR AGO
cada posicion
En Guadalajara el In Guadalajara the
conquistada,
enemigo poseia instru· enemy possessed more
mentos de combate nu· numerous and better mantener fuertes
merosos, mejores y ma-
weapons
h
t an ours nuestras Iineas.
yores que los nuestros
then_ However, first the FORTI FICA R,
entonces. Sin embargo,
, · 'd enemy was held back,
f ue prlmero contenl a FORTIFICAR,
y despues aplcstado. then beaten .
FORTIFICAR,
. . d
EI f ac t or d eClSIVO e
I The decisive factor of
es el gran deber
aquel gran episodio. that great episode, was
como tiene que serlo the brilliant morale of del soldado, man-
junto a nuestros mejo- our troops, Ihe strength, dos y comisarios.
res elementos de com the couragp. of our com-
bate en la lucha de manders and Political
manana fue la MORAL Ayuda a los Comisa-
Commissars. With this
INQUEBRANT ABLE DE rios para que no e x is-
same morale we can ta un solo combatiente
NUESTROS SOLDADOS
smash through the que ignore para que
l<.l ~rn.eza, la decision
Fascist · Offensive and lucha y que es 10 q'Je
y el coraje de nuestros
va a ganar con 10 vic-
MANDOS Y COMISA- hold high the Banner
toria .
RIOS POLITICOS . of the Republic
2 THE VOLUNTEER FOR LIBERTY

i FIRMES EN EL FRENTE!
grita la u. G. T. a los Oficiales
de la XV Brigada
A TODOS LOS CAMARADAS SOLDADOS Y OFICIALES DE LA XV BRIGADA
i Celebremos hoy una victoria de un i-
dad, conseguida por las masas de la
U. G. T. Y de la C. N. T., que han sellado
su pacto de UNIDAD DE ACCION!
i Que este firme paso para preparar las
condiciones de la victoria, que afianza la
unidad de toda la Espana antifascista,
sirva para impulsar la bravura de nues-
tras armas y tensar los pulsos de nuestros
soldados !
i NO QUEREMOS SER VASALLOS DE
MUSSOLlNI! i NO SEREMOS NUNCA
UN PAIS FASCISTA!
UNA SOLA CONSIGNA: Para los solda-
dos, resistir; para la retaguardia, trabajar.
Y por encima de todo, fe; absoluta fe en
FFOE:RACION LOCAL DE SINDICATOS DE BARCELONA, U. G. T•
y soldados
el destino victorioso de la REPUBLICA.
i NUESTRA ESPANA NO SERA DE
LOS INV ASORES !
Defendemos nuestra tierra, nuestras ca-
sas, nuestras vidas y nuestro porvenir.
i No p.odemos retroceder un solo paso!
i Unidos, inquebrantablemente unidos
en la resistencia!
i Firmes en las trincheras! i Nosotros
estamos firmes en las fabri..as!
i Atnis, los enemigJs del pueblo!
i ESPANA NO SERA DE MUSSOLlNI!
i ESPANA PERTENECE AL PUEBLO
ESPANOL!
i RESISTID, FORTIFICAD, Y NUNCA
PASARAN!

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"BE FIRM AT THE FRONT!" SAYS UOT TO OFFICERS AND MEN

OF 15 th BRlfiADE "WIHLE WE SPEED UP WAR PRODUCTION 'I
TO THE COMRADE SOLDIERS AND OFFICERS OF THE 15th BRIGADE
A great victory in the rearguard has been sealed -_.- a OUR SPAIN SHALL NOT BE THAT OF THE
pact of UNITY between the U. G. T. and the C. N. T. INVADERS!
This tremendous victory means the doubling of all We are defending our land, our homes, our lives
our efforts to help win the war. and our future!
It means we shall be able to send you more and We cannot and must not retreat a step!
better war material to defend yourselves against the UNITE, unite in the resistance!
bestial fascist murderers. BE FIRM AT THE FRONT WHILE WE WORK AS
In this critical moment there must be one slogan: FIRML Y IN THE WAR FACTORIES 1
For you: RESIST, RESIST at all costs. SMASH THE ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE!
For the rearguard : SPAIN SHALL NEVER
WORK HARDER THAN 1 BE MUSSOLlNI'S.
EVER. SPAIN BELONGS TO
Comrades: Now is the time when unity and courage
".-
i~J
and hard work are needed more than ever before. Every
drop of blood shed by our comrades on the fields of
Spain is blood spilled in the protection of our own lands
- blood spilled in the war to exterminate German
Nazism and Italian Fascism.
Comrades :, whatever our nationality, whether we be
Amcrican or British or Spanish let us fight shoulder to
shoulder together in this critical time as we have worked
THE LOYAL SPANISH
side by side :n past battles! Let us resist with strength,
Above .\11 you must PEOPLE.
and turn thc fascist offensive into a crushing defeat and
keep FA ITli, abs'olute faith RESIST! FORTIFY!
rout, as our comrades did at Guadalajara a year ago!
in the victorious destinY
oi the I<F.P( IRI Ie. - ,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _1 PASS! THE YSHALL NOT
And

fedtraci6n Local de Sindicatos de Barcelona, If. r.. T,

RESISTIR ES VENeER
Vol. II • SPECIAL No. 10
iATRAS LOS INVASORES DE ESPANA!
DRIVE OUT THE INVADERS OF SPAINI
Make Aragon a se-
cond Guadalajara
for the Italians!
Reinforcements of arms
and men are on their way.
These new weapons, with
your courage and heroism,
can be used to halt and
destroy the enemy.
All of Spain is with you.
The whole nation is mo-
bilizing in a feverish war
tempo against the fascists.
Fling your whole strength
against the invaders!
TO DEFEND SPAIN'S
FREEDOM IS TO DEFEN D
YOUR OWN HOMELAND!
The VOLUNTEER
FOR LIBERTY
~
Barcelo.. a, March 11 • 1958
,Aragon sera para
los Italianos un
segundo Guada-
lajara!
,Soldados! ,Combatientes
todos! Nuevos herman os
vuestros. Nuevos medios de
lucha van a ayudaros, y
con ell os y con vuestro he-
roismo y vuestro patriot/s-
mo hay que aplastar a los
extranjeros que asaltan la
Una sola preocupaci6n politica en todo el patriae Todo el pueblo esta
pais y en todos los antifascistas: a vuestro lado. Toda la pa-
tria se movi j :a en un
i'Uni~a~ contra el enemiao comun!
mismo lat/do de guerra
.. __ ww • • • __ . . . . . . .-• • • ·. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .·. -• •-• •-. . . . . . ... . . contra los invasores•
uCada metro de tierra DESCARGAD COMO
Hl)RACAN INCONTENI-
espanola tiene ahora un BLE TODA LA FUERZA
valor de kilometros para DE VUESTRO DESPRE-
nuestro destino y el de la CIO, DE VUESTRO 0010
SAGRADO CONTRA LAS
humanidad civilizada." HORDAS SEDIENTAS DE
(Dd ... iscurso dd ~lini stro de In strued()1l
l'tiblka. call1a rada J cst'ts I-I crl1{tlldcz.j VUESTRA LIBERTAD.
 2 THE VOLUNTEER FOR LIBERTY

TO FORTIFY IS TO CONQUER!
__ ••••e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . __________________ . . . . . . . . . _ ••• ____ • ________________ . . . . . . . . ______ ••••••

NOW IS THE TIME TO STRIKE

BACK!
It is twenty months, almost to a day since the have already arrived. Other large shir',.c1ts are on
traitor generals, the Benedict Arnolds of Spain, began the way.
their rebellion of blood against the Spanish people. This flow will not be interrupted a moment!
I wenty months since the combined forces of German Artillery, planes, ammunition- these are now turned
aJ1d Italian fascism have despoiled the land. out, and will continue to be turned out, in abundance.
It has also been twenty months of stiff resistan- Sufficient to turn every attack into a counter-attack
ce ·-tv,enty months during that will win back for Loyal
wllich the enemy has been Spain the land which rig-
., lopped at all vital points, htfully belongs to the peo-
,iC in Madrid, as in Gua- ple with whom we fight
'.: ;ajara, and the J arama shoulder to shoulder.
;,ey. These materials, added
Today the people of
to our will to conquer,
;",in work harder than
will go a long way toward
,;',. before to turn out the
victory.
"'.erials of war - mate-
The workers of the rear
!; which we, the soldiers
,he Republic, can trans- 1.u.cf.Mi,.s ~oJ.d.ac:to.~ dd puJd"" t(l.d", ee a1&.- pledge that the flow of war

