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Show HEADQUARTERS Wes.ern Deiense Command And Fourth Army "re idio oj San Francisco, Calif. Public Proclamation No. 4 March 27, 1942 TO: The people .wiu.-.in toe State, jli Washington, Or.gon, Cali-toMia, Cali-toMia, Montana, Idaho, 'Nevada, Joan, and Arizona, and the Pub-.c Pub-.c Generally: WHEREAS, By Public Procla- .ration No. 1, dated Marcn z, .942, this headquarters, there .va3 dc.gnated and .established Military Area No. 1, and WiHEREAS, It is necessary, in order to provide for the welfare wel-fare a"d to insure toe orderly-evacuation orderly-evacuation and reeettkment o. capnese volun arily migrating l.rcvn Military Area No. 1, to re-.trict re-.trict and regulate such migra-ion: migra-ion: NOW, THEREFORE. I, J. L. . i. Witt, Li.u.enant General, U. . Army, ey virtue of toe auth- l,i v.it.d i'.-.' me by toe Preside.-1 of the United States and by- toe Secretary of War and my powers and prerogatives as Commanding Com-manding G'eneral, Western. Defense De-fense Command, do hereby declare de-clare that the preset!- situation requires as a matter off military .teiessi y that, cdiri'mencing at 12:00 midnight, P.W.T., March 29, 1942, all alien. Japanese and persons oif Japanese ancestry Aho are within the limits of Military Area No. 1, toe a'nd they are h.reby prohibited from leaving leav-ing .ihat area for any purpose until and to toe extent that a fuure proclamation or order ieif his headquarters shall so permit or direct. Ary person violating this proc-la.T.ation proc-la.T.ation will be subject to toe criminal penalties provided by Public Law No. 503, 77 to Con-griesj, Con-griesj, approved March 21, 1942, ntitled: "An Act to Provide a Penalty for Violation of Restriction Restric-tion or Orders wito Respect to .'Persons Entering, Remaining in, Leaving or Committing Any Act in Military Areas or Zones." In the case of any alien enemy, such person, will in addition be subject to immediate apprehension apprehen-sion and internment. J. L. DeWitt, Lieutenant General, U. S. Army, Commanding. |