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PROCLAMATIONS, 1911. 1717 NOW THEREFORE, I, WiHiam H. Taft President of the sum sauna. United States, by_ virtue of the authority in mé vested, do hereby declare and peroclaim- 1_. That t American National Red Cross is the onl volrmteer ,,2,'”¥ '°°’°*¥•¤*¤°'·· society now authorized by this government to render aid? to its land ` ang IKM forces time of war. . at any ot r society desiring to render similar assistance °°*•*•¤¤‘·¤¤¤·v can do so only through the American National Red Cross. `-it 3. That to comply with the requirements of Article 10 of the ,,,,€§_‘°"”"‘”"'“"‘ International Red Cross Convention of 1906 (revision of the 'lreaty "•*·°°·P·¤**¤· of Geneva), that part of the American National Red Cross rendering aid to the land and naval forces will constitute a part of the sanitary services thereof. ‘ _ 4. _That should it be desirable in time of war, or when war is ,,gjg,$,'“°”"°•• *¤ imminent, for the War Department or the Navy Department to am,p.ia make use of the services of the American National Red Cross, the Secretary of such Department is authorized to communicate with the Rresidenlti cg the _ tyilgpeisgmying this charagter oglghe uu·e,an ating or acesweret peisonn iidil material will EZ assembled? P 5. That when any member of the American National Red Gross ,_§`;'*’n{,§"i_g°d**£ reports for duty with the land or naval forces of the United States, wps. pursuant to a proper call, he will thereafter be subject to military °l‘°5"’°°‘ aws and rzgulations as {provided in Article 10 of the International Red Cross onvention o 1906, and will be provided with the necessary brassard and certificate of identity. _ 6. That except in cases of great emer§:ncy,_ the personnel of the -”·"¤°’”°°"°°¤¤· American National Red Cross will not assigned to duty at the front, but will be confined to hospitals in the home country, at the base of operations, on hospital ships, and alogglmes of communication of the milit and naval forces of the mted States. IN W'ITNESSu¥VHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixed. Done at the City of Washington, this twenty-second day of August, A. D., one thousand nine hundred and eleven,_and of [snare] the Inde dence of the _United States of America, the one huncgxd and thirty-sixth. Wu H Tarr By the President: Huirrmwrox Wmsos Acting Secretary of State.