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PROCLAMATIONS, 1914. 2001 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 shiplof war, privateer, or merchant slnp of an opposing bellgsrent whic may have sgreviously quit the same port, arbor ro toad, or waters. No of war or privateer of a ellrgerent shall be detained in any port, harhor, 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 an oplposing belligerent. But of there be several vessels of opposing be lgerents in the same {port, harbor, roadstead, or waters, the order of their departure there rom shall be so arranged as to afford the opportunity of eaving alternately to the vessels of the opposmi belligereuts, and to cause the least detention consistent with the 0 jects of this proclamation. No ship of war or privateer of a. belligerent shall be permitted, while m any port, harbor, roadstead, or waters within the jurisdiction of the United States, to take m any supplies except provisions and such other thmgs as may be requisite for the subsistence of her crew, and ezrcept so much coal only as may be sufficient to carrysuch vessel, if without any sail power, to the nearesfdport of her own country· or in case the vessel is rigged tlqjp under s , and may also be plropelled by steamégower, then with the quantity of coal which s e would be entitl to receive, if dependent upon steam alone, and no coal shall be again supplied to any such ship of war or privateer in the same or any other port, harbor, roadstead or waters of the United States, without special permission, until after the expiration of three months from the time when such coal may have been last spgplied to.her within the waters of the United States, unless such p of war or privateer shzlcl, sgcci Blast thus supplied, have entered a port of the ovemment w ° e . g And I do further decl proclaim that the statutes and the ,,,“,,,'§}*,,;,'§,";,,"f"‘Y *° treaties of the United States and the law of nations alike require that no erson, within the territory and jurisdiction of the United States shall take part, directhy or indirectly in the said wars, but shall remain at peace with a of the said belligerents, and shall maintain a strict and rmpartial neutrality. And I do hereby enjoin all citizens of the United States, and all per- °‘ ““" sons residing or being within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, to observe the laws thereof, and to commit no act contréary tp thefprovisions og the;) sgiuqf statutes or treaties or in violation o the awo nationsin to at e . And I:11; hereliy warn allllgitizens oftthe United Sltates, apldtall pleas- ,,_§f,‘,§°;,,'§,§f§,{§d'f°“‘¥‘ sonsresi or ein wit ° itsterrio or 'uris 'ctiont a,w 'e the free andgfull exprgssion of sympathielsy in pirblic and private is not restricted by the laws of the United States, military forces in aid of a belligerent can not lawfull be originated or organized within its Cmmbmd o, W jurisdiction; and that, while all persons may lawfully and without ew. ’ restriction b reason of the aforesaid state of war manufacture and sell within the United States arms and munitions of war and other articles ordinarily known as "contraband of war", yet they cannot carry such articles upon the high seas for the use or service of a belligerent, nor can they transport soldiers and officers of a belligerent or~ attempt to break any blockade which may be lawfully esta lished and maintained during the said wars without incurring the risk of hlrsstile gapfture and the penalties denounced by the law of nations in t at e a . , And I do hereby give notice that all citizens of the United States Mu"' and others who may claim the rotection of this government, who may misconduct themselves in the premises, will do so at their peril,