J into materials of vic-
",,Jar suppli"s flow stea-
1t!.Q#tW'.to- ~ MUJiUiJ pQ1&.Q a~, co"'" v~tw. materials to the front shall
'1.oR..o-\. IJ v"':.Jt..\.Q. peJt.i.cio., "i..c.J:.oJIiA.J cUu:i.siv4oI ell to. not cease.
~.o. pO)r. i.4 tl~ de UpClii4.
Dr .1I./[:'(jfIlY Pr,-sidHu.' They - and all Spain-
de/ Corls.j;) ,ii' :\fillh{f(_~

toward the front. Some await our answer.

iRESls~rID
Vol. II • SPECI.-%l So. 11
LUCHAR HA8TA LA VICTORIA
iSoldados!
Cui dad y conservad las
armas como el tesoro mas
preciado que el pueblo es-
panol ha puesto en vues-
tras manos.
Cada fusH, cad a maqui-
na, ha costado a nuestra
patria dificultades y sacri-
ficios inmensos obtenerlo.
No abandones jamas tu
fusil. EI es tu mejor com-
panero. Tu mejor instru-
mento de defensa.
Por cada lusH que se
abandona 0 se estropea se
presta un valioso ~e"rYicio a
tus peores e06migO$: a los
traidores c'oQio
Q
Franco
.
1 canones ni los aviones: 10 oeupanlos hombres, 10 ocupa la
los sCllOs. J .a los mercena-
rios de Jlltler y Mussolini
que Invaden nuestro pais.
Y FORTIFICAD!
The VOLUNTEER
FOR LIBERTY
~
Barcelona, Mu,b 15 • 193&
',
EI enemigo emplea una nueva tactica. Contra nuestros
hombres. nlliquinas. Pero en la guerra el factor fundamen-
tal es el hombre. EI hombre dotado de la conviccion heroica
de que esta empenado en la mas grlinde lucha por su Jiber-
tad. Porque cada joven que lIega a nuestro Ejercito, cada
antifascista que se encuadra en el, cada espanol simplemente
lIamado al cumplimiento de su deber militar saben que estan
luchando porque la Patria no sucumba bajo un poder ex-
tranjero, porque nuestras minas, nuestros campos, m:estras
mujeres, nuestra dignidad no sean botln de un invasor.
lid di.'Cllr:-;o Jd ~Jinl~tT() de Instn]('cii)11
] 'lllllic;i. t::unarada J eS11." lIt'Tn3.11dez.)
.Camarada comisario!
La consigna de todo nuestro pue.
blo es: j Resistir al enemigo!
La defensa del terreno hasta el
heroismo mas grandioso la han he-
cho nuestros soldados en docenas de
bat alias durisimas.
Basto que nuestros soldados com-
prendiesen bien la necesidad impe-
riosa de cerrar el paso al enemigo
para que cada combatiente popular
se transformase en una muralla que
no pod ian franquear los ejercitos
invasores.
EI trabajo politico de nuestros co·
i Camarada soldado! misarios, la fortaleza moral y la re-
EI deber sublime de todo luchador antifascista en estas solucion de heroismo y sacrlflcio que
horas es resistir al enemigo. Resistir frente a todos lOS transmitian a cada soldado, el ejem-
obstaculos y dificultades. plo personal de clentos de comisa-
rios en momentos declsivos hlzo de
La resisteneia ardiente del pueblo en otras etapas dificiles cada soldado un ejemplo brillante
permiti6 eonvertir las ofensivas fascistas en victorias de disclplina y arrojo.
republicanas. Como en otras tantas batallas, en
:.lj las balas, ni los obuses, ni las bombas de la aviation Madrid, en Guadalajara, en el Jara-
faseista pueden impedir que nuestros combatientes se peguen rna, en Pozoblanco, en Teruel, hoy
a la tierra y no la abandonen. EI terreno no 10 oeupan los en Aragon, los comisarios tlenen
que ser los hombres decislvos de las
situaciones dificiles.
infanteria. Y eada soldado del Ejercito Popular vale diez jComlsarios! EI epiJogo de la ba-
veees mas que los soldados obligados a luchar por Franco y talla de Aragon tiene que ser, por
los mercenarios traidores de ltalla, Alemania y Marruecos. vuestro trabajo, el mismo del 18 d.
maTZO en Guadalajara.
 THE VOLUNTEER fOR LIBERTY
SPAIN WILL NEVER YIELD
TO FAS£ISM
« Our people has always known how to defend itself,
our whole history, the history of the people's liberties
in our country is a lesson in heroism. Our people never
tolerated the yoke of foreign rule, was never willing to
be a subject nation. With a sublime heroism the people
of Numancia buried themselves in the ruins of their city.
With epic bravery our grandfathers defended Spanish
soil against the Napoleonic eagles. And it is from this
home of heroes, this brood of Titans, this virile, undying
blood that our people spring. Yesterday, armed with
shot guns sticks, knives and shears, this people defeated
the invasion. Today, with that spirit which glows ,through
the whole history of Spain it will never tolerate any fo-
reign rule. The whole spirit of the present war blends
with our people's past, with its detennination to be in-
dependent, to be free •
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ONE VI«!TORY THEY CA.NNOT WIN!
The city of Barcelona suffered, during the days of
March 16, 17, and 18, the heaviest and most concen-
trated aerial bombardment that any city has received
in the history of the war. Despite this, the people have
not wavered.
Instead of buckling to the brutality of fascism, the
people are uniting . more c10-
sely than ever. The C. N. T.
and the U. G. T., Spain's
giant trade union organiza-
tions, have completed a Unity
Pact that will bring the wor-
kers of all fields into one
powerful front against the in-
vaders. The war factories
hum busily. Industry is rea-
ching a vigorous war tem-
po. Catalonia will not give
in to fascism.
'II1p. Ellu., •• na y
These are the spiritual virtues of our innermost Spa-
nish being. This is the spirit which must be aroused to
the highest pitch and in that spirit our Army and our
people must be trained. - The unconquerable spirit of
resistance. To cling to the ground, to protect it with a
body that prefers death to slavery, to guard it with our
unyielding resolve not to let them pass. Every yard of
Spanish soil today has the worth of miles for our destiny
and for the destiny of all civilised mankind. To resist
is to conquer. firm in the defence, firm on Spanish
land! from our victorious resistance will spring the im-
pulse for our overwhelming offensive.»
JESUS HERNANDEZ
Minister of Public Instruction
A year ago, Madrid inflicted heavy blows on the
fascists at Jarama and Guadalajara. The 15th Brigade
played a leading role in stopping the fascists at Jarama.
Madrid was NOT taken.
Now the 15th Brigade can once again playa leading
and historic role in the Spanish war by again stopping
the fascists dead in their tracks. We can duplicate the
Guadalajara triumph of
a year ago.
The enemy may have
advanced and won
ground, but one victory
they shall not win -
and that is THE fiNAL
VICTORY.
That last victory can
be, AND WILL BE,
OURS.
L'~. Caml, E. C.• Torr" Amal, 9 . Barcelo...
iFIRMES EN LA RESISTENCIA!
The VOLUNTEER
FOR LIBERTY
Vol. II - SPECIAL No. U Barceloaa. March %8 - 19M

