Magelang 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
Having been dressed by the officier van gezondheid J. A. Tamson, Swart resumed command of his section and took part in the rest of the day’s operations. He remained with the troop movements with his arm in a sling and returned to Magelang after six weeks. By royal decree of 30 August 1891 no. 2 he was appointed Knight 4th Class of the Militaire Willemsorde for his conduct at various encounters with the enemy in Atjeh during 1890.
From Java
H. N. A. Swart remained obstinately on Java and in the vredesgarnizoenen from 1890 until his captaincy in 1898; he served at Magelang, Gombong, Semarang and Batavia. Van Heutsz’s solution of the teacher problem for volksonderwijs took the Javanese desa as its model; at the census of 1930 Java’s literacy rate was 5.5 per cent against Atjeh’s 1.1. Banishment to Java was the penalty T. Béntara Titeuë demanded in 1913 and which Dutch law could not impose for slight wounding.
From Attack on the Boekit Roembia (11 June 1890)
Swart kept following the troop movements at the head of his platoon with his arm in a sling and returned to Magelang after six weeks.
See Also
- H. N. A. Swart
- Java
- Attack on the Boekit Roembia (11 June 1890)
- General Swart, Pacifier of Atjeh (1943)
- Atjeh
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.