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Page 123 - 10. The population of a non-occupied territory, who, on the approach of the enemy, of their own accord take up arms to resist the invading troops, without having had time to organize themselves in conformity with Article 9, shall be considered as belligerents, if they respect the laws and customs of war.
Page 91 - grant letters of marque and reprisal, to make rules concerning captures on land and water, to raise and support armies, to provide and maintain a navy, to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces, and to provide for calling forth the militia
Page 124 - in 1868 ; abuse of the flag of truce, the national flag, or the military insignia or uniform of the enemy, as well as the distinctive badges of the Geneva Convention ; all destruction or seizure of the property of the enemy which is not imperatively required by the necessity of war.
Page 80 - burglary, defined to be the act of breaking and entering by night into the house of another with the intent to commit felony ; robbery, defined to be the act of feloniously and forcibly taking from the person of another money or goods by violence or putting him in fear ; and
Page 119 - VII. A distinctive and uniform flag shall be adopted for hospitals, ambulances, and evacuations. It must on every occasion be accompanied by the national flag. An arm badge shall also be allowed for individuals neutralized, but the delivery thereof shall be left to military authority. The flag and
Page 65 - to declare on oath before a circuit or district court of the United States, or a district or supreme court of the territories, or a court of record of any of the States having common-law jurisdiction, and a seal and a clerk,
Page 91 - Constitution of the United States provides that Congress shall have power to declare war, to grant letters of marque and reprisal, to make rules concerning captures on land and water, to raise and support armies, to provide and maintain a navy, to
Page 125 - 21. If a spy who rejoins the army to which he belongs is subsequently captured by the enemy, he is to be treated as a prisoner of war, and incurs no responsibility for his previous acts. 22.
Page 118 - II. Persons employed in hospitals and ambulances comprising the staff for superintendence, medical service, administration, transport of wounded, as well as chaplains, shall participate in the benefit of neutrality while so employed, and so long as there remain any wounded to bring in and
Page 121 - 1. A territory is considered as occupied when it is actually placed under the authority of the hostile army. The occupation only extends to those territories where this authority is established and