CADA PICO FORTIFICANDO

CONTRA LOS ENEMIGOS DEL PUEBLO
Se han dado muchas ordenes, de que inmcdiatamente
despues de la entrada en una posicion se deben cons·truir
fortificllciones. Pero muehos de nuestros· camaradas nn
piensan en crearse, siendo csto 10 primero de todo, una
\erdadera defensa, con la cual estit ase/lurado contra arti o
IIcria y aviacion. Los ultimos eombates en Teruel nos· han
demostrado, que eada soldado que no se ha fortificado bien,
esta perdido en el terreno.
t. Que es 10 que debe teoer siempre consi/lo un soldado
de Infanteria? Un fusil para disparar y una pala, con la
cual se pueda fortificar en todo momento. Pero a pesar
de esto, estas necesidades. elementales no nos han entrado
en la cabeza como nos debian haber cntrado.
teOmo son en su mayor parte una de nuestras posicio o
nes? Tomemos como ejemplo un hoyo de tirador. Un agu,
jero grande, no JI1uy hondo, pero ancho, de forma que pue o
da conten~r uno 0 dos hombres. Ademas, las piedras s·a o
cadas del agujero son colocadas en la direccion del tiro
dclante del a/lujero de tirador. Por la anchura del hoyo,
eada a\iador esta en condiciones de poder tocar al tirador
que se encuentra en el IIOYo. La3 piedras colocadas delante
del agujero, pueden convertirse muy filcilmenlc en me o
tralla en el momento en quo una bala hace blanco en elias
y hieren al combatiente que se encueiltra detrits.
t Como se debe cons·truir un hoyo de tirador? En una
"rofundidad de 1'10 m. y en una anch u ra de 70 a 80 em. ;
esto es compldamente suficiente y tiene todas las exigen o
cias de una buena proteccion, que neeesita el tirador. La
tierra saeada se debe eolocar en la direccion de tiro, y
proporciona una buena cazadorll de balas contra los liros
de Infanterill, sin que eI comblltiente que rc cncuentra de ,
trits sell herido. Las piedras sacadas se tiran a algunos
metros de distanda detrits del hoyo de tiradflr. Se debe
poner una especial atencion en eI « ~al1lullajt » . La tierra
fresca acabada de sacar se tiene que ajustar al tureno y
no se tiene que diferenciar por nada de los alrededores.
Este trabajo Sl! pu~de realizar en una noche y a la maiiana
siguiente el soldado tiene una prote~don s·uliciente contra
el fuego de Infanteria cnemigo y contra el ' u ·go de las
ametrlllladoras de los aviones.
No eI hora mal que de lener un 1010 penllmi.nto y una lola
yolunlad, aplaslar al enemigo. Aplaslarle, luchando en el Irenle, Iraba-
jando mil en la relaguardia, persiguiendol. y dflenmascarindole cuando
Ie O(ulta entre nOlolrol.
0,. NEGRIN. Pr•• ident. eMl ConMjo d. Miniltr".
i"~~..-,-,,~c.-
-.- ..- ......
~,- ~ ..- ..-. ~
...~
-,..dc» ,, ;;~
Excmo. Sr. "residente del Consejo de Ministros.
Los soldados, Clases y Comisarios del 55 Batallon de
lit 14 Brigada Mixta, piden a V. E. emplee mano dura
contra los enemi/los del pueblo que pretenden esclavilar·
nos con s·u reRi men tiranico.
Los combaliellles de este Batallon estamos dispuestos
a derramar toda nuesh'a sallgre hasta aplastarlos definiti,
"amenle, porque de esto depende el biencstar dt todos los
trabajadores., haciendo al mismo tiempo vieja y firme
nuestra consigna de 11'10 pasaritn y pasaremo,, !
Nos oponemos termin3ntemente a pacto de ninguna
clase con los as · sinos de n ur:.tros hermanos de c1ase, por
tener plena ~guridad tn Iluestro ruerte Gobitrno del
Frente Popular.
Queremos que en nuestra reta~uardia cunda nuestro
ejemplo, intensifkando su trabajo en la producciilD de ma o
terial de guerra, y de esta lorma, trabajando conjunta·
mente retagllardia y vanguardia, el fascismo ~e tstTellara
en Espada.
Felicitamos a !suestro Gobierno por su correcta actua-
cion.
I Vha nuestro glorioso Ejercito y eJ frente Popullir 1
Sigltcn 5'-' fit'm as

NEWS BRIEFS OF THE WEEK
NEW YORK. - The hos-
tilit v of the American people
agaInst the Ncutr alitl' act is
growing daily . This Ad, pas-
sed in Ma.~, 1937, was desig-
neu to prevent wa r shipml'lIb
from being sellt from the Ulli-
ted States to loyal Spain. Th<:
. :t\'ew York Times. in a sen-
sational editorial calls for th<.:.
repeal of the Neutralit y Act.
A Spanish paper reports
th at evcn the arch-conservati-
ve "Herald Tribune » attacks
the fasci sts and predicts th at
the democracies will align
themselves with Russia aga-
inst the militarists.
THE SOVIET TRIAL
On March 2nd the tri al
began ~fore the Military Co-
llegion of the iSupreme Court
of tile U. S. S. R. of the mem-
bers 'of the criminal conspira-
cy group of the .bloc of Rights
and Trotskyists • .
Among the accused are fiv e
whose n'lmes are generally
known throughout the coun-
try. They are Bukharin , Ry-
kov, Yagoda, Krestinsky and
Rakovsky.
In lhe dock stands the for-
mer leader of the «Left Com-
munists. , Rykov, who later,
in company with Bukharin,
T omsky. and others, became
the organising traitor of the
right-wing restorers of capi-
talism . In with him are the.
bourgeois Nationalists: Ikra-
mo'v, Eaisula" Khoadjayev
and others; the ex - ~Ienshi­
viks like Chernov and former
Social Revolutionaries like
Grinko; pasti and present pro.
vocateurs of the Czarist
Okhrana, like Zeiensky and
Ivanov , and people wh.) used
their diplomas as doctors allli
professors to poison somc of
th e best men of the proleta-
rian Revolution : Kubvshev .
Menshinsky and Gorky'.
NEW YORK.- In Times
Square recently. 5000 ~'oun g
people burned a n effigy of
Hitler. The demonstration pa-
ralyzed traffic for half an houT.
L O?\DON. - An editorial
in the .Daily Herald., orgali
of the Labour Party approves
of the idea of a conferen ce for
JX'ace as proposed by the So-
vid Govc~·1l111ent. This edito-
rial is particularly sigh:ficant
,,"hen it is remembered that
IIJi ~ paper has always been
THE VOLUNTEE~ FO~ LIBE~TY
hostile towards Soviet Russia .
Among some of the pas sages
in the editorial arc :
.The Governmelit of the
U . S. S. R. propoSes that the
directing members of the Lea-
gue of Nations with .t he Uni-
ted States have a conference
to discuss the international si-
tuation.
.The object would be to
combine all forces to preserve
peace, This is precisely th.e
practical path waited for by
many years by millions of Bri-
tishers, who would liked t o ha-
ve seen this initiated by their
own Government. The initia-
tive, instead, came from the
U. S. S. R.
.It's immaterial where it
WAR FACTORY IN OUR REAR
cal11e from. W hat is important
is that it has come and it is
indespensable to not let this
opJ?orunity pass by not bac-
king it. All who believe in co-
READY TO DEFEND llective sec urity as the only
medium to avoid world disas-
SPAIN'S LIBERTY ter must support the Soviet
Government's proposal enthu-
siastically, • .
AND FUTURE NEW YORK. .We belie-
ve», write 6r Bishops of 36
states of the North American
Confederation, in a letter di-
Once again the enemies ofthe Spanish people have rected to the catholic Bishops,
been conducting strong milit~ry operations against .that the war in Spain, begun
the independence of Spain. With foreign troops and as a military rebeilion, has
been transformed into a rea-
imported war material, the servants of international lization of part of a. general
fascism are attempting to subject new territories to program of conquest by the
fascist nations. We knOw that
a regime of slavery and degradation. t he catholic church of the U ni-
In twenty months of struggle we have faced many ted States has shown favorable
tendencies toward Franco. Re-
enemy offensives. A thousand times the traitors have gardless, we ask the church to
announced that Spain would be totally subdued. intervene against fascist bar-
A thousand times, too, the people and its Army barism .•
The lettter of the North
have demonstrated that a nation continues to be Evangelic Church protests the
free when it is ready to defend its liberty and its savage bombardments of Bar-
c~lona and expres:.es the hope
future with weapons, and sacrifice the life of its sons that the catholic Bishops wi ll
for the banner of independence. protest tQ Salamanca.
VIENNA. According to
At all times the Republican Fighters have known the latest news, mbre than
how to surpass the odds of war material against 1 000 suicides have been re -
them with a strong morale and powerful conviction gistered in Austria during the
past week, The legitimate
which neither franco's soldiers nor those of Muno- Austrian chief, Coronel \Volf,
lini have ever, or can ever, have. Our rifles and was reported to h ave commited
suicide after he shot at so-
our equipment, insufficient as it ha~, been, have me Ge.-man officials . ' Viele
successfully oposed all the weapons sent to Spain sc·alc a rrests. continue,
by Italians and Germans in order to assassinate us. PARIS , The French Go-
vernment together with the
The tenacity and the sacrifice of our soldiers will British Government has sent
transform into gun-powder and into an unconque- to th e Spanish Rebels a note
expressing horror of the UII-'
rable cry the banner and slogan of antifascist Spain: calletl for bombanlments of the!
THEY SHAll NOT PASS I city of Barcelona..
UNIDOS TO DOS RESISTIR SIEMPR E
The VOLUNTEER
FOR LIBERTY
~
\' 01. Il No . 13 8ar,,,lona. April 2 19)8

