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 twenty cho (Provinces), affairs concerning the savages and their districts were transfered to the Shokusankyoku (the Bureau of Industry), those concerning the Aiyu (Guardsmen) and control of savage to the Keisatsu-Honsho (Police Headquarters), and those that were in charge of the Bemmusho to the thirteen provincial governments.

The island at that time was still in a somewhat unsubdued state, with constant uprisings, and with no real control of the savages. The government had had to concentrate on the insurgent outbreaks, but by July, 1901, these were entirely suppressed, and attention was turned to the savages.

Thus in 1903, the Bammugakari (Savage Commission) renamed Bammuka (Savage Section) in 1906, was created at the Police Headquarters, and to it was transferred all the business concerning the savages which had been managed by the Bureau of Industry. This change in the internal organisation made much more progress possible. The patrol line was advanced from time to time up to 1909, and punitive expeditions steadily narrowed the savage domain.

But, relying upon the inaccessibility of their bases and the strength of their forces, the large tribes of the north still remained very stubborn.

So the government drew up a plan to secure full control in five years time, for which they obtained the Emperor's sanction. Before launching this big plan, the Bammu-Honsho (Department of Savage Affairs) was instituted at the Government-General, and the Bammuka (Savages Sections) at the provincial governments which had savage districts under their jurisdiction.

The principal object of the five years programme was to lay the axe at the root of the evil by seizing the firearms of the savage people, and to lead them gradually into the path of enlightenment with a view to turning them ultimately into peaceful farmers. Those who submitted, therefore, were given protection and guidance, while the fierce and insubordinate were sternly dealt with until they yielded.

The first object was accomplished in the north by August, 1914, when all the northern tribes laid down their guns and ammunition; so another plan was immediately formed to chastise in October the southern tribes.

This southern expedition was very successful at first, no resistance being met with anywhere, 5