PROCLAMATIONS--SEPT. 5, 1939 Existence of state NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- ofwar dent of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority conferred on me by the said joint resolution, do hereby proclaim that a state of war unhappily exists between Germany and France; Poland; and the United Kingdom, India, Australia and New Citizens, etc., ad- Zealand, and I do hereby admonish all citizens of the United States, monished to abstain . i from law violations. or any of its possessions, and all persons residing or being within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, or its possessions, to abstain from every violation of the provisions of the joint resolution above set forth, hereby made effective and applicable to the export of arms, ammunition, or implements of war from any place in the United States or any of its possessions to France; Germany; Poland; and the United Kingdom, India, Australia and New Zealand, or to any other state for transshipment to, or for the use of, France; Ger- many; Poland; and the United Kingdom, India, Australia and New Zealand. Artid l estobeco n - And I do hereby declare and proclaim that the articles enumerated below shall be considered arms, ammunition, and implements of war for the purposes of section 1 of the said joint resolution of Congress: Category I (1) Rifles and carbines using ammunition in excess of caliber .22, and barrels for those weapons; (2) Machine guns, automatic or autoloading rifles, and machine pistols using ammunition in excess of caliber .22, and barrels for those weapons; (3) Guns, howitzers, and mortars of all calibers, their mountings and barrels; (4) Ammunition in excess of caliber .22 for the arms enumerated under (1) and (2) above, and cartridge cases or bullets for such am- munition; filled and unfilled projectiles for the arms enumerated under (3) above; (5) Grenades, bombs, torpedoes, mines and depth charges, filled or unfilled, and apparatus for their use or discharge; (6) Tanks, military armored vehicles, and armored trains. Category II Vessels of war of all kinds, including aircraft carriers and submarines, and armor plate for such vessels. Category III (1) Aircraft, unassembled, assembled, or dismantled, both heavier and lighter than air, which are designed, adapted, and intended for aerial combat by the use of machine guns or of artillery or for the carrying and dropping of bombs, or which are equipped with, or which by reason of design or construction are prepared for, any of the appliances referred to in paragraph (2) below; (2) Aerial gun mounts and frames, bomb racks, torpedo carriers, and bomb or torpedo release mechanisms. Category IV (1) Revolvers and automatic pistols using ammunition in excess of caliber .22; (2) Ammunition in excess of caliber .22 for the arms enumerated under (1) above, and cartridge cases or bullets for such ammunition. Category V (1) Aircraft, unassembled, assembled or dismantled, both heavier and lighter than air, other than those included in Category III; (2) Propellors or air screws, fuselages, hulls, wings, tail units, and under-carage units; (3) Aircraft engines, unassembled, assembled, or dismantled. 2636 [54 STAT.
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