DISCIPLINE: The Difference l iB R A V 0 POR I

L.. OS
por el tenlente oyudonte
Between Troops and Rabble i QUINTOS! de operociones

== GERMAN HERNANDEZ ANTON

"I(I<r~ 'II,,~I
b. it ... mell, .. en; lit 'Ih~ X V Bru:aut who haH not ~
- sf/ne •• me or another wilnes.ell a larlle ,-eremonial parade and. ~ . _, _ _ _
.' ha"""t' r ~ other feelings the,' may ha\o'f had. admired the precision § los que~n~mo s cono,<·.1tuentoilar(,.;.dt la 'hicha que Sf desafrolla tn Espana. t 5ta -
". , . ". ' . M h ' d t =: bamos con cldos dt\'CIu~JO"s rt"'UJutas.~ a pes ar de no habe rH incorporado volunt8-
and accuracy of the.1r~orS In mo\ement •• ~$t 8,e , rea a some ~ riamtntet las filas de,nuestro glorioso Ejef('ito Popular, tampoco 10 hirieron a la
time or another of, InCidents such as the !Oelge of \ erd~ ,n. or t.he ~fuerza~ ¥ & com~ forzosos se puedp sOlo des i~nar a los hij os de ... eSBS casias
formin~ of the British infantry square at Waterloo. and If such la , == que s,empri -1sclavlzaron a Espana y que Ingraron poner~e a salvo durante
cidents be analysed it will be found that the~- were lOS primero~ dias 0 bien fuer~ n eJiminados por la justicia del pueblO.
en 1\- rendered rossihle b,,' a bigb stan2Jard or dis- Por e'S to esti bamos convenCidos de que ~i no se habia" incoqtOrado
c.i iine - antes era p o~que much os estaban al frente de import:mtes c rg os
p . de retaJ!'uardl. , y otros e!'tahan ocupados en el no menos imponante
Discirline has heen held to be that which difreren . frente de la produccion; pero Qu e tan pronto Co mo el (jo);ierno los
tiat~s a body 01 tro0l's hom a rabhle. Those amont:! lIamara a fil as no dud ari.n ni un momento en venir 8 rumpHr con
!~S "t;I!'h~ im:iriine that discipline is a measule sole;y un fusil en ,a mane, el mismo debe:- que cu~ ji an ante~ al frente de
o unit ma'!u io p., eft un harad <I 0 de una (lficina, con el espiritu que
created lor their person,i' discomfort would do weJl po setm('~ to (l'(l ~ 1<~ t~p2.ii(llt'!' hijos de e!'e pue-blo de Espana rica y
to remember tbat no campaign has ever heen suc · fe('und:l, alt'pl? v tt1l2, y qu I.' durante !'i~lr,s esas castEs ~ubl"vadis
cessfully waged hy an ill-discirlined arm~' . hut that tuvie rC'lf! cC'ln \frtida en ('.mpC' s de conctntrarirn y ~us ciudades en
on the contrary diSCipline is the ke)' stone of military presjd ir ~ , pero C;Uf rt'an do \'ina n ql.:t crmepzaba a ('Jarear el alba
~Dccess. Many are also I'fone to for~et although tbey que 2f1onciat a la jl:q iria, fa Iibertad y el progreso, no fu vieron in-
wUlindlv impose various actions of discipline upon ('om e~ie ~ le ~ ni e~(' n; puI M en de;;enc adenar est. hC'lrrible tragtdia
,.. que Dlll t lJn Iratoaj 2do r de ~ t aba n, hubiera sido rap2z de acarrear.
them sel"e~ . thev are amongs the fir s t to resent dis . Per c;, aur ql:e e!-1 21! ; mos co r.nn cid(l~. avn n(lS faltaba 1I1J!:0 v rso es
cipline imposed ' on them by others, oblivious of the 1o ql t n C! ~ t<atti~ d2do ; I. ('c,nfirm.rion, ya qur los reclufas del 24
fact that such disciplinary measures are almost in- han ~;' bic1 o h.flcer h(lno r a la tradition del Batallon y de la Brigade
variahly in their own interests, and undouhtedly in demoslra ndo a In , rte ranos que, 8unque sin ningun8 experiencia.
the interests of the .\rmv . as a whole. sab.en ~ar el pecho: sab~n ('ruzar las espesas Cortinas del fuego de
artillerra y a~llantar va!lellh'mrnte 8 la a\'iaciil n y hacer retroceder
Those who feel subversive should consider Ihe a las hordas salvajes Que t stiln manCinando nuestra Espana.
state ef an arm y in the field lacking the means for Estos braves Cf.l"8udn fl U difren tin t je mplo tn la primer.
cohesive action. Not only will it be impossible 10 actuac i6 n de la Brfgsdl en es ta ultima clmpaiia, rumpliendo con su
achieve any measure of success bul Ihere will be an ('ometido sin miedo y entonando cant05 guerrtros, pues bnto soldl-
appalling loss 0'
life as a resull of this.
dos como oficiales y ccmislri(ls estuvier(ln tod os a la altura de su
deber _. el que mb pudo mis hizo. Mis, entre tod os sitmpre hay
In the case of olficers and S. C. 0.'5 it will he qultn resllta y destaca. y en la operacion de est di. 10 fueron entre
fODnd Ihat if they are llenDinely inlere~led in the otros muchos Jusn Niliiez, t. EI Conejo », Quitn despufs de habet
rnatado a los que halli s n htr ido a un c(; mpaiiero , if solo, arrastrado
welfare of Ihose under Iheir command, they will be por el enfusia rmo y ardor antifascist., oui ~o stJir en per<lifCucion de
respecled, and hy sDch respect di scipliDe' will he los cChardes. cuar:do estes huilln. TImb lin cito con em oclOn el caso
easily mainlained. Commissars In parlicular nte res· de Feliciano Mllii. qur despurs de que Ie hubitron cundo las hetidas
ponsible for keeping up Ihe disciplinary lone of Iheir del bruo, fut preciso la intervencion enirtica del capiUn Brage
unit by their personal ex ample bolh on and off para de . plra qu _- no subitra a II tr incl'l e,. cemO el tozudarnente putendia .
The nearer a unit is 10 aclDal combat, Ihe more Dr· Tamll oco olvido al ncIu' • .5.nfon io Barrios, qUt Sfg:~n fI capitan de
su ccmp,iiia y C<'mp;ofier(ls que Ie rodeaban, (on gran serenJdad y
gent Ihe iSSDe of discipline becomes. eertera punferia Ie (ontarrn dfu y seis fascisfss que entre el y su
III-di sciplined troops in action haVe damagingi fu s il u f' trintar tl n 10. Hay otro digno de rnenci6n - ese veierano
eff~t on morale. At Waterloo, Wellinglon, Ihough
Jes{s Pulpll " . que ("on ~u milquina y en pleno c.aiioneo enemigo fu~
tI terror de los legionarios. to ClmiJIero sr destac6 cuando mas in-
numericaliV inferior. had some Ihousands of Iroop > tenso ua el fuego de la artilleria fn(miga: ti l solo trlnsportO el
marched from Ihe scene of actio II to avoid the harm carro de un. miquina con cuatro cintas. Tlmbiin 1'111;0 prodirios de
f., eff«t Iheir lack of di sciplint was having on Ihe bravura y destreza fI cabo de un fusil amrtrallidora ; y en 'in mu-
army as a vhole. Tbe professio .. al fascbl Iroops have a chos mis o1ue de cJtarJos.-ta lista seria innumerable. J

