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mindisclearlydescribedinhismemoirs.Hewrotethatifhereceived
anorderofmobilization,hewouldobeyitwithoutdoubt,butatthe
sametime,hehadtheintention,atthefirstopportunitytoreportJózef
PiłsudskithatthestruggleagainstRussia,whichhewasgoingtostart,
wouldbecomehisfailure15.
However,inWarsaw,despitethedecidedlypro-Russianmood,
therewereformedorganizations,conceivedasasecretarmedforce,
functioningontherearofthetsaristarmy.Beforethebeginningof
thewar,inWarsawtherewascreatedtheUnionofActiveStruggle,
headedbyHenrykKrok-PaszkowskiandthePolishRifleSquadsunder
thecommandofKarolRybasiewicz.However,thebeginningofthe
FirstWorldWarwasunexpectedforthemembersoftheUnionof
ActiveStruggle,aswellasforBogusławMiedziński,whoremained
inMiastków.Itisclearlyprovedbythefactthatalmostallthesenior
commandingstaffwasparticipatinginofficecourse,takingplacein
KrakowOleanders.Thesituationbegantonormalizeonlywiththe
arrivalofRybasiewicztoWarsawandwiththearrivalofadjutantof
HeadquartersofRiflemen’sAssociationofRussianmattes–AdamKoc
fromhissummervacationsinLithuania.Atthemeeting,heldduring
thefirstweekofAugust1914,itwasdecidedtojointheUnionofActive
StruggleandthePolishRifleSquadsandtomakeoneorganization–
PolishMilitaryOrganization.Rybasiewiczwaselectedthecommander,
Kocbecamehisdeputy,andAleksanderTomaszewskiwasappointedto
thepositionofchiefofstaff16.
Obviously,atthattime,theuncertaintyofsituationmadeBogusław
MiedzińskiinterrupthispassivewaitinginMiastkówandbeginto
searchsomecontactsinWarsaw.Afterthetelephoneconversation
withAdamKoc,accordingtohispersonalmemoirs,hewasinvited
tothesecretapartment,wherehewasenthusiasticallymetbyKoc,
Rybasiewiczandtwomorepersons,whomhedidnotknowatthattime.
Acompletesurpriseforhimwasthefactthatthegatheredconfused
himwiththeemissaryofJózefPiłsudski,arrivedfromabroad.Whenthe
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