United States
Army and Navy
Manual of
Military Government
and Civil Affairs

22 December, 1943

FM 27-5
OPNAV 50E-3

22 December 1943.

This manual, War Department Field Manual 27-5 and Navy Department OpNav 50E-3, supersedes War Department Field Manual 27-5, 30 July 1940.

G.C. Marshall,
Chief of Staff, U.S. Army.		 E.J. King,
Commander in Chief,
U.S. Fleet,
and Chief of Naval Operations.
Official:
J.A. Ulio,
Major General,
The Adjutant General.		 By: W.S. Farber,
Rear Admiral,
Sub Chief of Naval Operations.

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Table of Contents

Section Paragraph Page
I. General  
  1. Definitions: Military Government, Occupied Territory, and Civil Affairs 1
  2. Military Control by Agreement or Convention 2
  3. Occasion for Military Government as a Right or Obligation in Enemy, Allied, Neutral, and Domestic Territories 2
  4. Object of Control of Civilian Populations 3
  5. Degree of Control 3
  6. Period of Control 4
  7. Authority for Control 4
  8. Exercise of Control & Command Responsibility 5
  9. General Principles and Policies in Conduct of Civil Affairs 5
    a. Military Necessity 5
    b. Supremacy of Commanding Officer 5
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II. Civil Affairs Responsibilities  
 
III. Organization of Military Government  
 
IV. Personnel  
 
V. Planning  
 
VI. Proclamations, Orders, Ordinances, and Instructions  
 
VII. Military Commissions, Provost Courts, and Claims  
 
Index 62

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