Nikolay Breshko-Breshkovsky

“ Sturmer knew what he was doing, when he placed so many obstacles to the formation of Czechoslovak units. He knew that these Slav fighters, burning with racial patriotism, would increase the effectiveness of the entire army. Not that they are so numerous; what is a few thousand compared to a front of millions? But they raise the morale of our army.
“Bohemians, Bohemian democrats—they are all democrats, without an exception—are the most highly cultured of all nations. ”

“ And when the revolution swept Russia, 300,000 Czechoslovak captives offered their ability and their labor. ‘We ask for nothing; we don’t want pay. We want to work twelve hours a day, just to help bring about the victorious and speedy liberation of the Slavs.’
“Out of these men were formed the Czechoslovak fighting units, or brotherhoods. Even during the darkest Sturmer days the Bohemians ,men of iron will, did not lose courage. When they were forbidden to form Czechoslovak units, they joined the Serbian volunteer corps. ”

“ Wonderful gunsmiths, locksmiths, and mechanics, men who had been employed in the Škoda works on the construction of heavy guns and mortars, begged the old government in vain to permit them to work in our munition factories. ”