CAVALRY SCHOOL AT VELIKA KIKINDA

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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2006
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 31, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Yugoslavia
25X1 SUBJECT Cavalry School at V4c Kikinda
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DATE DISTR. 31 March 1952
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1. A school for both commissioned and. noncommissioned officers candidates
of the Yugoslav Cavalry is located in Velika Kikindaa The members of the
commanding staff at the school have been identified as followsg
ao Commander; Lieutenant Colonel Valentin Horvat;
bo Political Commissars Milan Suman;2 and
c. KOS Chief g Captain Vinko Freglo
2, The Commissioned Officers and Noncommissioned Officers' School at Velika
Kikinda comprises the following divisionsa.
ao Training;
be Plans;
c. Operations;
do Political;
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e4 Police (UDP)A
f m Quartermaster; and
gd Administration.
3. The Cavalry School instructors have been identified as follows;
a0 Tactical instructor. Major Petar Cikojevic, former lieutenant in the
Royal Yugoslav Army, who attended the Suvorov Military Academy in Russia;
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b. Instructor in :? a.fantry training- Colonel Milos Drakul.ic93 former
captain in the Royal Yugoslav Army;
e. Topography instructors Major Stanko Zivkovic;3
d. Political Instructor.- Captain Luka Lekica
e. Alternate Political instructor.- Captain Pavle Petrovicc;9
f. Ins truct ,r in formal training.- Major Ivan Muzevic;
g. Instructor in horsemanship and communications, Major Slavko Grdjic;
h. Instructor in chemical warfare.- Lieutenant Colonel Marko Ranicki,
'l'orrner captain in the Royal Yugoslav Army;
i. Physical education instructors Lieutenant Dora Spasojevac; and
j. Instructor in firearms and ballistics.- Captain Mila Grmosa, former
lieutenant in the Royal Yugoslav Army.
In addition.to the regular curriculum offered at the Cavalry School at Velika
Kikinda for commissioned and noncommissioned officer candidates of the cavalry
the following courses are given at the school-.
a. -A staff level course for active commissioned officers. The duration of
this course is twelve months and the training is identical for officers
of all ranks. Each class is composed of some 30 officers.
b. A staff-level course for cavalry artillery officers,, the duration of which
is three months. This course, which is offered at unspecified times is
also attended by field artillery officers.
o . A three-month staff-le rel course z, which generally has an enrollment of
;30 mega is offered for reserve officers.
d. Frequent courses of three monthsl durationr are given for noncommissioned
officers. Each class generally has an enrollment of !lO noncommissioned
officers.
A twelve-month course is offered for reserve noncommissioned officers.
This course is attended by Communist reserve noncommissioned officers
whc, upon successful completion of this course, are given the rank of
master sergeant. In the event these men are recalled into active
military service they are given the rank of warrant officer. Some 80
noncommissioned officers attend this course.
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A highly specialized course in equitation is offered at the Cavalry School
at Velika Kikinda. The enrollment in this course is ten officers. These
officers undergo strenuous training in horsemanship in preparation for
national and international. riding competitions. The following individuals
have been identified as candidates in this courses
a. Lieutenant Nikola K ran
h. Captain Djukica Jovanovic,,
co Lieutenant Branko Milo-Tic,
d. Second Lieutenant Branko Begovi.c
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e. Second Lieutenant Franjo Zagar; and
f. A certain Lieutenant Pajtak.
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Horvat to be Commander of the Infantry Academy