(14G Function )1 (Public Safety)

1 Febr 1947

337181

Br ig ( ~oen )

UdotUmanTolPisI s landEat

Island

(a) Maintenance of l a w and order .A trial course in orlme detection and ·repbrtlng g i ven to the

police of Meen I s l and has produced gratifying .results , an d will beextended to the orces on the other is l ands in the Atoll an d outlyingislands . taw vio l ations rema in few i n number ; and th e ma jor i ty of theseviolations are products of the impact of a ne w culture on the peopl eof 'Iruk .(b ) Constabulary of police :

( 1 ) Native : Number , location, rates of pa y , earnin s .With th e establishment of island districts and the reorganiza­

t ion of the gover nmen t a l s truc tur e of outl ylhg atolls , i t bec amenecessary to change the po l i c e s tr ength according to the number o fdistric ts cr ea t ed in ea ch island . As of thi s date t he p6l i ce str engthof the ar ea 1s as follows:

Island No.'Iruk AtOll -koen 7'Ibnik-Param 1Dublon 5Fal o I~fan 4Fala - Beguets 1Romulum 1

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1 Febr 194 7 Truk Dist.

per

11111

$15 .00rate of

SatawanLukenorLosapNomrlnMunllo

at the flat

I slan d

are pa id

No .

11111

poli ce

Is landOu tlying Islandson eopMotKapingamarangiNamaRua

At present allmonth .

(2 ) USNMG supervi sion ; r esul t s. - No change rro~ reference (b) .(c) orrene e e s Number J t y pe , diapos taon ,

11 unauthorized u se of dynamite - 60 days confinement2 theft - 90 days confinement .1 appropriating government property for own use - 30 days

confinement .(d) Jails or br igs .

The major is lands I n the 'lruk Atoll are now commencing con s truc t i onof island jails and as previously noted all islands In the southern areaeither already have approved brigs or they are in the process ofconstruction .{e ) Fire pro tection - See reference (b ) o( 1') Other Public Safe ty .

A lI s t of known mines In the ar a wa s forwarded to Co:ena.nder

• ..,A (MG Func t' ons )1 ( Publi c Safety )- 3

1 Febr 1947 Truk Dist .

Mar i anas i n respons e to a despatch requesting that In forma t 'on . Tbthose l i s t ed In referenc e (b) were added three lmown to exist I n theSatawan atol l as wel l as seven others In the Truk Atoll . Others ares us pec t ed , principal ly In cer t ain of the un s wept ar ea s o f the TrukAtoll . Cache s of dynamite , pr i ncipal ly Japan es e, continue to come tolight, l argely thru t hei r il l egal use by natives in fishing . I t willbe noted fro~ a preceedlng paragraph that e leven c onvic t i ons for thei llegal useof dynamite were s ecur ed during the month . With one ex­ception the violations were a l l f rom Feran and all were arrested bynative po lic emen. Relatively severe sentences were me ted out t o thos efound gui lty of the charge i n t he hope that the practi ce can bedeter red .

' - Truk Di s t .1 Mar 47.,. (1lll i tary Gov ' t Func t i on s )1 (?~bli c Safety )

(a) "Ma i n t enanc e of law and order .The poli ce tra i ning program a s de scribed i n r efer enc e (b ) is pr ogres s ­

ing . Spec i al empha s i s was gi ven to phy s i cal rl t ne s s , military be aring ,and military cour t esy thi s mont h . Lessons in Judo have prov ed popular .Pol i cemen have been issued flashl ight s for night parol du t y , and billyclubs ar e being made f or di s tribut ion . One native poli ce s ergeant on KoenI s land i s taki ng driving l e ssons prepara tory t o the es t abl i shmen t of amotor i zed night pa trol for t he ba s e and ad jacent villages .(b ) Cons t abul ary or pol i ce : - No change - see r ef . (b) .( e) Of f ens es : Number , t ype , di s position . - None .(d) Jai l s or br i gs .