long di sciplinary Iraining behind them, and allhough Hay que hacer h() nor aT 24 Batanon a los volunfariOls y reclutas
their methods will never be ours, at Ihe same lime offcialts y comisarios qur, lundidos en un solo bloque luchlron como
we are nol going 10 lei Ihem lake lead of us in Ihis luchan los espanoles que defienden su patrla y como trabajldores
necessary military accomplishment . que no quiertn srr esrlavos. Y para termlnar, permUidme que re-
cuerde a los veteran05, y oftuea a los
The siandard of diSCipline 01 an reclutas - que por cierto af rrciblr tJ
army can be measured by Ihe esteem bautilo de fuego, ya han deJado de
In which it is held by the civil ro- seriO - el verso del poet. del ,.taD6a
pafafion . Good relalions bet.. een que dice:
tbem depend dirtcfly upon Ihi ,;
wlandard. Tbis Is 10 be Ihe year of
liberation for the Spanish peopie. Terminada I.... peracl6n
Let Discipline be Ihe moUo of Ihe Qued. tl imando .ali"tcho
Army_ tbat is to drive tbe fascisl Habei, cumplido un debtr
invader ODt 0' Spain. Se .. J'Csena un dotecho.
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LA FEDERACION LOCAL DE BARCELONA DE LA U. G. T. ACUERDA

APADRINAR LA 15A BRIGADA INTf:RNACIONAL
(.;EstilJla<io:'o t': l1llar~l(l as : denal. ])c ('sia manera l1enaha ull

St-
Xun~ ~ a como t: tl l'stos lllotll l'nt os
Ita Ih:dlO ~ \·idl'IItt.· ntl'stra {'la-
lioule t'OlIH.'tido : C,,'strl'dtar los lazu:,
tic call1aT~Hh: ria COli los cOlnhatil·u . BARCELONA U. G. T. OFFERS
riddl'llcia dl' octubre dd l(} al de-
cicliros, con t'll1odonaute gesto ,
luchar par la causa ,kl plle-blo es
tes en gl'lIl'ral, ya que no olvidamos
que en vuestra Brigada, como en
todas las Internacionales hay un
PATRONAGE TO XV BRIGADE
paiu :l . y ~:ad a hora qUl' pase, ('011 porcenta .. e importantisimo de 501- . A deci sion t o aSSll1l1e pa tronage
la trag<:<iia a q w..' (liu tras dia St' dados espanoles: y hacer patente " . th., 15th I\rigad,' ill o nkr to
ye illlpdi,lo el Illun,!o par las a ll- nuestra Iraternidad con los heroicos ,. t'l'l1H'llt the fro ut alld the rear »
<1udas dd fa scislllO , calla Yez COIl y abnegados camaradas de todas las was l'x]>rl'''l''! in a ll'ttcr to the
JII3 YOr eleSt.'uro. \"l" Il( lr ~l a clar a tendencias ~ntilascistas que, a hall Urigad t' hy the L o('al Feckration
\"u~stra aportal'i('m a la <{ (.'ft'lIS a de d o nall<l ·, ) sus }Jadlicos pab\.·:-; :- :-;1I "':' "f thl' Ban'dona t". (.;. T. This
llllestras libl'rt a( k~ lit ratL',t!;·:)ria ,Ie ll uh. l'lltral1al)1l'~ aft·(,to:-;. SltpieT()ll ktter was publish",! ill thl' :lIarch
gl'sto profl·tko. in-ntl' los ( P ll' arril':,-g,lrlo tollo por l'1 sl.lprl'lll l l l otl\ isSU l' of I .({$ ,Y"lir;"",, organ
hasta "act' IIlU Y poco. ,' II SlI ('(:- il'a l dl' h I huuaui.) ad. la lihl'ftacl of the l- . C . T . of Catalollia.
gucra 0 l ' l1 Sll l:g\)islIlO, Ill) han po· d t, los h Ulllbn:s y dt., los p lll.: hlos. Part of the ktter reads :
dido 0 11 0 han qUl'ri(lo "l'r (llh'" l'r a lh· ald . C<llll<lr:uIa:-:., las callsas , The war will still be a hard and
10 qUl' Sl' Y(.'lltilaha t:l1 Ilut.'s tr a pOT las qw: 1:1 F c"'r kral'iI'>1I Local possibly a long one. 't is necessary
gut·rra . II<: B a n ' l.' ]olla de In I" , (; . T , Ita to establish a very strong link bet -
Para vosotros IUf, desde que to - d t.'cicli<io apaclrinar \"llt'slra gri- ween the front and the rearguard ,
masteis la decision de abandonar galla, a cuyas razones se han ana- a link which will extend Irom the
vuestros hogare ~ para acudir en dido las del conocimienlo que tent most advanced front line posts to
ayuda de nuestro pueblo, un deber mos de vuestros nu merosos y h e- the coast 01 the Mediterranean, all
de pura solid arid ad que os imponia roicos hechos de armas que tienen lighters, marching and working in
vuestra conciencia de hombres li- los nombres gloriosos de Jarama, unison with one final goal in view;
bres. ).;0 qlli ~i(:ra1l1os clu e en d ias Bru ', ete, Belchite y otros, trozos a victorious war. It
futuros VUl"stros pais( s, los paist.'s «Ie SHeIo eSl'atlol que regasteis ('Oil The It-tt('r l'xplains that the Lo-
dt.'lllocraticos , tu\'ierull qUL' l' C) Ill';a- \'u('stra Stll1gfl' al d t· rrotar e n dios ca l F.,<l eration of the r. G. T. has
graros COtllO a ~j (: lllplan' s patrio t as al f a sci~'Hno, decided to adopt the Bri gade be-
que se a ntidparoll a IIdc"'luier su L os :-;indkatos d e Uarcdonu , re~ la que desde ahora teneis que ver cause.
propia p a t ria, ya allll"na 'l.;!tlu d t.'sd t' p rt·S(·ntatlos por esta Fclleraeion el hogar del camara da Iraternal
el 11lOlllellto ell que t'lllpt.·zarotl U Local os ofrecen , Call fiU p adrinaje, . ... we know your numerous he-
donde siempre se os atender ? con roic deeds that bear the names of
lIegar a E spa.-w, lIlya<li l'lI(iola , los su incondidonal ay nda para resol- carino y a donde siempre podels
m ercenarios de IIitler \' :lfussolilli. ve r '·lI('stras llcccsiuaucs e n rela- the glorious Jarama, Brunete, Bel-
acudlr en la seguridad de encon chite and others) plots of Spanish
Tra nscurrido ce rca ,ft· ~.llio v ille- cion COl1 la rt:lag uardia, Sll prop{)- trarnos dispuestos a prestaros nues-
dio dt'sde que inidasteb yu~·stras sito t:l1tllsiasta <it· prol'uraros ('n la soil on which you have shed your
tra colaboraclon, blood to help destroy fascism.
heroicas actuaciOllL'S ell ti erra his- med ida d e 10 posi]'lc aquellas casas La Pederaci6n Local de la C- .G.T.
pana, ya form ad o l'l gran Ejcrcito a las qUl' 11 0 llega la cOlllplic da de Ba rcdona q uiere hoy mislllo, , The l ' lIiolls of Barcelona, re-
:Popular Regula r pas,,;s a ser, a o rganizacion olidal, par ser reque- al ofreudaros su padrinaje, empe- present ~< ! hy thi s Local Federation
medida que d "" lulllen y la p oten- ridos sus t'sfuer7.os Y su a t enci6n zar una labor efediva y se complace offers, with its patronagl', their
cialidad de 0ste va en allmento, par otras lIIas apreliliant"s y tal en an unciaros una proxitlla visi ta nnconditi onal wish to assist in
sabre todo UII simbo lo y WI ej,,1U- \"cz nl{lS nlTl'Sarias. su cordial di s~ a VUl·stro cuartel general, "n la que resolving YOUr necessities in rela-
plo, ya que nUln~rit-atllentc sois Ij0sicion para atendcros en cual- se de comienzo a esa ayuda a la 15 tion to the rearguard and has an
una parte valiosisima, pero pe- quier problema que lI('cesite resol- Brigad a Internacional. enthusiastic aim to procure mea-
queiia, del Ejerci to ,\lItifascista . v er en los dias d e descanso cual- R ecibid los mas cordiales salu- sures to ail! in securing those things
Y es par esto precisamente J)or quiera de Yosotros, aUIl " n los de dos antifascistas de los Sindicatos yon nl'ed , to which often you can-
10 que nosotros q ucrelllos rendl ros indole p articular, proporcionaros de Barcelona de la U. G_ T. not give your tillle because of your
hOIlll'najc de gratitll<l y admira- IIlCd ios d e rdacionaros con eletuen- Par la Federaci6n Local de Bar- pressing activities. We extend our-
clc'm t os de ret aguardia que ofrezcan celon6 de la U. G. T. , seh-es to you in your days of rest
La guerra sera aun muy dura, po- segura garantia de antlfascismo y, T. Salvado and offer to acquaint you with
sible mente larga, y es mils necesa- en suma, nuestra Casa socIal, en Secn'tario de I'ropaganda ele11l('nts of the rearguard of good
rio cad a dia establecer muy estre- antifascist character. In addition
chos lolZOS entre el Irente y la reta - . . . . . . . . .·• ·. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :ii:;j..... ::ai ·• • • • :ia.-• • • • • , . .. . . . . ... . we thro w open our Social House
guardia, hast a conseguir que desde where you will find a fraternal
las lineas avanzadas hasta las cos-
tas medlterrilneas todos nos sinta-
mos combatientes, marchando y
WANTING TO KNOW spirit and where you will be atten-
dee! to with generosity and are
frce to come and feel assured in
I.borando al unisono con una sola .. Hemem ber that tillle We were , \\'ell. I didn't see any hlood findi"g us always ready to colla-
Ilnalldad; I. guerra victoriosa. a ssaulting up tht:: h ·rraccs? J) the and I said so. iJorate with you.
He aq ui por que IIl1a d " las d eci- v o lunte(."r s aid. I · Rt'lllClllhcT how (I 'Guess it was a stOlle or S0111C- "The Local F ederation of the
siones lIIas dl·stacadas del 111 (011- Wl' dashl'd "l' uudl'r the t errace thing', he said, and looked pr"tty r. C. T. of Barct'iona wishes to
gH'SO de 1" l ' llio ll L elleta l <ll- Tm- wa ll. and stllt: k to it as if ,n' was relieved . H e sl'ttled down to the begin an effective "'ork ane! is
haja<iorcs d e Catalu!", file la de n aill-d on : job again , and so'did 1, and I happy to announce a proposed
que nuestros Silldica!os apa,lrina- /, Right h('side nu: wa~ young dare say the matter was p assing visit to your general barracks in
sen unidades ,lei Ej0rci t o, la 11I :1S Sanl . He hulkre,l out . I sai,l, out of his mill,! the same as mine, t he near future.
eficaz y 1I0hie '!lalll'ra <I e Ii ~ar la , \\'hat 's the math'r " lIe said , Whl'lI slldd" lIly he hollered again .
vangua rdia con la re t ag uardi a. something hit him , and wantl'd to .[ am wo unded ' he said. 'Look , We send you our 1II0St cordial
Y aWlando u rnbas r uzonl'S , 1a kll ow if he was wounded. here - Look at this I' antifa.<;cist salutations from tbe
Federaci6n I,ocal de Silldicatos d,' ,. I said , he sho llh.L klHm hl'tt,'r , H e held out his halld, and there l'niOl"; of the Barcelona U. G. T .
I1arcdona de la r. (;. '1' .. que ellen- than lIIe, hut he said he couldn 't was hlood 011 it all ri ght. It cam., ,. For the Loeal F ederation of th~
ta t-n su seno a lI1uchos 5illuicatos run arollnd himself and ha ,-e a frolll his shollld"r. II Imllet had Barcdona U. (;. 'f.
que apaclrinan lltlidalks (1<: ('Oln- look, in fact under the circulllstan- gone right t.h iOUgh.
hatientes , ha acord ad o que la que ces he eoul,ln' en'lI turn round II SO that ·s h ow young Sam got T . Salvado
dla apadrinas(' I," 'lUf) t a l F(·dt' ra· safel y. MayJx, r could sec "lood to Jk ni easilll . ;)
ion fucsc ull a nrigada IIItt.:Tn a · SOlllt::whetl:s , s<'·c ret ary of Propaganda

