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the military training of SA members. and it goes on to
provide and I quote from Paragraph 7 of the English translation:
"For the purpose of camouflage,
Lieutenant Colonel Auleb will wear SA uniform with the insignia of
rank according to more detailed regulations of the Supreme SA leader."
The military training program of the SA was for many years conducted
under the guise of a sports program. This plan was created by Hitler as
early as 1920 by the founding of what he called the sports program. The
fact that the so-called sports program was in reality closely associated
with, and in fact a means of providing, military training for the German
youth is shown by the following characterization of the program by
Lutze, the Chief of Staff of the SA, in an article written in 1939. I
now refer to Document 3215-PS, Exhibit Number USA-426; and I quote
excerpts of the English translation on Page 2:
"The decrees issued by the Führer
to the SA in 1935 about the renewal, in 1936 regarding the bestowal of
the diploma and in 1937 about the repetition of the yearly exercises
of the SA sport badge, all served this goal. Parallel to this decree
of the Führer for physical strengthening and military
indoctrination, adequate measures were taken within the SA, regarding
organization and drilling. Out of the idea that the preservation and
the advancement of the military power of our people must be specially
fostered by military and physical exercises, resulted a particular and
systematic training in these fields.
"In 25 troop schools and in three Reichsführer schools of
the SA 22,000 to 25,000 officers and noncommissioned officers were
trained yearly since 1934 in special educational courses until they
possessed the education and examination certificates. In clearly
outlined training directives the training goals which had to be
achieved yearly were given and at the same time the yearly Reich
competitive contests were established. Hand in hand the training of
the Führer Corps and the corresponding organizational measures
and the training at the front proceeded on the broadest basis."
In connection with the military training of the sports program, I refer
to Document 2354-PS, Exhibit Number USA-430, which demonstrates the
tests and standards required for obtaining the sports award — Page
2 of the English translation. I am not going to read all of it, if Your
Honor pleases, but just refer to a few of them:
"Group II: Military sports;
25-kilometer march with pack; firing of small-caliber arms; aimed
throwing of hand grenades, 200-meter cross-country race with gas masks
over