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APPENDIX. 1135 N0. 18. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: October 8, 1870. A PBOCLAMATION. Wnmmas on the 22nd da of An ust, 1870, m roclamatiou w 'ss . joining neutrality in the prgent wfr between Fliahee and the N:-th gg-main mms al18B. Confederation and its allies, and declaring, so far as then seemed to be necessary, the respective rights and obligations of the belligerent parties and of the citizens of the United States; And whereas subsequent information gives reason to apprehend that armed cruisers of the belligerents may be tempted to abuse the hospitality accorded to them in the ports, harbors, roadsteads, and other waters of the United Staten, by making such waters subservient to the purposes of war :-- Now, therefore, I, Umrssus S. Gmnxr, President of the United States of Amer- Certain uses of ica, do hereby proclaim and declare that any lrequenting and use of the waters the waters of the within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States by the armed vessels of Unit"} 8mm1b? either belligerent, whether public ships or privateers, for the purpose of prepay-. ggffimf Blllm mg for hostile operations, or as posts of observation upon the ships of war or gu; dcgiaygdlggz privateers or merchant vessels of the other belligerent lying within or being friendly and ofabout to enter the jurisdiction of the United States, must be regarded as un- l€¤$l'°» Wd l`°¤`· friendly and olfensive, and in violation of that neutrality which it is the deter- bldd°°‘ mination of xhis government to observe; and to the end that the hazard and inconvenience of such apprehended practices may be avoided, I further proclaim and declare that from and after the 12th day of October instant, and during the continuance of the present hostilities between France and the North German Confederation and its allies, no ship of war or rivateer of either belligerent shall be permitted to make use of any port, harbor, roadstead, or other waters within the jurisdiction of the United States as a station or place of resort for any warlike purpose, or for the purpose of obtainin any facilities of warlike equipment; and no ship of war or privateer of either ielligerent shall be per- Such vessels mitted to sail out of on leave any port, harbor, roadstead, or waters subject to gmt in leave port the jurisdiction of the United States from which a vessel of the other belliger· ln ‘E?"’8';*¤ °¤¤°¤¢ ent (whether the same shall be a ship of war, a privateer, or a merchant ship) mm ° °‘* shall have previously departed, until after the expiration of at least twenty-four hours from the departure of such last-mentioned vessel beyond the jurisdiction of the United States. If any ship of war or privateer of either belligerent shall, entering any after the time this notification takes effect, enter any port, harbor, roadstead, or P°*'l»&°· V0 l°¤Y° waters of the United States, such vessel shall be required to depart and to put :':°;nl;°E,:‘)°‘l:”m to sea. within twenty-four hours after her entrance into such port, harbor, road- houuyexcopt, stead, or waters, except in case of stress of weather or of her requiring provis- Sw. ions or things necessary for the subsistence of her crew, or for repairs; in either of which eases the authorities of the port or of the nearest port (as the case may be) shall require her to ut to sea as soon as possible after the expiration of such period of twenty-four hours, without permitting her to take in supplies beyond what may be necessary for her immediate use; and no such vessel which may have been permitted to remain within the waters of the United States for the purpose of repair shall continue withm such port, harbor, roadstead, or waters for a longer period than twenty-four hours after her necessary repairs shall have been completed, unless within such twenty-four hours a vesse , whether ship of war, privateer, or merchant ship of the other belligerent, shall have departed therefrom, in which ease the time limited for the departure of such ship of war or privateer shall be extended so far as may be necessary to secure an interval of not less than twenty-four hours between such departure and that of any ship of war, privateer, or merchant ship of the other belligerent which may have previously quit the same port, harbor, roadstead, or waters. No ship of war or privateer ot either belligerent shall be detained in any port, harbor, roadstead, or waters of the United States more than twenty-four hours, by reason of the successive departures from such port, harbor, roadstead, or waters of more than one vessel of the other belligerent. But if there be several order_of dsvessels of each or either of the two belligerents m the same port, harbor, road- gg1f?;;]?'; stead, or waters, the order of their departure therefrom shall be so arranged as Bach 0,, 6,,,,:, to afford the op ortunity of leaving alternately to the vessels of the respective boiiygucugmgn belligerents, and, to cause the least detention consistent with the objects of this such port.