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VARIAS PERSONALIDADES LAS FACHADAS DE LOS

INGLESAS ATESTIGUAN
FORElfiN MEDICjL AID EDIFICIOS DE LAS CIUDA-
QUE EL EX - GENERAL DES REBEL DES, CUBIER·
QUEIPO DE LLANO IN- The Foreign :I[e<lkal :\i;\ COI11- TAS DE FOTOGRAFIAS DE
SUL TO EN LA liNEA, A luittl:e began to function in ~pain MUSSOLlNI, HITLER Y
a year anu a half ago . Toclay the
INGLATERRA organization has 17 base hospitals 'OLIVEIRA SALAZAR
anel u mobile surgical units, ,,-ith
,;ihralt ar, - :\1 ,,,, de den per- a total of 5,028 beds: rr6 ambu- Paris. - Tharaud ha publica-
~otJalidad(.'s in~k'sns n ."sit..ll."utl'S en lances of various sizes, 53 large do en • Paris-Soir 0 el segundo ar-
('~ta plaza a~isti(:r()n el d0111ingo trucks, [ 3 light trucks, 23 t ouring ticulo sobre la Espana faeeiosa. A
lHtilno . eJl La Lint,' a , at acto en el cars, 7 Illobile olK'rating theatres, pesar de ser franquista. Tharaud
curso d .... l cllal e l t:S g.'.·t1cral ~lucipo ha quedado impresionado por la
7 (Ii,infc·etion trul'ks, and a num-. "norme can tid ad de carteles es-
de 1.1al1o prOlll1l1cii) una sl'T it.: inin- ber of gas-proof ambulances.
terrllltlpida d l' sandt.,cl's insllltando pec taculares que se encuentran en
a Inglall·rra. There are 16.\ foreil,'II doctors todos los pueblos ocupa· loS por los
~('gt'ul han tnanifestado los tes- a nd (,8 Spanish doctors in the Fo- faceiosos. Estos carteles presentan
ti .~os , (:Iltrc los a ... ist l' lltl'S a aqlld reign :\h'uical Aitl. Among these grande~ retrato~ d e Hitler, Musso-
a . .·to fignTahun nil ntietllbro del theTl~ an.' In foreign surgeons and 9 lini y Oliveira Salazar. Mussolini
( o lls..:jo Ejecntiyo y y a rios indivi- Spanish surgeons. to Deccm- ' -1' est a fot ografiado en actitudes tea-
duos peTtcne<..'ieutl. ·s a la <, Justicia her .I I, [ 937, the base hospitals trales.
!h.: Pnz; ,I, 'folios los ingh.: sl's que of the F orcil,'II :lfcdkal :\ld atten-
St.: etlcontraba 'l pn.·st.'nh·s cuanda deel to 27,01 5 IVOllIHkd and sick, ,T•••• - ip" • • • • •- , • • • • • • • • if'
fludl'o ,Ie Liano I'ronunciil las most of whom were evacuated
SON OF "COWBOY PHILOSO-
palahras insnltando a Inglat erra
abandonaron d local. r egresando
from Foreign :\Iedical Aid frout
hospitals by Foreign :lIedical Aid
PHER " in Spain. Bill Rogers, who- FOUR N'MES OF SILVER
r;ipielalllente a ,;ihraltar .. se lather, Will Rogers, was known
a mbulances.
to millions throughout the world
There have heen a number of who saw him on the stage and SCreen, Four glorious names
casualties. T,,-o Divisional !lft-dieal has the Fifteenth Brigade
ICuatro nombres de plata I Commandc'rs, one Brigade :\Iedi-
has just ended a visit to Spain, du-
ring which he travelled several
Four Battalions of steel
emerged from its depths.
cal COlllmander, and three Batta-
Cuatro Nombres gloriosos thousand kilometers throughout the In the year since its birth
lion Meuical Commanders bave
tiene la xv Brigada, been killed. One doctor died of a
country_ Through "The Volunteer" your four sons of the soul
cuatro Batallones de hierro he sends his best wishes lor victory reared to great heights
contagious disease at the front, the name that you gayly
salieron de sus entraiias. one died of illness in the rear, and to the People's Army, especially to
AI aiio de nacer the Fifteenth Brigade, and "especia- gave them at birth:
Ius cuatro hijos ~el alma, one disappeared. A considerable Mackenzie-Papineau,
number of stretcher bearers, am- lly to the fellows from the West
pusieron en alto nivel English,
bulance drivers and others enga- Coast. " Rogers was in Barcelona lincoln, and the Twenty-fourth_
el nombre que tu
alborozada ged in auxiliary services have bee·n when the intense forty-hour fascist These are the four names
les pusiste al nacer: lost. bombardment occurred, and he ex- that emergcd from nothingness
Mackenssi-Pappino In addition to its medical " 'ork , pects to do things about it when he transforming themselves
Ingles, the Foreign Medical Aid has or- returns to his native California_ into Battalions of soldiers
Lincoln y Veinticuatro. Among other things, Rogers said that loyal to our Spain.
ganized seven children's hon"". You can be contented,
Estos son los cuatro nombres housing more than 6 00 orphan ._. support for the Loyalists is growil)g
que salieron de la Nada. Fifteenth Brigade,
1'0 h elp these homes the wOUl1<leel steadily in the States, and that ever- for your sons know how to win
Para convertirse en Bat all ones yone back home is proud of, and
de soldados leales a soldiers of the International Bri- in thousands of batUes I
Espaiia. gades have contributed 200 ,000 follows anxiously, the work of the What is better than lighting well-",.
I Content a puedes estar p esetas. Americans in the Fifteenth Brigade_ me" ,
madre XV Brigada, lighting as they fight
tus hijos saben vencer lor the proletarian cause?
There is no diflerence,
en miilares de Batailas'
l Cual es el mejor de todos
cuando luchan con las armas?
Luchando como Ellos luchan
THE BELOVED WEED They are lour names of Silver.
They engraved themselv~ in Brun -
ete
The scarcity of tobacco in Spain great a pleasure a cigarette can They engraveo themselves at Jarama
por la Causa Proletaria, produces many odd ph{' nomenu, g ive out h ere. So much so that
no hay diferencia alguna one of which is a certain type of men stop when they see a ciga-
son cuatro nombres de Plata_ They engraved themselves at
