A B

Appendix B

FORM OF ARMISTICE

BETWEEN TWO OPPOSING FORCES

authorized by CD, commander in chief of the United

ART. 1. On the publication of this armistice, hostilities shall cease between the United States and

frontier of

between

forces at all points along the and

ART. 2. The armistice shall continue until noon on the

and until such further time as is hereinafter mentioned.

give

ART. 3. Either side may at any time on or after the said day of days' notice of its intention to determine the armistice, and the armistice shall be determined at the expiration of such days. Notice shall be given by writing, stating the intention to determine the armistice, and sent from the headquarters of one army to the headquarters of the other army. In reckoning time for the purpose of the said days' notice, the day on which the notice is given, at whatever hour the same may be given, shall be reckoned as an entire day, and the armistice shall expire at midnight on the day succeeding the day on which the notice is given.

ART. 4. The lines of demarcation shown on the attached map shall be strictly adhered to during the armistice. The territory lying between the two lines of demarcation shall be strictly neutral, and any advance into it by any member of either army is prohibited except for the purposes of communication between the two armies. Neither army shall extend its line in a direction beyond the points shown

or

as the extremities of their respective lines.

ART. 5. Subject to the restrictions mentioned in the fourth article, as respects making an advance into the neutral territory, either army may take measures to strengthen its position, and may receive reinforcements and stores of warlike and other material, and may do any other act not being an act of direct hostility.

ART. 6. During the two days following the day on which this armistice is ratified, burial parties from both armies shall be permitted to visit the field of battle of the instant, for the purpose of burying the

dead.

ART. 7. The main road from A to B via C will be used for communication between the commanders in chief of the two armies.

ART. 8. During the continuance of the armistice the peaceful inhabitants of the country shall be allowed to pursue their occupations, and to buy from or sell to either army provisions or goods, but any measures consistent with the observance of the articles of the armistice in relation to the neutral territory may be taken by either army to prevent inhabitants, after entering the lines of or obtaining information respecting one army from passing or carrying information to the other army

ART. 9. This armistice shall come into force immediately on its ratification by the commanders in chief of the two armies, and officers shall be dispatched with all speed, from the headquarters of each army, to give notice of the armistice at all points along the line.

Appendix C

FORM OF ARMISTICE

BETWEEN BESIEGING FORCE AND GARRISON

in

of

ing

A B, general, commander in chief of the United States forces now and C D, general, commander in chief of the garrison ----, agree to the following articles:

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ARTICLE 1. An armistice between the United States troops investand the troops forming the garrison of on the

begin at noon

shall instant and shall end at noon on

ART. 2. White flags shall be hoisted simultaneously at the beginning of the armistice, the one at

the other at Fort

-"

within the United States lines, and

The flags shall be kept flying during the continuance of the armistice and shall be lowered simultaneously at its conclusion.

ART. 3. Provisions to the extent of rations shall be supplied daily for the use of the garrison by the besiegers on payment of such sums as may be agreed upon as the value thereof by commissioners to be appointed by the above-named commanders in chief, respectively. The provisions shall be delivered to persons authorized to demand the same by the general commanding the garrison, at such times, and in such places in front of the United States lines, as may be agreed upon by the abovenamed commanders in chief, and shall be conveyed to the garrison by the persons authorized as above stated.

ART. 4. Save in so far as is provided by article 3, or as may be agreed upon between the above-named commanders in chief, it is agreed that the garrison shall not attempt to obtain succor, and that no communication whatever shall, during the armistice, take place between the garrison, whether friend or enemy, and a space of around the fortifica

tion shall be considered neutral ground, and no person whatever, whether he be a stranger or belonging to the garrison or to the besieging army, shall be allowed to enter on such space without the permission of the abovenamed commanders in chief.

ART. 5. General

commanding the garrison, engages on behalf of the garrison not to repair the fortifications or to undertake any new siege works, or do any act or thing whatsoever calculated to place

the garrison in a better position in regard to its defense; and General on behalf of the United States troops, engages not to undertake any siege works, or to make any hostile move against the garrison, but it is understood that he is at liberty to obtain fresh supplies of provisions or reinforcements of troops.

Appendix D

CAPITULATION OF SANTIAGO, 1898

Terms of the military convention for the capitulation of the Spanish forces occupying the territory which constitutes the division of Santiago de Cuba, and described as follows: All that portion of the island of Cuba east of a line passing through Aserradero, Dos Palmas, Cauto Abajo, Escondida, Tanamo, and Aguidora, said troops being in command of Gen. José Toral, agreed upon by the undersigned commissioners: Brig. Gen. Don Federico Escario, Lieut. Col. of Staff Don Ventura Fontan, and, as interpreter, Mr. Robert Mason, of the city of Santiago de Cuba, appointed by Gen. Toral, commanding the Spanish forces, on behalf of the Kingdom of Spain, and Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, United States Volunteers; Maj. Gen. H. W. Lawton, United States Volunteers; and First Lieut. J. D. Miley, Second Artillery, aid-de-camp, appointed by Gen. Shafter, commanding the American forces, on behalf of the United States: 1. That all hostilities between American and Spanish forces in this district absolutely and unequivocally cease.

2. That this capitulation includes all the forces and war material in said territory.

3. That the United States agrees with as little delay as possible to transport all the Spanish troops in said district to the Kingdom of Spain, the troops being embarked, as far as possible, at the port nearest the garrisons they now occupy.

4. That the officers of the Spanish Army be permitted to retain their side arms and both officers and private soldiers their personal property. 5. That the Spanish authorities agree to remove, or assist the American Navy in removing, all mines or other obstructions to navigation now in the harbor of Santiago and its mouth.

6. That the commander of the Spanish forces deliver, without delay, a complete inventory of all arms and munitions of war of the Spanish forces in above-described district to the commander of the American forces; also a roster of said forces now in said district.

7. That the commander of the Spanish forces, in leaving said district, is authorized to carry with him all military archives and records pertaining to the Spanish Army now in said district.

8. That all that portion of the Spanish forces known as volunteers, mobilizados, and guerrillas who wish to remain in the island of Cuba are