THE MENNONITE BROTHERHOOD IN RUSSIA (1789 - 1910), P. M. Friesen, 1911

on of six members which the authorized representative calls to a counsel meeting whenever he needs to resolve important questions regarding matters of guidance for the task which the Mennonite communities have entrusted to him . [N.B.! Food and clothing for those in the service is supplied by the Mennonite administration. The official menu, prepared by the “general assembly” is genuinely Mennonite— including “Schnetke” and “Plume- moos;” clothing (simple and becoming, hardly military, is reminiscent of schoolboy uniforms and often the “Mennonite soldiers” are mistaken for such) and food can almost be called luxurious.] "9. In consequence of Point 5 of the resolutions of the assembly of delegates 1906, the assembly elects another committee. The resolution is altered in that the assembly is granted a free election for this commission. The term of service is to be three years. Elected by ballot were: the colony administrators of Halbstadt, Chortitza and Gnadenfeld and the former authorized representatives— Franz Peters, Jacob Suderman and David Dick. “15. The assembly resolves that another commission be charged with the task of working out a statute concerning composition, concerning daily procedure and procedure in the house, concerning the competence of the assembly of delegates and concerning the election of delegates and of the authorized representative. This statute is to be presented to the next assembly of delegates for approval.” 624 THE STATE §288-9 Translation from the Russian Introduction Ministry of Agriculture and Crown Lands. Department of Forestry— Section IV— Table 2— October 30, 1903— No. 18178. To be delivered to Isaak Dyck (of Chortitza village) by the district police administration of Ekaterinoslav. Introduction: The honorable Minister of the Interior transmitted the correspondence (concerning a petition of the Mennonite congregations’ authorized representatives— Isaak Dyck and Johann Thiessen) accompanied by a letter in the name of the honorable Minister of Agriculture and Crown Lands. This petition was to inquire about the legal stipulations concerning each Mennonite’s obligation in making the annual payments for supporting the forestry detachments. After examination of the petition and comparison of the request with the laws concerning it, the Forestry department found the following: According to Point 1 of the supplement to article 27 of the forestry decrees, 1893 edition, the Mennonites who settled 39 in the districts and municipalities of the empire up to January 1, 1874, were (after conscription into mandatory service) appointed to serve in the forestry detachments of the Ministry of Agriculture and Crown Lands. The cost of supporting the Mennonite forestry detachments, however (referred to under point 25 of the same law), is the responsibility of the Mennonite congregations and (this cost) is charged to their account. Consequently, individual Mennonites wh