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"Selected Official Documents of the South African Republic and Great Britain A Documentary Perspective Of The Causes Of The War In South Africa"


ARTICLE 102.--The Assistant Field-Cornets and Field-Cornets are
charged with the maintenance of order; the Commandants are charged with
the commandos on occasion of rebellion at home; the Commandant-General
with commandos for the purpose of quelling disturbance among the white
population, the protection of the country, and fighting with foreign
enemies, in which case the Commandant-General shall have supreme command
over the whole army.
ARTICLE 103.--We must understand by
(_a_) Maintenance of order: the execution of the laws, the carrying out
of sentences after receiving orders, and the consideration of measures
of general and local interest; also the supervision over the natives,
and the repression of vagrancy and vagabondage in the field-cornetcies.
(_b_) Commandos on occasion of rebellion among the natives: bringing
Kaffir chiefs to their duty.
(_c_) Commandos for the suppression of disorders among the white
population: dispatching sufficient force to the district where disorder
has broken out; and by
(_d_) Defence of the country and carrying on war: carrying out martial
law and taking the field at the head of the army.
ARTICLE 104.--All subordinates receive orders from the officers
and officials placed above them.
ARTICLE 105.


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