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te boven gaat, zulks officieel desgewenscht schriftelijk - mede te deelen
aan den civielen ambtenaar, die alsdan gehouden is, bedoelde opdracht
met den detachementscommandant te wijzigen.
7. Zooals uit het vorenstaande blijkt, gaan de hierbedoelde detache
menten niet uit met het bepaalde doel, vijandelijkheden te plegen of
versterkingen, die zich hier of daar mochten bevinden, te nemen; mocht
hiertoe worden overgegaan, dan dient vooraf daartoe door den civielen
ambtenaar een gemotiveerd voorstel aan den Gouverneur van dit gewest
te worden gedaan en wordt in deze beslist in overleg met den geweste
lijken militairen commandant.
Yoor het Britsch-Indische leger vindt men o. a. in de „Regula
tions and Orders for the army of the Bengal Presidency" onder het
hoofd Duties in aid of the civil Power zeer goede bepalingen vast
gesteld op den bijstand van het burgerlijk bestuur door de krijgsmacht,
zooals uit de ondervolgende moge blijken.
1. Cordiality between military and civil authorities. The authority
with which military officers are invested, must never be exerted in competi
tion with, or opposition to that of the civil power. Should limits of
authority become the subject of dispute between civil and military officers
the government of India is alone competent to decide the question at issue.
10. Military aid to be granted whenever required. Commanding
officers are not to exercise any discretion in granting or withholding
military aid, which may be officially applied for by the civil or politi
cal authorities of their districts, for the maintenance of the peace, or
for any other emergency; but are immediately to furnish the same,
determining the nature and strength of the force which would be em
ployed from a consideration of the duty to be performed, the strength
and resources of the party against whom the troops are to act, and all
known obstacles to be encountered, points on which the civil autho
rity making the application is required to inform the commanding officer
as fully and circumstantially as may be practicable.
11. Civil officers to apply for aid from military authorities. The
civil officer is vested with authority to call upon the military comman
der for the services of the troops under his command, whenever, in
the judgment of such civil officer, the public interests of the government
may require such a measureand it, is the absolute duty of the military
officer to whom such requisition is adressed, whoever and whatever
he may be, forthwith to comply with the same. It is not competent for
him to enter into any discussion upon the merits of the measure
proposed, or to take any cognizance whatever of its policy, justice, or necessity.
