‘제14연대 진중일지’를 통해 본 일본군의 의병탄압

Abstract

The Japanese Empire dispatched military power of a brigade including the fourteenth infantry regiment to Korea in July, 1907. The main task of the fourteenth regiment was to dismiss former Korean troops compulsorily. It compulsorily disbanded the Korean local troops. In the course of its compulsory dissolution of the Korean local troops, it engaged in battle with local troops which opposed the dissolution of Korean troops. After the compulsory dissolution of the ex Korean troops, it started to oppress righteous army. The units under the control of the fourth regiment oppressed the Korean righteous army by the use of armed force in their defensive zone. The regiment dispatched its units to Janghowon, Eumseong, Byeongcheon, Jikssan and other areas to suppress the righteous army in Kyonggi and Chungcheong provinces in September, 1907. Organizing the Kumsan unit and the Jinsan unit in October, 1907, it suppressed the righteous army throughout the Mt. Daedun. It suppressed the group of the righteous army led by Lee, Gangnyeon, the group led by Shin, Dolseok and the Sannam group of the righteous army in September, 1907. Kikuchi, the 14th regimental commander put a public notice around the country and asserted a general trend argument, and suggested the dissolution of the righteous army. Moving to the mountainous and coastal area due to the intensive suppression of the Japanese army, the righteous army resisted the Japanese army. the Sannam group of the righteous army resisted against the Japanese army in Yeongcheon, Cheongsong, Heunghae, Yeongil and other areas and accomplished many fine war results, however, Jeong, Hwanjik, the head of a group of the righteous army was arrested in December, 1907. In July, 1908 Lee, Gangnyeon was arrested and Shin, Dolseok died for the country in December, 1908. The fourteenth regiment started to oppress the righteous army in Hanam region. It killed about 40 righteous army including the head of a group of the righteous army, Goh, Gwangsoon and 23 soldiers led by Gi, Samyeon. Also it redeployed its units in the southwest and coastal area of Jeonam province and attacked and killed the righteous army led by Jeon, Haesan, Ahn, Gyoohong, Sim, Namil, and Yang, Jinyeo. Obtaining the information of arms smuggling by the righteous army, it used to deploy its units to prevent arms smuggling. Thus it deployed its units and kept guard over the coastline from Yeonghae to Jinju, from Jinju to Gobu and from Gobu to Incheon. The Japanese army arrested lots of righteous army in battles. After quizzing the captured soldiers and acquiring the necessary information from them, the Japanese killed most of them. According to American missionaries, the Japanese killed the captured righteous army and abandoned their bodies. Thus the battle between the Japanese army and the righteous army composed of civilians was that the Japanese army unilaterally killed the civilians that were not properly armed.