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Russians also received this training, Tb cite an example, a reportdiscloses that captured Soviet officers with a technical background,and ideologically tractable, were given a five weeks 1 course andentrusted with supervisory positions, such as construction supervisors,draftsmen and foreman technicians, in the Crimea and the Donetz Basin.To Improve standards of work and keep up morale, the variousOberbauleitungen have Lagerschulen (Camp Schools) of their own.Lagerfahrer (Camp supervisors) and their Hilfslagerftthrer (Assistants;,head cooks, and foremen of all types have to attend these courses.If it is not possible for all those enrolled to take these coursesat the same time, the OBL establishes several weekend courses.These extend over four weekends and include training in weapons,(pistol, rifle, hand-grenades and machine-guns), marching, gasmaskdrill, care of equipment and clothes, political indoctrination,hygiene and OT problems in general*131. Special Unit Training (Schutzkommando)Of all the special units in any way connected with the OT,only the Schutzkomnando (SK: Security Guard) can be termed anorganic OT organisation. It is a police organisation the duty ofwhich is to round up deserters, maintain order and discipline onthe construction sites, act as guards on convoys, and so forth. Italso takes part in the training of OT leaders (see para. 130 above).Its German personnel is, for the most part, composed of men witharmy experience but incapacitated for combat service. It is, forexample, not uncommon to find an SK man with only one arm. Forthe most part, however, its ranks are filled by trusted foreigners*For details on SK training, see UPe, The subject is mentionedhere beause SK training is an OT function, unlike, for instance,NSKK-OT training which is undertaken by the NSKK. For a completelist of such affiliated units, see list in IIIA114.132. Trade Training in OTThe problem of recruiting an adequate number of skilled andtrained manpower, always present, became acute in "the fourth yearof the war and has remained so ever since* In the beginning allthe skilled workers were Germans who had learned their trade at homein civilian life* In order to bolster their thinning ranks and toprepare men for the special requirements of OT work, elementarycourses were given to selected yorkers in specific trades* Thesecourses, for German and foreign personnel alike, usually ran forfrom 4 to 8 weeks. For semi-skilled workers there were shortercourses which enabled them to become foremen and supervisors intheir own trade* Host of these schools in the EGW were in thevicinity of PARIS, and every type from cooking schools to schoolsfor administrative and communication personnel is found there*While the various Binsatzgruppen in occupied territories rantheir own schools and courses, the OT within the Reich maintainsadditional schools to teach OT methods of construction and operationElementary courses are given at the Main Induction Camps and theLehrlager (Training Camps) mentioned in the previous paragraphs*German mechanical and technical schools are made available to OTpersonnel for more advanced training*D. Uniforms, Insignia, personal Equipment and Decorations133. Uniforms (See Tables IV and V and Chart 10)The OT-Dienst Uniform (OT Basic Uniform) is worn by all membersof the OT who are permitted to carry a Dienstbuch (Pay and IdentityBook)* (See Table I, No. 3: Frontftrbeiter).These men, both JS^EST. (Officers and NCO's) and Frontarbeiter(Front Zone Workers) receive their clothing and equipment at an of"