(Truk District)
TRUK
Moen Island, located within Truk atoll, is the Headquarters of the
Governor, Eastern Carolines, and of the Civil Administrator, Truk District,
and was inspected on 22 and 23 January-
of Truk.
Moen is one of the "high" islands
The inspection party arrived by U-S.S. LST-611 late in the after-
noon of 21 January, and departed westward by PEM plane shortly after daybreak 24 January.
A.
Administrative programe
(a)
Self-governmente
The native population of the atolls and islands which
lie within the barrier reef surrounding the lagoon of Truk
numbers 9,375- The native population of Moen Island numbers
1,890. In Truk there are 15 municipalities, each on an inhabited island, and each with its own chief magistrate, secretary and commnity court. The paramount Chief on Moen
Island is Petrouse There is no regional, or overall, chief
or administration. The chief magistrates of municipalities
are elected by vote and are salaried officials.
secret ballot in elections is being encourageds
Use of the
Re~election
of incumbent chief's has been usual. Weekly visits are made
from Noen to other municipalities in Truk atoll by the Civil
Administrator or his representatives. Secretaries are being
brought to CivAd headquarters for education in administrative
matters. A native constabulary is well-drilled and instructed by a U.S. Marine Corps sergeant. Finances in Truk
municipalities were at a low ebb, due, it was stated, to
payment of native officials' salaries. Effort is being made
by the Civil Administrator to simplify native financial
(b)
Health and sanitation.
(1)
Major medical facilities for Truk are supplied by the
CivAd Kedical Department Staff of the main dispensary at
CivAd headquarters on Moen. This staff consists of two U.S.
Navy Medical Officers, one U-S. civilian and one trained
native dentist, one U-S. Navy Medical Service Corps Officer,
and eleven naval enlisted Hospital Corps personnel, assisted
by thirteen trained health aides and two trained nurses!
aides.
Subd-dispensaries are maintained at eight other
islands or atolls of Truk, and health services at these places
are administered by trained health aides. The CivAd main
dispensary on Moen Island has 51 beds, 48 of which are for
natives. Construction of a 20-bed tubercular ward is planned
near the site of the main dispensary.
Nee
REPRODUCED FROM HOLDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
accounting procedures. Liaison between native and CivAd
officials appeared to be cordial.
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Medical records were
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