small cigarette which is issued to r ette butt in thdr pat h , and if it Quinto and Belchite,
I Se grabaron en Brunete! the army from time to time. The looks any good a t all, pick it up
i Se grabaron en Jarama ! Teruel and in many other battles.
Spaniards call these thing,; " Mata- and add it to' their ,·olkdioll . And they shall remain engraved
Se grabaron en Quinto y Belchite, quintos., which means "Rooky- The arnl\' has little. the dvilians
Teruel y muchas batallas. together forever -
busters •. To others they are known less. An t <:nglish volu llteer wal- these four names of Silver:
Y quedaron grabadas siempre as e, Anti-tanks '>, because they arc king with a Spaniard. offered him
sus cuatro nombres de Plata. A nd when !he war ends
small but very nasty. A third fac- a cigarett e fwm a kw he had T<' - with the people's vldory
Y cuando la guerra termine ti on rders to them as the Asbestos cein'd in a letter. An old peasant
con la victoria Proletaria, the whole of Spain shall sing of you,
brand. for two reasous, one ob- hapP<'1ll:d to be passing. The Spa- Fifteenth Brigade;
'Espaiia entera cantara vious, the other odious. They say niard handed his cigarette to the
a Ii XV Brlgada of your four battalions
that these cigar.. ttes are as good old man , beca llS<." as he afterwards engraved in names of Silver:
por tus cuatro Batallones as any Illaele iu Spain which re- explained , the fellow loved a
grabados en nombres de Plata. Mackenzie-Papineau,
lUark is in it sdf a good example smoke but very seldom got OIl(' . English,
I Mackensi-Pappino, of war's unnecessary hardships. If our friends a t home want t o
Ingles, Lincoln and Twenty-fourth-
Tobacco see illS a little thing wheu do tiS a good turn , to send tobacco your four sons of the soul!
Lincoln y Veinticuatro, a country is at war, hut it is still one of the best. The more
tus cuatro hijos del alma! m akes the strain v ery much {'askr we n"(,4...'i Yt, frotn hOlue. the mOTe SANTIAGO LOPEZ
SANTIAGO LOPEZ t o bear. Those who still smoke in is rdeaSc"[ h ere for the civilian
(XV Brigade Ingenieros) peace may not under,t a llu how po]>ul" tion. (15th Brigade Engineers)

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~ETA, LO MANTIENE CON EL PICO y LA PALA

 THE VOLUNTEER FOR LIBERTY

JDOS DIVISIONES DE JUVEN·rUDES

EN D-IEZ Millares y milia res de j6venes entusiastas y decididos,
empunan espontaneamente el fusil para defender sus Ii-
DfAS! bertades amenazadas, para conquistar sus derechos. Son
voluntarios de la libertad, heroes de nuestra magnfflca ju-
ventud, que,con su esfuerzo,lograra vencer definitivamente
al fascismo.
Las masas populares del mundo entero la juventud
mundial, que actual mente redoblan su esfuerzo para ayu-
darnos, saludan a estos nuevos voluntarios. EI pueblo an-
tifoscista saluda tambien a esta juventud gloriosa, que
marca el camino de victoria movilizando sus recursos. Y los
combatientes, los veteranos y los que acaban de incorpo-
rorse, sienten elevorse su moral, cuando saben que la ju-
ventud esta dispuesta a dar todo su esfuerzo, a movilizar
hasta su ultimo recurso para aplastar al fascismo invasor de
nuestro sagrado suelo.
Las dos divisiones de la Juventud, que han encontrado
eco entusiasta en toda nuestro Espana, en toda Cataluiia
amenazada, van forjandose con el calor y el entusiasmo de
esos millares de j6venes que transmiten por pueblos y ciu-
SPANISH YOUTH. The J. s_ U. is in the midst of its great campaign to recruit dades, por fCbricas y talleres, su consign a de victoria:

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thousands of young people for the army. Its slogan, which has already gone
far toward complete fulfilment, is: .. Raise Two Divisions of Youth in j DOS DIVISIONF'i EN DIEZ DIAS!

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Ten Days!"
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BRITAIN AIDS PEASANTS GET

VOLUNTEERS
The Wonnd",l and I "'pv llIlant,
Aid CommiU,,,, of ):ritains hasj ust
iss w.: d a Tl'port (If it s firs t s ix
ulonths work . l' p t o :\on:lllh(' r 30 ,
19,17, it had ('olhd ",1 on'r 1.1,000
pou tllis and this had In,'{'1l g iV l'Il
to maintain tht' LlInilies of th t'
I3ritishers with tht' Iuternational
Brigade ane! to aid th" ,,",HlIlch-d
who have return(.'< I hOllh.'.
The func] is ofjiei:!]]v snppor\\,,]
MODESTO CITES XV BRIGADE
~[oc ks to. l'ollllllalltiing the Fifth
.\nny Corps. citt,,, th,' XV Jlrigac\e
for its work o utsidl' 'fe rnl'l ",hilt,
the action \,,'as ill PTC"bTfl':O;S . .\ fur ·
ther complime llt was paid to t he
British Battalion for its good dig-
ging , whieh san:d lll <.U I Y h\'c:s. Th\..'
hOllor of Jx-illg 1'rOlllot"(1 0 11 the
fidel to their present ranks was
ac,'or,led to Major Smith a",1 Cap -
tai" Diaz of the :,Iacl'aps, all cl
l 'aptain Akxandn of th.. British,
took lhe se,'en'st strain of the figh-
ting ill this hattIe. alld s"ffen 'd
th" I,,'a\'lest casualties,
III his note to the Division during
th,- a,·tion at Segura, (:ener a l \\-al-
h :r said,
, I am grateful to the soldiers,
officers and cOllllllissars of the two
Brigades. espedally the XVth, for
thdr excelknt work . ant! wish
then1 tll:tny tHOTe victories over the
30 TRACTORS
The lIIinistry of Agriculture has
pu rchased 30 tractors whi ch it is
distrihuting in th\.' following 1I1a11·
ner :
Six to the farm 'hoo!,; "'lahli-
shed bv the I nstilL e of A l.: ra r i'"1
R e fonil in Valencia, CUl'll'ra and
Albacete, where they will 1>e lise, I
to instruct the pea,..;.:mts in tractor-
driving,
Five 10 Aragon,

