VERIFICATION FEES OF THE LOWER REPLACEMENT OFFICIALS IN THE SIBERIAN AND AMUR MILITARY DISTRICTS IN 1896, 1897 AND 1899
In the article on a wide range of sources, mainly archival, analyses the process of conducting verification fees lower replacement officials in the Siberian and Amur military districts in 1896, 1897 and 1899. The authors note that one of the most objective and at the same time, the least resource-intensive way to test mobilization of the reserve army is the mobilization charges in the period of peace. In Russia in the second half of the XIX - early XX centuries. check the mobilization reserve of the army was carried out during the “verification” of the lower ranks of the reserve. In order not to attract excessive attention of the probable opponent, similar actions were planned on separate military districts, military units and connections. In the course of verification mobilization fees revealed a large number of shortcomings related to the lack of uniformity of forms of accounting, heterogeneity of documents, lack of efficiency of the public notification system, confusion in the distribution of duties of officials at the assembly points. The authors note the importance of the measures to improve the mobilization work of state and local authorities and management. Verification fees of the lower ranks of the reserve, held in 1896, 1897 and 1899 in the Siberian and Amur military districts, allowed to identify and eliminate existing shortcomings in the organization of mobilization planning, accounting and notification of military service. The experience gained by state and local authorities in carrying out mobilization activities during the verification fees was fully used in the mobilization of reserve ranks in June 1900 during the conflict with China.