garrison order - eijurei

…A garrison was a military unit of the former Japanese Army permanently stationed in one place, and the military unit was responsible for guarding the area (the name of the area was given, for example, Sendai Garrison), monitoring the order, military discipline, and public morals of the Army, and protecting buildings and other structures belonging to the Army. The law that regulated garrison duty was the Garrison Ordinance (Imperial Decree of May 1881), which was completely revised in 1910 and renamed the Garrison Order, and at the same time the Garrison Duty Order, which specified the details, was also established and remained in effect until its abolition on November 30, 1945. According to the Garrison Order, the most senior of the military units (excluding the military police, etc.) stationed in that area became the garrison commander, and he oversaw operations under the supervision of the army commander and division commander. …

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…旧日本陸軍軍隊が永久に一つの地に駐屯することを衛戍といい，当該軍隊がその地域(地名を付して，たとえば仙台衛戍地という)の警備および陸軍の秩序，軍紀，風紀の監視ならびに陸軍に属する建築物などの保護の任に当たった。衛戍勤務を定めた法規に衛戍条例(1881年5月勅令)があり，1910年の全面改正で衛戍令と改称，同時に細目を定めた衛戍勤務令も定められ，45年11月30日の廃止まで有効であった。衛戍令などによれば，その地に駐屯する軍隊(憲兵隊などを除く)の長の最上級先任者が衛戍司令官となり，軍司令官および師団長の監督下に業務を統括した。…

※「衛戍令」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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