设立·编成·业务:“南方军防疫给水部”再探究

Another Study on Epidemic Prevention&Water Supply Department of Southern Army Group of Japanese Invading Forces

在第二次世界大战期间,“南方军防疫给水部”是日本在海外设立的6大细菌战部队之一。由于此前所见档案文献极少,使得“南方军防疫给水部”的战时存在、基本形态和犯罪行为长期以来扑朔迷离。本文一方面通过对日方原始档案——《留守名簿》的整理研究,厘清了其设立编成、机构设置、人员构成及总体规模。另一方面通过对“南方军防疫给水部”相关成员战时发表的“医学论文”的梳理研究,考察了其研究领域、调查范围、内容类别及学术程度。据此认定,“南方军防疫给水部”所承担“防疫”“给水”特别是细菌实验任务是日本对外侵略的重要军事手段,是日本的国家行为。

During World War II,the Southern Army Epidemic Prevention&Water Supply Department was one of the six major overseas Japanese bacterial units.Due to the scarcity of previously available archival documents,the wartime existence,basic form and criminal behavior of this unit has remained a mystery.This paper,on the one hand,helps to clarify its establishment,organization,personnel composition and overall scale by means of collation and study of the Japanese original file of Name List of Staying Guards.On the other hand,it examines the research fields,investigation scopes,content categories and academic level by exploring the“medical articles”written by relevant members and published during the war.It is then concluded that the task of“epidemic prevention”and“water supply”undertaken by the Southern Army Epidemic Prevention&Water Purification Department was an important military means of Japanese aggression against China and it was an act of Japan as a state.