대한민국 임시정부의 안동교통사무국 설치와 운영 -대한청년단연합회와 연대를 중심으로-

Abstract

The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea made an announcement to organize the Ministry of Transportation and install a transportation bureau right after its foundation. Seonwoo Hyeok was one of the figures that played important roles in transportation affairs. Being active in the Shinhan Youth Party, he was dispatched to Korea in February, 1919 and discussed the installation of a transportation agency with figures with the Christian affiliation including Lee Seung-hun. After the Provisional Government was established, he was appointed as Deputy Head of Transportation Department and Member of Transportation Committee and installed the Andong Transportation Bureau in early May of the same year. The Andong Transportation Bureau rent an office on the second floor of Iryungyanghaeng run by G. L. Shaw. The Provisional Government announced "Provisional Regulations for Local Transportation Affairs Bureaus" and made some revisions to them, arranging the nation's transportation system. The Andong Transportation Bureau was managed as a "transportation branch" temporarily in its early days and rearranged as a transportation bureau when it welcomed Hong Seong-ik as its head in September of the same year and included parts of Pyeongannam, Pyeonganbuk, and Hwanghae Province within its jurisdiction in October of the same year. The Provisional Government formed an alliance with the Independence Youth and its successor Federation for Korean Youth Corps and built a human resource foundation for the management of the Andong Transportation Bureau. Inside the Provisional Government, there were some figures that had ties with members of the Independence Youth and Federation for Korean Youth Corps based on such elements as region(Pyeongan Province), religion(Christianity), and career in the Independence Movement(New People's Association and March 1 Movement). They were appointed as staff members of the Andong Transportation Bureau such as heads, councilors, and correspondents. The Provisional Government basically promoted communication with all areas around the nation through the Andong Transportation Bureau, which delivered documents of the Provisional Government to other agencies and the information, articles, and funds collected in the nation and Manchuria to the Provisional Government. Correspondents worked to do information research and collect information and pushed forward fund collection and weapon transportation. They were in charge of fund collection until the Ministry of Finance established an office in Paju and dispatched personnel to it. The transportation of weapons was connected to the Federation for Korean Youth Corps that responded to the Provisional Government's preparation for an independence war. The weapons purchased in Shanghai were transported to the Yeonwa branch by the staff members on standby at the Andong Transportation Bureau. The Provisional Government's activities via the Andong Transportation Bureau were suspended under the surveillance and suppression of the ruling Japanese. The staff members of the Andong Transportation Bureau continued to get caught by the Japanese police along with those who were involved in its work including members of the Federation for Korean Youth Corps and clerks of Iryungyanghaeng. Their documents, cash, firearm, and ammunition were also confiscated. In the end, the Andong Transportation Bureau suspended its work after its head Yang Jun-myeong resigned in May, 1921, maintaining only its communication function with Iryungyanghaeng. Later, the Provisional Government rearranged its organization through the council of the representatives and resumed its communication with Independence Movement groups in each area.