In our troubled time of rampant bureaucratic arbitrariness, financial chaos, and even just brazen theft, the problem of army survival has never been more acute. The head of the Rear of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation-Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General V. Isakov, frankly admitted that the troops do not have enough basic necessities: food, clothing, medicines. Well, it's time to turn over the pages of Russian history and remember how the issues of logistics support for military personnel were resolved under the tsar-father and in the first years of Soviet power. There is much to think about here, including for those homegrown economists who have led us into a dense forest of economic confusion. Contrary to the prevailing opinion in society, Russian officers (if they were not from a rich family) always had a difficult life financially, and especially in difficult years for the country. It is no accident that in the middle of the last century, in the interests of helping the military, economic committees under units, officers 'regimental artels, loan and savings banks, uniform capitals, etc. arise. And in the last decade of the outgoing XIX century, when there was a sharp reduction in the military budget, the military press loudly began to talk about the problems of the military:" Military career should not be less attractive than other careers. The amount of payment, combined with the needs of the environment, should be sufficient, "wrote the magazine"Military Collection". The magazine "Scout" concretized: "Junior officers find it difficult to make ends meet. Not only is there not enough money for beer and tobacco, but even for the maintenance of underwear and clothing." From Kiev, it was reported that " almost every officer usually has zero by the 19th." Minister of War P. Vanovsky said to General A. Kuropatkin: "A prisoner in a tavern gets more than an officer ... in Moscow, officers shoot because of embezzlement of 150 r ... Читать далее