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(3) Traffic control.
(4) Control of the
movement of civilians to and from the reservation, and
while within, the reservation. When the situation
warrants, a system of identification cards or passes for
civilian employees may be established to assist in this
control.
(5) Control of the movement of military personnel to and
from the reservation.
(6) Safeguarding individuals from violence or accidents.
(7) Return of absentees to their organizations.
(8) Recovery of lost, stolen, and abandoned property.
(9) Supply of information relative to the location of
units, headquarters, offices, and other establishments on
or adjacent to the reservation.
(10) Investigation and prevention of crime.
b. In civil communities, It is generally desirable to
arrange with the local authorities of towns and cities
contiguous to posts, camps, or stations to have military
police on duty in the civil communities. Their principal
duties are:-
(1) To assist the civil police by maintaining order among
military personnel, by minimizing difficulties between
military personnel and civilians, and by enforcing
observation of civil laws and ordinances by military
personnel.
(a) Military police on duty in civil communities patrol
areas frequented by military personnel. The patrols may
be accompanied by members of the civil police,
particularly when it appears probable that difficulties
with civilians may arise. Headquarters of the military
police in civil communities are usually at local police
headquarters.
(b) By agreement with the civil authorities, all military
personnel arrested for minor derelictions are turned over
promptly to the military police, with the understanding
that corrective action is to be taken by the military
authorities.
(2) To apprehend deserters and other unauthorized
absentees. Suspected deserters are detained for proper
investigation. Disposition of other absentees and reports
thereon conform to local military regulations.
(3) To take into custody military personnel appearing in
public in a drunken or otherwise discreditable condition.
These individuals are either returned to the military
reservation under guard or ordered to return. Full
reports on personnel committing these offenses are made
to their respective commanders through post headquarters.
(4) To be of service to both military personnel and
civilians seeking proper information on the locations of
points of importance and interest. Each military
policeman while on patrol should be provided with a map
of the locality, and when necessary, with a pocket street
directory or guide.
(5) To assist civil police in traffic control when troop
movements are in progress by controlling military
traffic.
7. WARTIME DUTIES. In time of national emergency or war,
all of the peacetime duties of military police are
applicable in the zone of the interior, and many of them
apply in the theater of operations. However, many
additional duties are required, particularly in. the
theater of operations. The enforcement of military laws
and regulations, the maintenance of order, and the
control of traffic remain the most important duties of
military police in war as well as in peace. Other duties
of military police in war include the following:
a. Protecting designated establishments, public works,
and localities of special importance from pillage, acts
of sabotage, and damage from any source. In the forward
area of the combat zone much of this type of duty is
performed by combat troops, particularly the guarding of
critical points on lines of communication.
b. Quelling outbreaks and uprisings occurring within
areas being guarded.
c. Protecting troops and the civilian populations in
areas under military jurisdiction, against violence and
excesses.
d. Aiding civil authorities in the enforcement of civil
laws when so directed by competent authority.
e. Assisting in destroying hostile air-borne troops when
combat troops are not available or are inadequate to
accomplish the task.
f. Preventing and investigating crime. In the theater of
operations, military police are concerned not only with
all crimes and offenses committed by persons subject to
military law but also with crimes and offenses committed
by civilians against members of the military forces or
agencies of the United States. Special military police
units may be organized for this purpose.
g. Cooperating with the Corps of Intelligence Police of
the Military Intelligence Division, which is charged with
investigation of cases involving espionage, sabotage, and
subversive activities.
h. Assisting appropriate governmental agencies in
carrying out the laws relating to alien enemies, when
required.
i. Supervising and controlling the evacuation and
repatriation of the civilian population.
j. Assisting in the enforcement of gas defense, passive
antiaircraft measures, blackouts, and other general
measures for security and secrecy.
k. Supervising the circulation of individuals, both
military and civilian, in the theater of operations and
in areas in the zone of the interior over which the Army
has jurisdiction.
I. Collecting and disposing of unauthorized absentees. In
the theater of operations this includes straggler
control.
m. Assisting in troop movements.
n. Controlling vehicular traffic and supplying road and
other information to travelers. This applies to areas in
the zone of the interior over which the Army has
jurisdiction and to the theater of operations.
o. Relieving combat organizations of custody of prisoners
of war, and operating the prisoner of war system.
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