G Gendarmery of the MR
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Public Law No. 8 [The Gendarmery Act] (9/1926)
- §1 A Gendarmery shall be established in the Serene Monastic Republic of the Holy Mountain for the purpose of maintaining law, order and security in the Monastic Republic.
- §2 A detachment of Gendarmery shall be maintained in each of the demes.
- §3 Each detachment shall consist of a land arm and a marine arm.
- §4 The Gendarmery of the Monastic Republic is tasked with:
- a. maintaining law and public order;
- b. investigating crime in accordance with the principles of the Code of Criminal Procedure;
- c. controlling and supervising road traffic;
- d. patroling the territorial waters of the Monastic Republic;
- e. assisting authorities to fulfill their duties in keeping with the respective laws and provisions;
- f. preventing crime and accidents;
- g. assisting in cases of natural or man-made disasters,
- h. searching for persons reported missing, and
- i. staffing the customs stations.
- §5 The Gendarmery shall consist of a colonel in charge, nine assisting officers and a minimum of 30 enlisted personnel in each detachment.
- §6 The Prosforion Gendarmery shall staff the Dafni station.
- §7 Gendarmery personnel may be deprived of rank, honours, and pensions only in the manner described by Law.
- §8 Only male Gendarmery personnel may enter the Holy Mountain and then only by invitation.
- Amendment 1 (?)
- An air arm of the Gendarmery shall be established with the appropriate vehicles and staff to carry out search-and-rescue missions.
Organization
- The Land Force (χωροφυλάκ).
- Each town has a detachment of the gendarmery. Each detachment consists of a captain, two lieutenants, and the enlisted personnel.
- The Air Fleet (αεροφυλάκ)
- Each town has a search-and-rescue helicopter.
- Each town has a patrol helicopter.
- A medevac helicopter is housed at the hospital in Prosforion.
- The Coast Guard (ακτοφυλάκ)
- Each of the towns and the gendarmery post has a patrol craft.
- Each of the towns has a search-and-rescue vessel.
- In each of the towns the coastguard station is located just outside the town limits.
The Uniforms
- Administrative uniform
- The gendarme’s service uniform, worn when assigned to administrative duties, consists of a dark blue (the color of the U.S. Air Force blues) open-necked tunic with an attached belt and trousers or skirt, worn with a light blue shirt and dark blue clip-on tie. The buttons on the tunic are embossed with the letters AO.
- Female gendarmes may wear skirt or trousers at their own discretion.
- Indication of rank is located on epaulettes on the tunic.
- The insignia is worn on the left breast of the tunic.
- The shoes worn with the service uniform are black oxfords made of artificial leather. Socks are black.
- When wearing a skirt, female gendarmes wear clear seamless hose.
- When necessary a dark blue regulation sweater may be worn.
- Patrol uniform
- Male and female gendarmes on patrol duty (in vehicles, on bicycles, or afoot) wear a dark blue open-necked shirt without a tie, a white undershirt, and dark blue combat trousers (cargo pocket style with two thigh pockets and two conventional side and rear pockets).
- Combat boots are the foot gear.
- Regulation rain gear is worn in inclement weather.
- Gendarmes on patrol duty do not carry firearms, but all are equipped with expandable batons, tasers and incapacitant spray.
- Headgear
- The basic headgear is the beret of different colors for the different arms of the gendarmery: light blue for the air arm, black for the land arm, dark blue for the marine arm. All officers wear scarlet berets.
- The badge on the beret is an enamel pin depicting the flag of the Monastic Republic within two crossed olive branches.
- Gendarmes on bicycle patrol wear bicycle helmets.
- Safety gear
- Safety gear, such as helmets, flotation devices, stab vests, and high visibility jackets are worn as necessary.
The Evzones
- The evzones are the ceremonial branch of the gendarmery. They carry out the following duties:
- Accompanying the Archimandrite on official foreign visits and on his visits to the Lowland and the Isles.
- Offering honors to and welcoming foreign officials on visit.
- Guarding the government buildings in Prosforion, Aktí. and Amoulián.
- Guarding the Museum of Athonite Antiquities in Prosforion.
- Their uniform is like that of the Greek evzones, but with a change in color. In place of the Greek red, the evzones of the Monastic Republic have green.
- The basic elements of the uniform are:
- The phareon, a green baize garrison cap with a long (waist length) black silk tassel. Officers have a gold tassel.
- A white shirt with wide sleeves.
- A green waistcoat with gold embroidered designs.
- A white cotton undershirt.
- A green woolen fustanella kilt. In Athonite the Turkish word fístan is used. The kilts of officers extend to below the knees.
- White woolen stockings.
- Black-tasseled knee garters (kaltsodetes). Officers have gold-tasseled garters.
- Green tsarouhi leather clogs with a black pompon. Officers have a gold pompon.
- A leather cartridge belt and a semi-automatic rifle with bayonet.