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fascist hordes, \)

bv the Tra(h' Cnio1l l'()llgn,:~s ,11\(1
niany llJ;.l.1on EXl'('uti\'\..' l'o'lI11lliUt 'L'S
h avt: u(l\.:isnl tlwir 11ll'lUIH'rs t o
,:.:-i\,t~ contrihutions, :\lllOl1g thnsl'
who have dona.ted 1I101l<'V aTl,:
.!,O()() local aw l l>btrict , I.:,bo ur,
Trade l·nioll and p o liti c al nrga·
nisat io1ls.
The :l1l1algal11aled 1 ': lIgi ll l'l'r~
1 ~ lIiol1 BrallciH'''; h an' h l':ukd the
list with O\' l'r y)" (1II11<1tioll:' . ()tll l ' r
' ~ l1i()lb wIdel l ha\'l' g-h't'll \,oll s h ;·
t l 'llt support art' tlw :'\fill t'rs, J~ ail.
Ill e Jl, I Ji sl rilmti\'l' \rork l'Ts ;tl}(i
Printer s.
111 I(I{) factorit·s l'()lkt,ti nll~, ha n!
l'L't.' tl taken, SOllJL: ('Yl'ry wCl,k, III
oil\..' printing work~, Odhans Pn.' s~.
the printers of th,' Paily lIl'ral,I,
til(> wvn huyc susl'rihvd /)1)' ) p( )lIt1d s
ill six Illollths,
:--;iucc the report ha s bC(,11 i.,;s llt'c l
a ChriStlllaS appeal r ('s1 ill e d ill
.! , ,:;(1) poullds lwillg s uhscril w d,
'fhis <:lla1.l('d tIlt.' l'oll1 l1l it.t.'t, ! \)
:->(.'11«1 '....'hri s tulUs part:d s to :-:'p;d ll,
~ivt.." extra financi a l assi :,t<1ll n : to
the WOIIl(' 1l and l'hild rC>II, alld or·
:..:anisc bi~ (!lri ~ tJ1las part i\':'; at
which a ll the children reed"""
present s.
'fill' Blotto of the l'ornmiti{'c ;s
/. SC) lU1lg itS the lllt.'Il in Sp:lill \',UT )'
on Wl' abo carry Oil "
E. H. 11\ZOW:-.I
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Thvs{' W('n,' the two Battalio11s w\to Eighteen to diiferent part s of
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N ew Castille. where the [lrt'[lara -
tion of the land for the !'priog
RALPH FOX ~() \Vin g is most hehind hand,
BEN LEIDER
One to the (&neral Admini <t ra t-
ion of Prison s, to aid in Iht , wor k
of land drai nage I)l'ing ralT i('d Ottt
in Ihe pcnal col",,!, of ;\I1>"lcr".
The " ; ,, o f thest' Irarlors will o"t
on ly compensate fo r the..' deerea ...;e in
:lnil1lab work ing" the land . hut wi ll
a lso :WL" l1:-.tOIll thl' pea ~~ lI1f :, til nltl -
den} a.t::r icultural Illt.,th o<!:, 'Illd \\'ill
[lrepar,' thcm for a furlhn ,I<-",'Iop-
Jl1Cllt in thi s respect.
ARRANGING
THINGS
PROPERLY
TIu' young battalion \'o l1l1l1i :--s;l r.
with a g rill as bro no a s hi s shOll }·
c\ers. h,'arc\ that the fasdsts had
s truggh-cl into Tl'rud again . lIi s
grin grew bToadl'T sti)l.
ANTI-FASCIST CLUB in Barce lona named in their honor. At a meeting of , Last time th,.y went Ollt of
the English-speaking section. the members unanimously voted to name that tCl\I1I._ he sai;] • • th,." Idt it
their group the Ben Leider-Ralph Fox Club, III memory of two outstanding full, If lhey·rl' coming I;ack in.
C:od knows they 'li tind it ,'mpty,
men, one American, the other English. who gave their Jives to the fight L et's gh'c them tillle t o till it up
agains t ra >ci~m in Spain. lwfoTj ' We throw tlH'lll 011t again"
 The VOLUNTEER
FO£( LIBERTY
PUBLISHED BY THE WAR COMMISSARIAT
OF THE INTERNATIONAL .BRIGADES

VOL. II - Spedal Supplement No. 14 Barcelona • April 3, 1938

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ONE ORDER IN EVERYONE'S MIND:

RESIST
SAYS NEGRIN IN RADIO TALK TO THE NATION

(Th e lollowin ,t; is til l' s pr('c/! dell-
ver£'d by J)" . Juan :V'ep,yin .
PrinJr NJil1i ster 01 th e Spani sh
Republic. on .1iarch. 28. I938)
Spatliards:
Th e. :nan who i:, :,pcakiug-
tv VOll, a :' hea(l <lnd in thL'
nanie of the Cm;ernlllClJt, h:l:'
a right to (lemand of you C0111-
plde confidcncc 'in his ,Yords,
for he r,epeatecily warned you,
an(l in happier time:', of the
approach of days of crll ;:,1 tests
such a:' ~he extremdy difficult
days throug-h which We arc
at present passing. ~ .
We are passin:~ through 'hard times. The
invading army lia:, undertaken a very vio-
lent offensive in , which it is employing a
. huge quantity of war material. This offen.
sive, by the very manner in which it is beiu~
carried out, reflects in ' reality the frightened
baste of the invaders to modify the map of.
t:urope in their own favour by annexin~ Spai'1
hefore they are asphyxiated by the wave of
indignation which is sweeping the world as
a result of the designs of the agressors on
peaceful peoples" nay by day this indignation
is mounting. and it is beglnllling to assume
tremendous proportions.
But in the very haste with which they are at-
teuipting to convert our country into a co-
lony lies the S'eed of their failure becausl'
our glorious Army, with the entire Spanish
people at its side, is undertaking to couvert
this haste into a pause. Om solliiers haw
hl'Cll obliged to abandon positions, but they
have done this after ha,-illg
put up superhuman resistance
to the combined attacks of tho
foreign air force, artillery, and
tanks. The invading army has
been ahle to nrify that ib
is no easy undertaking, what-
e,,-er means may be cmplove(i',
to drive back an armv -like
ol1r own, consisting of Spa.-
niards who are defending the
dignity and the i1ldepende nce
of their countrv and, at the,
same time, the principles of
law, .iustice and peace_ These
principles are dear to all peo-
ples, and however disdained
they may be in other parts,
they retain their everlasting virtue in Spa in.
HEQOISM OF THE AQMY AND Am
FOQCE
In tTpper and Lower Aragon, our soldiers,
the Spanish soldiers, are carrying out acts
of heroism which ex~ ~ny rec,o rded by
history. Even the foreign press, which is hos-
tile to us, has been oMiged to admit with
what fortitude and mavery the Republican
:\nny has borne the avalanches of fire of the
foreign air forces and artillery; how onr sol-
diers have fearlessl" faced the hundreds of
tasks of the invade rs; how they have allo-
wed themselves to be crushed by these tanks
rather than open the coil of our fatherland
to them. A.nd the enemy has not merelv en-
countered resistatlce. Th-e Army of the ]{epu-
blic has fought with such heroism that in
sOl11e battles it has captured Italian priso-
ner" a 11(1 tanks. _\l1d Ollr a\'iators, the avia-