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MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS, 1776-1917
- For the United Mexican States:
- M. de Mier[seal]
- J. Zenil[seal]
- For France:
- Léon Bourgeois[seal]
- G. Bihourd[seal]
- d'Estournelles de Constant[seal]
- For Great Britain and Ireland:
- Pauncefote[seal]
- Henry Howard[seal]
- For Greece:
- N. Delyanni[seal]
- For Italy:
- Nigra[seal]
- A. Zannini[seal]
- G. Pompilj[seal]
- For Japan:
- I. Motono[seal]
- For Luxembourg:
- Eyschen[seal]
- For Montenegro:
- Staal[seal]
- For the Netherlands:
- v. Karnebeek[seal]
- den Beer Poortugael[seal]
- T. M. C. Asser[seal]
- E. N. Rahusen[seal]
- For Persia:
- Mirza Riza Khan, Arfa-ud-Dovleh[seal]
- For Portugal:
- Conde de Macedo[seal]
- Agostinho d'Ornellas de Vasconcellos[seal]
- Conde de Selir[seal]
- For Roumania:
- A. Beldiman[seal]
- J. N. Papiniu[seal]
- For Russia:
- Staal[seal]
- Martens[seal]
- A. Basily[seal]
- For Servia:
- Chedo Miyatovitch[seal]
- For Siam:
- Phya Suriya Nuvatr[seal]
- Visuddha[seal]
- For the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway:
- Bildt[seal]
- For Turkey:
- Turkhan[seal]
- Mehemed Noury[seal]
- For Bulgaria:
- D. Stancioff[seal]
- Major Hessaptchieff[seal]
ANNEX
Regulations Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land
SECTION I.—ON BELLIGERENTS
Chapter I.—On the Qualifications of Belligerents
Article 1
The laws, rights, and duties of war apply not only to armies, but also to militia and volunteer corps, fulfilling the following conditions:
- 1. To be commanded by a person responsible for his subordinates;
- 2. To have a fixed distinctive emblem recognizable at a distance;
- 3. To carry arms openly; and
- 4. To conduct their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war.
In countries where militia or volunteer corps constitute the army, or form part of it, they are included under the denomination "army."