Con s truc tion of br igs on the major i s l ands of Truk Ato l l h a s pr ogres s ­ed as s wif tly as available manpower and mat er i al s wi ll permit . Pl ans forMi l i t ary Gov t t appr oved jai l s were l eft with the chief s ot Pulusuk , Puluwat ,Tamatam, and Ul ul i s l and s during the western fiel d trip . Other i s l andsv i si t e d during t h i s t rip wer e deeme d t oo s parsely populate d to ne ed ja i l s .(e ) Fire pro t ection. ( See ref . (b)) •

.The na t ive pr ac t ic e of cl eaning garden areas by burning off dri ed-outvege t ation necessitat ed the enfor cemen t of t he fo llowing regul at i ons:

1 . No fire wi ll be permitted In the area defined as the U. S . ~aval Ba~ e .2 . Permi s s ion t o burn off areas other t han that pr ovided for in (1 )

above , ~ us t be obt a i ned f rom the i s land chief v i a t he di stri c t oounci lmemb er .

Truk Dist .1 Mar 47A (Military Gov ' t Func t ions )1 (Pub l i c Safe ty ) - 2

3 . Land to be cleared by burni ng must be i nclosed by a f i re br eak , anda wa t ch malnt a!ned on the area during t he period of burning , s uch wat ch t ob e of suffici ent strength to keep the f ire within its limits a t all t imes .There has been no damage t o ilitary i ns t a l l a tions or na t i ve dwellings at­tributable t o fire , but the hazards of uncontrolled burning and prevai l inghigh winds warr an t ed establishment of effective controls .( f ) Oth er Publ i c Sa f ety .

1 . Three new nilc emen wer e added to t he Moen I s l and Cons t abul ary dur ingt his reporti ng period . One po l i ceman was as signe d to a pos t located at anew water sh ed t o pr event conta~~natlon . Two polic emen wer e assigned pos t sat na t i v e docks t o i nspec t boat s arr iving from Dublan Island to i nsure thatEastern Caro l i na s Sub - Are a Order No . 2 , whi ch establi shed a quarantine onall shipments of pl an t s , f rui t s and 8011s from said isla nd , Is not viiated.Polic emen on Dubl an are charged With t he r esponsibility of i nspecting eachboat prior to its departure , and police on other islands within the Atoll ­were i nstructed to i nspect all boats arr iving from Dubl on f or possible v i o­lations of Order No . 2 .

2 . The relatively severe penalty of 60 days confine ment at hand labor .meted ou t to nati v e s found gu i l ty of unauthor i ze d use of dynamite for fi sh­i ng resulted i n no off enders dur i ng thi s reporti ng period, with the ex c ep­t ion of one ~an of ~oen I s l and who was kil led instantly by a charge of ex­pl o siv e s he was carrying to a f r i ngeing ree f t or the purp ose of i l 1e a1fishing . The majori ty of natives have been highly co-operat ive i n t urningi n caches of explosives , as well as reporting known sources of fuse caps and

A (Military Gov 't Function. )1 (Public Safety) - 3

1 ~ar 47 Truk Di s t .

dy namite sticks .3 . Four native women of the Truk Atoll reported as V.D . contacts were

placed i n custody and confi ned to the Mi l i tary Gov ' t di spen . ary for exami­nation and treatment . Two of them were returned to t heir home i . l ands andtwo to Palo , all under restriction. Investigation s hows that pr os ti tut ionhas been confined to .oen and that the local social snactions brought tobear are similar to those in American .ociety.

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(a) -alntenance of ~an and orner .The fol~owlng off enses were c ommi tted curing th is r eporting pe r i od .

Al l were r oportett by n ative pol i cv , and ai~ were hana l ea by t oe i slanachie f concerned :

1 . ~ dQl te ry : e ca se s, p UDishe ~ by 3u nays in native caia boose ~ t

uard l abor .2 . Usurpa t i on of r ati ODJ In t endea for l e pers on ~al ot Island. 1 ce se.

punishe d by 4v nays aonf i neme nt at ha r d labor in native ca l ab oose .3 . ~he ft of t46u .uO: Unde r investigati on by local na tive police .

s trap h a D bee n Bet f or p o s ~ ible suspe c t s .4 . .al1ure to pe n pigs: i ca~ e , p uni she a by i mp ounding p i g a Da

r. q ~lring pound f ee f or relea s e to owner .5 . AssaUlt: 1 ca se, n o bedi l y harm , p nn l s ned by 3v days hara labor•• he r e l at ive l y f ew and minor oflenses commit ted wi th i n a t otal

populace of over l6,uuv peopie 1s indicative of t he peace a na or der t hatpre va i ls thr o :ghout t he smal ~, clos ely knit communitie s of th13 a re a .~olice on i slands o ther t han that of _oen , where the Navy install ationsare loca t ed, f i nd the ir dutie s t o be lar 6ely 1 ~ the fi eld a t s ani t ationins pecti ons, f i re pr event ion , and enf orcement of l ocal i slands laws a sl aid down by t he chie t s .{b } C on~t8bulary or pol i ce .

