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APPENDIX A

Forms and Examples of Official Papers

Relating to the Laws of War

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No. 6. Certificate of identity for persons attached to sanitary service ..253

No. 7. Cartel (agreement for general exchange of prisoners of war).
No. 8. Parole of commissioned officers..

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No. 13. Order directing release from parole..

No. 14. Order revoking parole..

No. 15. Order respecting violation of parole.

No. 16. Order constituting parole board..

No. 17. Order directing taking of oath of allegiance.

No. 18. Oath of allegiance..

No. 20. Bond for release..

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No. 19. Obligation not to bear arms..

No. 21. Order to send prisoners of war under flag of truce...

flag of truce..

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No. 22. Communication accompanying prisoners of war sent under

No. 23. Order outlining manner of receiving a flag of truce..
No. 24. Order respecting wanton damage, etc., to private property.
No. 25. Order respecting damage, etc., to private property due to
military operations...

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No. 29. Communication authorizing part of population to leave a besieged place..

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No. 30. Suspension of arms for burial of the dead, etc..
No. 31. Armistice between opposing forces...

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No. 32. Agreement respecting entrance of troops of a belligerent into neutral territory..

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No. 33. Capitulation......

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No. 34. Extracts from international conventions and conferences.

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No. 1

MILITARY AID TO THE CIVIL POWER

SAFEGUARD

(Date and place of issue)

All officers and enlisted men belonging to the. are directed to respect the premises of.. situated at...

No requisitions thereon, or damage thereto, will be permitted, and protection will be afforded by all officers and enlisted men against any person who shall attempt to act in violation of this order. (See A. W. 78.)

(Signature of Officer)

(Rank, etc.)

No. 2

SAFE CONDUCT

(Place and date of issue)

residing at..

Photograph

(if on mission state the same) is authorized to proceed to for the purpose of..

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All military authorities are directed to protect the bearer of this safe conduct and in nowise to molest him.

(Signature of Officer)

(Rank, etc.)

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Photograph

and signature are hereto attached, is hereby accredited to the Commanding General,

States Army, as a news correspondent of the..

United

with permission to accompany said troops, subiect to the Regulations governing Correspondents with Troops in the Field and the orders of the Commander of said troops.

This pass entitles the correspondent to passages on military railways and, where accomodations are available, on Army transports, with the privileges of a commissioned officer, including purchase of subsistence, forage, and indispensable supplies when they can be spared.

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Photograph (or finger

PASSPORT

(Secretary of War)

(Date)

(Commanding)

(Place and date of issue)

Authority is hereby granted to Mr. (or other title)

living at..

(if on mission state the same), to pass out of the lines for the purpose of..

print, or signature).

He will cross the lines by the road.. at a designated point) during the.

(or (forenoon, afternoon, or

day) of..

(date)

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NOTE: This passport is strictly personal and will be void unless used on the date stated.

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To be 4 by 8 inches, perforated as indicated, bound in books to retain stubs. To be printed on light-weight bond paper, corresponding numbers of certificates and stubs to be printed in sequence. Certificate to be carried in a small metal container suspended around the neck.

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CERTIFICATE OF IDENTITY FOR PERSONS ATTACHED
TO SANITARY SERVICE

Name..... No.......

Organization......
Capacity.....

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Medical Department, U. S. Army. (Revised Apr. 14, 1915).

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is attached to the sanitary service of the United States Army, is authorized to accompany the

(Designate the organization to which attached)

in the capacity of..

and is

(Describe function) entitled to the privileges and immunities provided in Chapter III of the International Red Cross Convention of 1906. A brassard, as described in Article 20 thereof, which bears the same number as this certificate, has been issued to the person named. Identification data:.

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Place...

Date..

Issued by..

(Weight, approx.)

Remarks..

(Include here notation of scars, etc., visible when clothed,

which will aid in identification)

(Signature line).

(Title, etc., line)..

To be 4 by 8 inches, perforated as indicated, bound in books to retain stubs, and printed on light-weight bond paper. Certificate to be numbered at time of issue to correspond to accompanying brassard and carried in a small metal container suspended around the neck.

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