CO129-457 - Public Offices - 1919 — Page 623

he six Bureaux, the Railway Department and the

Monopoly Bureau are placed under his supervision. This

change is, however, almost purely nominal as the Civi₺ 17

Governor has always held the additional office of

Director of the Railway Department. The Governor-

General's Secretariat is shorn of the Naval and Military

Adjutants.

As regards military matters, the office of Com-

mander-in-Chief of the Forces in Formosa is established.

To this officer, who is to be either a full General

or a Lieut-General and personally appointed by the

Emperor, the military powers and duties formerly vested

in the Governor-General are transferred, except for

the fact that the Gendarmerie are exempt from his

control in so far as their non-military duties are

concerned. The term "Formosan Garrison" is altered

to "Formosan Forces" and the Commander-in-Chief is

provided with a Chief of Staff and a Staff Office.

This is nothing more than the old Army Staff Office

under a new name and the former Chief of the Army

Staff has become Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-

Chief.

I am not quite clear regarding the naval dispos-

itions and this is the point on which I have been

trying to get elucidation from the Section of Foreign

Affairs. The Naval Staff Office has been done away

with and I believe that the Naval Forces in Formose

and the Pescadores are now under the control of the

Commander of the Sasebo Naval Station.

I do not,

however, yet understand the position of the present

Governor-General in relation to naval matters nor the

position which the former Chief of the Naval Staff

Office is to occupy. I shall hope to submit a further

despatch on this matter at a later date.

A further point which remains to be considered

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