They were elected in private at the general meeting of the unit after the release on March 14, 1917 of order No.
The High Command and the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command, seeking to establish their control over the committees, ordered the introduction of officers' representatives into them.
By order of the Supreme High Command of General Mikhail Alekseev dated April 12, 1917, a "Temporary Regulation on the Organization of Ranks of the Active Army and Navy" was introduced.
To resolve important issues, the council convened a full committee.
The army committees were dominated by representatives of the Mensheviks and Socialist Revolutionaries.