The polic e t r a in i ng pr og r am a s descr i be u in reference {b , has beenfur t her e xpanded t o cove r all aspects of pr ov isions f or a Paci f i c

A (KG Funation)~ (Publia Safety) -2

1 ApriL 1~47 Truk Dist .

Insular Constabulary sa set forth 1n ComMarlanas let ter serial 461~of 17 ~~rah 1~47 .

From t hree to six hOurs of c onve rs at l ona~ ~ngllsht mi l itar y driliau~ pOllce r eporting ar e given to t ne police force or Moen !E18n t wner unative P 0 1~ C~ will eventaully nave to assume tne secur~ty of the U.S .Marine Ddtachment . Personnel of the U.S . Marine Detachment, Truk areco-operating with the Public Saf e t y Officer in training native pol i ce .Instruction in r~trol en d Sen t r y Duty IE ~ lv en Indlvldually to natlv6police under the tutelage of the Marine s tand~ a partlc~ar duty.Training of po l i ce on the other i slands wi t h i n t he a t Ol l continuesunder t he r es pe c t ive i sland pol ice sergeants who have been br le r l ycoached in pol i ce dut ies on i slands where there are no Amerioan personnelor bases . During thl0 re porting per i od tnree native s have been underinstruct ion in driving Jeeps. and wi l l constitute the Road Patrol f or t neBase a r ea upon ~ne d1sestab11 shment of the U.S . Yar~ne De ta chme n~ .

Uniforms as de s or ibed i n pr ev io us re ports have been ~B sue a at pr a ot 1oal l yno co~t to MG. but the supply has bee n limitea i n v1ew of the d~ffic~ty

1n obtaini ng suff1cient surveyed, i n excess , or d ~B c ard e a khak i sh i r tsand tr ~uB ers . The uniforms re ma i n tne property of KG, and mus t ber eturneu 1n should any member of t he Constabulary be (. 1 s cn8r~e a . A meritof s e r v i ce will be weignea 86alnst the records of his assoc1ates .Pr omot i ons . demot i ons , wi l l be bas eQ on t hi s sys t emat i c e va~U8tion .

(a) Offensos- -Nane .(d) Jsils or brigs - no ahsnge fro m referanao (b) .

Tr uk Dist .1 April 1.~7A (UG Funct ions )1 (PUbliC "8fe ty ) -~

(e) Fir. prot.cti on .Comme ncement of the rai ny s eason and s t r i ngent enforce ment o~

r egUlat i ons 85 se t f orth in re f erenc e (b) hav e both c ont r l but eG to t hepreveut ion of fire s . ~uring t hi s r epor ting peri od only one tire ~a b

reporte d , s nd 1nve stigation revea~e d tha t it had bee n s t ar t ea by Navypers onne~ f r om a vesse l t hen at Moen anchorage . Samage was ni l .(f) Other Public Saf. ~y .

One native woman DaweQ as a VD cont ac t was confi nan to tne MGdl sp ens~ry f or tre a tmen t and a~l c ont a c ts , bot n na tive a nd American, n oretraced and treat6a as r equirea .

J.rtLit Dls t .1. J u.l,y .L i/4 7/ .-.JJJaFuncta"s,~ (Publ~o Safe ~y l

(_) Maint euanco ot ~aW and orae r .UrreDb8s cemmltted by uatlve a nd punl s neu by native co urt s are ~~sted

in r a r t • - Se c t i on ~. paragr~pn G {. } .(b) Censtabulary or pol i ce .

