Headquarters, Alaskan
Department
OFFICE OF THE COMMAND
ING GENERAL
APO 942, c-o Postmaster,
Seattle, Washington
Public
Proclamation
No. 8
November 15, 1943
ALASKA TRAVEL CONTROL
TO THE PEOPLE OF ALASKA
AND THE PUBLIC GENER
ALLY:
WHEREAS by Public Procla
mation No. 1, dated April 7, 1942.
Headquarters Alaska Defense
Command, the entire Territory
t>f Alaska was designated and es
tablished as a Military Area from
"which any and all persons may
be excluded and with respect to
which the rights of any person to
enter, remain in, or leave are
subject to whatever restrictions
may be imposed by the Com
manding General of the Alaska
Defense Command; and
WHEREAS, the powers and
(prerogatives vested in the Com
manding General of the Alaska
Defense Command have been
vested in the Commanding Gen
eral of the Alaskan Department;
end
WHEREAS the Commanding
General of the Alaskan Depart
ment has been designated by the
Secretary of War as a military
commander within the purview
of Executive Order No. 9066.
February 19, 1942, of the Presi
dent of the United States; and
WHEREAS. the successful
prosecution of the war requires
the greatest possible protection
against sabotage and espionage in
said military area, and. insofar
as possible, requires every pre
caution to prevent the unauthor
ized dissemination of information
concerning the military strength
activities and operations of the
Alaskan Department; and
WHEREAS- the President of
the United States has directed
that the Commanding General of
the Alaskan Department, as a
designated military commander
under Executive Order No. 9066.
establish restrictions for the con
trol of civilians who enter, re
main in. or depart from said
Military Area and to take such
steps in his discretion as are
deemed advisable to enforce com
pliance with restrictions appli
cable to said Military area;
„ NOW THEREFORE. I, SIMON
B BUCKNER JR.. Lieutenant
General. United States Army, by
virtue of the authority vested in
me by and pursuant to the above
designated directive of the Presi
dent of the United States, and by
virtue of my powers and prerog
atives as Commanding General
of the AJaskan Department, do
hereby order and declare:
THAT effective December 1.
1943, Public Proclamation No.
4, Head quarters Alaska Defense
Command dated June 30, 1942.
is hereby modified as hereinafter
described:
THAT for the purpose of this
proclamation the said Military
Area of the Territory of Alaska
is hereby divided- into three
zones;
ZONE A:—All of the Territory
of Alaska except those parts
thereof included in Zones B and
C, hereinafter described;
ZONE B:—All that part of the
Territory of Alaska lying South
of 58 degrees North latitude, and
between 156 degrees and 176 de
grees West longitude;
ZONE C:—All that part of the
Territory of Alaska lying West
of 176 degrees West longitude;
THAT all civilians now or here
after lawfully w'ithin ZONE A,
above described, may remain and
travel within said ZONE A,
without obtaining or having a
permit so to do. However, all
civilians who enter or depart
from said ZONE A, will be re
quired to obtain a permit for
entrance to or departure from
said ZONE A issued by the Com
manding Genera] of the Alaskan
Department upon application duly
made in writing and sworn to by
the applicant upon forms provid
ed and-or on such terms and con
ditions as the said Commanding
General deems apropriate;
THAT all civilians are hereby
excluded and prohibited from
entering or remaining in or de
parting from ZONE B. above
described, except the following
persons:
CLASS 1.—Civilians who
were lawful residents in said j
ZONE B on the 1st day of
November, 1943. are permitted
to remain in said ZONE B.
For fhe purpose of this proc
lamation the term “lawful
residents’’ shall be interpret
ed PRIMA FACIE to include
those persons who maintained
and occupied homes or living
quarters in said ZONE B on
said date, whether or not they
were physically present there
in on said date.
