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150Sunday and the village of Loewenberg will entertain theweek-end troops of Adolf Hitler.* * *The Nazi army, estimated toward the end of 1931, at80,000 men, and described by Hitler as a spearhead againstMarxism, consists to a certain extent of proletarians, sometimesMarxists. Unemployed men cannot do better thanjoin the Nazi ranks where they have free week-end amusementand sometimes a little extra money.Adolf Hitler is the Supreme Shock Troop Commander,“Oberster Sturm Abteilung Fuehrer,” hence the name of“Osaf.” He is assisted by a general staff of officers, many ofwhom filled important places during the world war. Germanyis divided into five Sturm Abteilung inspections, at theheads of which stand five deputy Osafs. This extra-legalsemi-military force of a political party is said to be reachingfor the laurels of the Fascist militia before the march on Rome.It is an aggressive corps, the offshoot of the usher servicewhich Hitler had established in Munich to protect the NationalLabour Party meetings from hecklers and irruptions.Although the Nazi army is Fascist by inspiration, itsstructure reminds one of the regular German army. The inspectionsare divided into brigades, and the brigades into“Gausturms,” which correspond to the army divisions.The regiment in the Nazi language is called “Standarte,”and like the legion of ancient Rome it is entitled to its ownbanner. The “Trupp” is the equivalent of the company andthe smallest Nazi SA. unit is the “Gruppe,” consisting of a