The Laws of Land Warfare: Concerning the Rights and Duties of Belligerents as Existing on August 1, 1914 |
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allowed Annex to Hague armed forces armistice army Article 23 Austro-Hungarian Manual authority belligerent belonging besieged bombardment British capitulation captured combatants commander Court Dana's Wheaton Declaration of Brussels defended delegate destruction Edmonds and Oppenheim enemy's flag of truce forbidden Geneva Convention German War Book Government Hague Conference Hague Convention Hague Convention IV Hague Regulations Halleck Holland hostilities identical with Article identical with section individuals inhabitants International Law invader Jacomet Lawrence laws of war levée en masse means ment military occupation military operations Moore's Digest necessary necessity non-combatants occupation occupied territory officers parlementaire parole party persons prisoners prisoners of war private property prohibited punishment regarded Report to Hague requisitions rule Russian Instructions Second Commission soldiers South African Republic Spaight spies substantially identical surrender suspended tion town treated troops U. S. Manual United usages violation warfare Westlake Woolsey wounded
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Page 292 - The authority of the legitimate power having in fact passed into the hands of the occupant, the latter shall take all the measures in his power to restore, and ensure, as far as possible, public order and safety, while respecting, unless absolutely prevented, the laws in force in the country.
Page 102 - The right of belligerents to adopt means of injuring the enemy is not unlimited.
Page 46 - Prisoners of war shall be subject to the laws, regulations, and orders in force in the army of the State into whose hands they have fallen. Any act of insubordination warrants the adoption, as regards them, of such measures of severity as may be necessary.
Page 320 - ... scholars of every faculty, cultivators of the earth, merchants, artisans, manufacturers, and fishermen, unarmed and inhabiting unfortified towns, villages, or places, and in general all persons whose occupations are for the common subsistence and benefit of mankind, shall be allowed to continue their respective employments unmolested in their persons.
Page 148 - I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, do proclaim and declare that I hereby grant to all persons who have directly or indirectly participated in the existing rebellion...
Page 131 - To make improper use of a flag of truce, of the national flag, or of the military insignia and uniform of the enemy, as well as the distinctive badges of the Geneva Convention...
Page xi - Regulations adopted by them, the inhabitants and the belligerents remain under the protection and the rule of the principles of the law of nations, as they result from the usages established among civilized peoples, from the laws of humanity, and the dictates of the public conscience...
Page 174 - A belligerent is forbidden to force the inhabitants of territory occupied by it to furnish information about the army of the other belligerent or about its means of defence.
Page 330 - The United States acknowledge and protect, in hostile countries occupied by them, religion and morality ; strictly private property ; the persons of the inhabitants, especially those of women ; and the sacredness of domestic relations. Offences to the contrary shall be rigorously punished.
Page 361 - Neither requisitions in kind, nor services can be demanded from communes or inhabitants, except for the necessities of the army of occupation. They must be in proportion to the resources of the country...