Although the civilians des
cribed in Class 1. above, are
excepted from the necessity of
having a permit to remain in
ZONE B they will neverthe
less be required to obtain a
permit to travel therein ex
cept in the immediate vicinity
of their homes or their busi
ness enterprises) or to depart
therefrom or re-enter therein,
issued by the Commanding
Genera] of the Alaskan De
partment upon application duly
made in writing and sworn to
by them upon forms provided
and on such terms and condi
tions as he deems appropriate;
CLASS II.—Civilians who are
permitted to enter, remain in, or
depart from said ZONE E by the
Commanding General of the
Alaskan Department in the exer
cise of his discretion and who
have a duly authenticated per
mit issued by him as evidence
there.
Such permits as to ZONE .B
will be issued only to:
(a) Such civilians who are
considered essential to the op
eration of military activities;
Ob) Such civilians who are
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considered essential to the wel
fare of the civilian population
therein;
|c) Civilians and their agents
and employees who had busi
ness interests in said ZOtVTE
B on the 1st day of November,
1943, and whose presence
therein is essential to the op
eration of said business or the
protection of property located
in said ZONE B: or
(d) Such person whose pres
ence in said ZONE B is con
sidered essential to the war
effort as a whole;
THAT all civilians are hereby
excluded from and prohibited
from entering or remaining in
ZONE C, above described, ex
cept such persons who have a
duly authenticated permit there
for issued by the Commanding
General of the Alasikan Depart
ment.
Such permits as to ZONE C
will be issued only to:
(a) Such civilians who are
considered essential to the op
eration of military activities;
(b) Civilians considered es
sential to the war effort as a
whole; or
(c) Civilians and their agents
and employes who had busi
ness interests in said ZONE
C on the 1st day of November,
1943; and whose presence
there is essential to the oper
ation of said business or the
protection of property located
in said ZONE C;
THAT permits to enter, re
main in, or depart from the Mil
itary Area of the Territory of
Alaska or the Zones hereinbefore
described will be granted and
issued by the Commanding Gen
<
era! of the Alaskan Department
in his discretion and only to
those civilians who have estab
lished to the satisfaction of said
Commanding General that they
are persons of such loyalty, dis
cretion, and character as the mil
itary situation within said Mili
tary Area or Zones is considered
to require without prejudice to
the safety and security of the
Military personnel, property and
activities of the United States;
THAT the Commanding Gen
eral reserves the right to cancer
any permit to enter, remain in
or depart from any Zone here
inbefore specified without notice
and in his discretion for such
reasons as he considers to be for
the best interests and security of
military personnel, property and
activities of the United States,
to remove any person from said
Military Area or any of the |
zones above described.
Any person affected by this'
proclamation who fails to com- I
ply with any of its provisions or |
with the provisions of publi^ed j
regulations and instructions per- I
taming thereto will be subject I
to penalties of Public Law No. 1
503, 77th Congress, approved the
21st of March, 1042, entitled “An
Act to provide a penalty for vio
lations of restrictions or orders
with respect to persons enter
ing, remaining in, leaving or com
mitting any act in military areas
or zones,” and upon conviction
such person will be liable to a
fine, of not to exceed $5,000.00
or to imprisonment for not more
than one year or both. In the case
of any enemy alien such person
will in addition be subject to
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immediate apprehension and in
ternment;
Attention is also directed to the
Act of June 15, 1917, 40 Stat. 228,
18 U.S.C. 132 which provides
criminal penalties of a fine of
$2,000.00 or imprisonment for not
more than five years, or both
for anyone who shall falsely
make, forge, counterfeit, alter,
or tamper with any naval, mili
tary or official pass or permit
issued by or under the authority
of the United States, or with
wrongful or fraudulent intent,
shall use or have in his posses
sion any such pass or permit, or
shall personate or falsely repre
sent himself to be or not to be
a pbrson to whom such pass or
permit has been duly issued, or
shall wilfully allow any other
person to have or to use any such
pass or permit.
S. B. BUCKNER, JR.,
Lieutenant General, U. S. Army
Commanding.
NOTICE!
Directors, members and
those interested In the devel
opment of Northwestern Alas
ka, axe requested to attend a
meeting to be held Monday at
7:30 p. m. in the District
Courtroom. Important busi
ness.
Secretary.
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