Peuniti 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 Koeta Radja
The town also housed the Atjehclub, in whose reading room hung the portraits of all the Atjeh generals, and the Oranjehotel, whose manager Hense, a former marechaussée sub-officer, was murdered on 12 February 1919. In the former military encampment at Peuniti a native trade school was established.
From Swart’s farewell address (2 September 1918)
The same correspondent pointed to the care for education, the great success of the Hollandsch-Inlandsche schools and the native trade school in the former military encampment at Peuniti, and concluded: “All these are things of which a former generation could not even form a conception. It is the Spring, in which the swelling buds burst open with a force of growth no longer to be restrained; the awakening to new life of a portion of mankind that slept for centuries, gathering the latent strength which comes irresistibly to expression more and more. In the musty offices one does not see that — and that is the great danger.”
From Volksonderwijs in Atjeh
An agricultural school was opened at Pedir on 12 February 1914: “although the population does not yet fully grasp the significance of an agricultural school, it understands enough to see that an attempt is being made here to raise the level of agriculture.” The Atjeh correspondent of the Nieuwe Courant also noted in 1918 the great success of the Hollandsch-Inlandsche schools and the native trade school in the former military encampment at Peuniti. The younger generation of chiefs was trained at Bandoeng or Fort de Kock.
See Also
- Koeta Radja
- Swart’s farewell address (2 September 1918)
- Volksonderwijs in Atjeh
- H. N. A. Swart
- 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.