~urlug tne re por t i ng pe r i od tne Paclf~c Insular ~ ons ta b ~ary a~sume ~

tne re s ponslbl11 ty for policing t he ~aval ba se and enVlrons b B well bBits uorwa~ Qutie s . While tnere waa an ea rly re ~uc tanoe on ~ne part or t ll~

native Dff~cers to r~ly exerClse tnelr new func tions a cons t.nt 1mpr oT~­

went haa been note a a nd t hey heva s o c ond uct ea themsei ves as tv 8cq~re

toe reB~ect of mos t of the pe rsonne l~ It oannot be expe ctea taat tn_ywo~d ~t t 8in toe eff lclency of a .arl~e de t~ohment 10 tne time ~V~llH bi.

but g e ne r a l l y t heir pe rfwrwauce 19 sa tl ~ factory . ~ re commenQat~on tD2~

a -ar~ne co r ps aerge~ut former~ st at~oued &t Tr uk De r eturned to Cout ~uu.

on a f~l t i me baBi o lil S rorwer par t t~me rebpousi ol~lty a s tr~lning

off~cer for tno c onstab~ery nas be en pa s s ea t. toe vOmmBudlug Gene r a! oft ne Mar i ne C or~8 fvr flna~ action . Toe s erv ~ c es o f s uch 8u i ndl vid uala r e re qu~re d if t he nec e s ~ary p rofl c ~ eucy of tue Consta bulary i s to t eatt_~ne d . Tr a i n1ng iu -ng11sn and p. l l c8 dut ies cont1n ues a nd t ue res~t.

are not unsat lstac t or l ., c J Off enseb: ~uwb er, t ype , d1 spoel\lou.

Thi S s Ub Je ct ha s be Gn de:~t w1 t n 1n a preced i ng pbragrapn .\ U, . a~ le or br lgs .

The cOustruc tion of Jail S, know locally as ca laboos es c ont inues .~

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1 ..uly 1 ~4 '1 :L r u.&. _i s 1. _

~ome of the outl y i ng 1s~ and B but 1s c ompl e t e a au mos t of t hem. Ac t~l~s

tne c al aboos e is more signifi cant 8 6 a pre s t l ge e nd t hre at r act. r thanas a rp lac~ whe re cons i de rabl e nwm be r s ot pe r s ons ar e co nf i ne a .,.) Flre Prote ct l on .

Fi re prot ection . now that t ne ra i ny s ea s ou i s we ~~-3tarte d . r e qui res11 t tle ot her t han the v1gl l ance of pol l ee who ext l nguiah any una tten deofl re ~ f ound 1n Vill ag e s or i n area s whe r e nat ive s hay. been pr epar l ngpreserve d :roods .

K (Civ . Ad . runcti ~nR)

1 (Publlc Safety)1 Oct 1947 . Truk Dist .

(a ) MpiDt~nence of 1py ~nd order .Offenses committed by natives s oC JW11shed by nativ~ courts are listed

in Par t I. Section C, ~aragrawh 2 (A).

(b ) ConstabulAry or wolice :A Marine staff sergeant YeS 88ft~ned to the unit during the reporting

period and suaaed hi. duties in charge of the Pacific I ns ular Constabulary .He Yill aleo function 88 baBe security and safety officer, and fire marshal.Mecber~ of the con8tabulary from 8everal of the islands yere brought to head­quarters for a ~eek. intensive tralni~ and that program Yill be continuedInedflnitely. As a r esu l t of the intensified training ~or-ram, turn~ver a.ongthe c~netabulary reonnel has increased .

(c) Offensee : &u.ber , t~ , diA~o.itiGn .

This subject bEls been discussed in a ~eceding :paragra!!h .

(d) J ... Us or briel .!he ieland br ig on M~n has beE'n .oved fro. it. foraer quarters to the

l arge quonse t yhich Yas ce the enli sted aen ls .eSS hall and gal ley . The build~

has been 8uitably remodelled to serve its neY pur~o.e.

(e) Fire pretectlon.10 change from laat re~ort.

A ( ilitary Gov 't Functions)1 (Public Safety)

1 Jan 48 Truk mot.

(a) Maintenance of l aw and order .orfensee committed by natives and punished by native courts are listed

in Part I , Section C, paragraph 2 (a) .(b) Constabulary or pol i ce : - See last report .(c) Offenses: Number , type, disposition. - This subject has been discussedin a preceding paragraph.(d) Jails or brigs . - No change from las t r epor t.