Activitatea gărzii naționale române a marinarilor de la Pola (30 octombrie-22 noiembrie 1918)
The Activity of the Romanian National Guard of the Sailors from Pola (the 30th of October-the 22nd of November 1918)

Summary/Abstract: In the autumn of 1918, on the background of the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian army, the Romanian soldiers from Transylvania, Banat and Bukovina encouraged by the launch of the imperial manifest entitled ,,To my faithful nations!” which allowed the foundation of the ,,national councils”, set the basis of the national military organisms, that bespoke the manner in which they had become aware of putting into practice the imperial recommendations regarding the dissolution of the central authority and the transfer of authority from center to periphery. So the Romanian Central Senate of the Officers and Soldiers from Vienna (the 31st of October-the 27th of November 1918), the Romanian Legion from Prague (the 30th of October-the 24th of November 1918) and the National Guard of the Sailors from Pola (the 30th of October-the 22nd of November 1918) were founded, the last one being also the topic of the present study. Why were they exactly founded within these centers? For simple reasons; at that moment Vienna represented the main railway junction of the Empire, Prague was the center of the Romanian units of the Second Regiment Braşov, of the 51st Regiment Cluj and of the 37th Regiment Oradea, while Pola was the headquarter of the Austro-Hungarian navy. The activity of the Romanian National Guard of the Sailors from Pola, comprising the main base of the Austro-Hungarian military navy, has remained until now almost unknown both because of the absence of the documentary material and also of the interpretations provided during time. Through the present study, we have aimed at presenting some elements related to the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian navy in the autumn of 1918 as well as the most important events that have led to the foundation of the Romanian National Guard of the Sailors from Pola. We have focused our attention on the foundation and the activity of this guard, its administration and its members and also on all the aspects referring to the concentration, the organization and the dispatch to Transylvania of the Romanian sailors. So as to consolidate the aspects presented during our study, in its annex we have included, in a transliterated version, the annotations of sergeant Valeriu Seredan, the commandant of this organism, published in 1922, almost unknown to the large audience and equally unpublished.

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