Gouvernement Celebes en Onderhoorigheden is a subject named in General Swart, Pacifier of Atjeh (1943) by M. H. du Croo, in connection with the history of Atjeh and the governorship of H. N. A. Swart.
Account in du Croo’s Generaal Swart (1943)
From H. N. A. Swart
On 9 July 1906, under article 43 of the Reglement op het beleid der Regeering in Nederlandsch-Indië, he was temporarily charged with effect from 3 September 1906 with the civil and military authority in the Gouvernement Celebes en Onderhoorigheden, at 1,500 guilders a month, with the title of Civiel en Militair Gouverneur van Celebes en Onderhoorigheden and simultaneously Military Commander of Menado and Timor en Onderhoorigheden. There he oversaw the pacification of Celebes and, as the closing piece of his eastern service, the undertaking against Bima and Soembawa in 1908 — an operation carried out with a handful of marechaussée and described by du Croo as a classic example of rapid and conclusive pacification. He was promoted Commander of the Militaire Willemsorde (“Military William Order”) by royal decree of 2 September 1909 no. 41 for the Soembawa operations of 16 February to 9 May 1908, and appointed Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion by royal decree of May 1909 no. 7.
From 1906
In 1906 the pacification of the South and East Division of Borneo was completed; on 9 July 1906 H. N. A. Swart was temporarily charged, with effect from 3 September 1906, with the civil and military authority in the Gouvernement Celebes en Onderhoorigheden and the military command of Menado and Timor.
From Regeeringsreglement
Article 67 ran: “so far as circumstances permit, the native population is left under the immediate direction of its own chiefs, appointed or recognised by the Government.” Out of that article, du Croo wrote, arose the Korte Verklaring. Under article 43 of the Reglement op het beleid der Regeering in Nederlandsch-Indië Swart was on 9 July 1906 temporarily charged with the civil and military authority in the Gouvernement Celebes en Onderhoorigheden. The colonial opposition in the Chambers had pressed for such provisions at the framing of the Regeeringsreglement of 1854.
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Source
Generaal Swart, Pacificator van Atjeh (“General Swart, Pacifier of Atjeh”), by M. H. du Croo, Colonel K.N.I.L. (retired), with the collaboration of H. J. Schmidt, Titular Colonel K.N.I.L. (retired), with a foreword by His Excellency Lieutenant-General K.N.I.L. (retired) G. K. Dijkstra (Maastricht: N.V. Leiter-Nypels, 1943), passim.