The dempen van den opstand in de Gajo- en Alaslanden in 1905 was the suppression of the rising that broke out in the Gajo and Alas highlands after the famous march of Lieutenant-Colonel G. C. E. van Daalen through those lands, and the action for which the young officer W. V. Rhemrev received the Militaire Willems-Orde 4th class.
The rising and its suppression
The 1930 Maréchaussée jubilee number records that Rhemrev “dempte in 1905 den opstand, die uitbrak na den beroemden tocht door de Gajo- en Alas-landen van Overste van Daalen” — quelled in 1905 the revolt which broke out after the celebrated march through the Gajo and Alas lands of Lieutenant-Colonel Van Daalen — and was decorated for it with the Militaire Willems-Orde 4th class.
Van Daalen’s expedition had run from February to July 1904, with an initial ten and eventually fourteen brigades of Maréchaussée, the division commanders being at the same time charged with the civil administration.
Rhemrev’s wound and continued service
In the course of the suppression Rhemrev was wounded in a manner described in the jubilee account as levensgevaarlijk — mortally dangerous. He was in consequence declared unfit for active service. He nevertheless continued to serve, at the express request of Governor-General J. B. van Heutsz and of Colijn.
The year before, in 1904, Rhemrev had received an honourable mention for his military operations on the Karo plateau. The register of honours in the same issue records that in 1906 he was, as second lieutenant of Maréchaussée, made a knight of the Militaire Willems-Orde 4th class.
See Also
- W. V. Rhemrev
- Tocht naar de Gajo-Loeös (1904)
- G. C. E. van Daalen
- J. B. van Heutsz
- H. Colijn
- Gajolanden
- Alaslanden
- 1905
Source
Het Korps Maréchaussée in Atjeh: De Atjehsche Garde, 1890 - 2 April 1930, Extra Jubileum-nummer of Het Nieuws van den Dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië issued for the fortieth anniversary of the corps (1930), pp. 1-16. Offprint DLP-143, Bibliotheek KITLV, accession 621 116 794.