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CONVENTION——WAR ON LAND. JULY 29, 1899. 1825 rnterned with the food, clothing, les vivres, les habillements et les and relref required by humanity. secourscommandés rl’humanité. At the conclusron of peace, the Bonification sera fdite, a la paix, Reimbursement. expenses caused by the intern- des frais occasionnés par Pinternement shall be made good. ment.‘ Anrrotn LIX. Amrcnm 59. _ A neutral State may authorize L’Etat neutre pourra autoriser T¤¤¤¤i¢<>f wounded the pass?e throng? its territory le passage sur son territoire des fhilidrirwiggh °°°` - of woun ed or sic belonging to blessés ou malades appartenant the belligerent armies, on condi- aux armées belligérantcs, sous la tion that the trains bringing them reserve que les trains qui les shall carry neither combatants nor ameneront ne transporteront ni war material. In such a case, the ersonnel ni matérier de guerre. neutral State is bound to adopt Enpareilcas,1’Etat neutre est tenu such measures of safety and con- de prendre les mesures de sureté trol as may be necessary for the eg e controle nécessaires a cet pu ose. e et. wounded and sick brought un- Les blessés ou malades amenés ,N¢P*=‘•l, ¤¤t¤ ¤¤¤¤ der these conditions into neutral dans ces conditions sur le territoire um territory by one of the belliger- neutre par un des belligérants, ents, and belonging to the hostile et qui appartiendraient a la rtie party, must be guarded by the adverse, devront etre gardd: par neutral State, so as toinsure their l’Etat neutre, de maniere qu’ils ne not taking. part again in the mili· puissent de nouveau prendre part tary operations. The same duty aux operations de la guerre. shall devolve on the neutral State Ce1ui—c1 aura les memes devoirs ` with regard to wounded or sick of quant aux blessés ou malades de mmher army who may be com- lalupiré; armée qui lui seraient » mi to its care. co . ARTICLE LX. Amrrouz 60. The Geneva Convention applies La Convention de Geneve s’ap- up°§{j,¤°{,'{e°°¤'¤¤**°¤ to sick and wounded interned in plique anx malades et aux blessés $¤1.m.r.m. neutral territory. rnternés sur territoire neutre. And whereas the said Convention was duly ratified by the Govern- R¤***‘°***°¤- ment of the United States of America, by an with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by the Governments of the other Powers aforesaid with the exception of Sweden and Norway and Turkciy; And whereas, in pursuance of the stipulations of Article II of the D¤P¤|i¢· said Convention the ratifications of the said Convention were deposited at The Ha e on the 4th day of September, 1900. by the PIEDIPOWD- tiaries of tfilih Governments of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Be gium, Denmark, Spain, France, Great Britain, Italv. the Netherlands, Persia, Portugal, Roumania, Russia, Siam, and Bulgaria; on the 6th day of October. 1900, by the Plenipotentiary of the Government of Jagan; on the 16th day of October, 1900, by the Plempotentrary of the overnment of Montenegro; on the 4th day of April, 1901, by the Plenipotentiary of the Government of Greece; on the 17th day of April, 1901, by the Plenipotentiary of the Government of Mexico; on the , 11th day of May, 1901, by the Plempotentrary of the Government of Servia; on the 12th day of July, 1901, by the Plenrpotentrary of the Government of Luxembourg; and on the 5th day of April, 1902, by the Plenipotentiary of the Government of the United States of America: Now, therefore, be it known that I, Theodore Roosevelt, President P*°¤*¤¤¤¤¤¤ of the United States of America. have caused the said Convention to vor. xxxrr. yr 2--38