PROCLAMATIONS, 1916. 1807
case of stress of weather or of her re ui rovisions or th1ngs` necessary for the subsistence of her crevii, glllnll repairs; in any of which
cases the authorities of the port or of the nearest port (as the case
may be) shall reqhuire her to put to sea as soon as possible after the
expiration of suc period of twenty-four hours, without rrnitting
her to take in supp `es beyond what may be necessary for hier 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 within such port, harbor, roadstead, or waters
for a longer period than tweny-four hours after her necessary repairs
shall have been completed, unless within such twenty-four hours a
vessel, whether ship 0 war, privateer, or merchant shi of an 0 posing
belligerent, shall have departed therefrom, in whic£ case 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 shi
of war, privateer, or merchant ship of an o posing belligerent which
may have {previously quit the same port, hargmr, roadstead, or waters.
No ship 0 war or privateer of a belligerent shall be detained in any
port, harbor, roadstead, or waters o 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 olpiposing belligerent. But there be several vessels of otgposing be gen
ents in the same port, harbor, roadstead or waters, e order of t cir
de arture therefrom shall be so arranged as to afford the opportunity
of lea alternately to the vessels o the opposing belliferents, and
to cause the least detention consistent with the objects 0 this tpgoclamation. No ship of war or privateer of a belligerent shall permitted, while in apy port, harbor, roadstead, or waters within the
. jurisdiction of the mted States, to take in any snjpplies except provisions and such other things as may be requisite or the subsistence
of her crew, and except so much coal only as may be sufficient to carry
such vessel, if without any sail power, to the nearestgsort of her own
country; or in case the vessel is rigged to go under s , and may also
be pro lled by steam tpower, then with half the quantity 0 coal
which slliee would be enti ed to receive, if dependent ufpon steam alone,
and no coal shall be again supplied to any such ship 0 war or privateer
in the same or any other port, harbor, roadstead or waters of the
United States, wit out special permission, until after the expiration
of three months from the time when such coal may have been last
supplied to her within the waters of the United States unless such
ship of war or privateer shall, since last thus supplied, have entered
a port of the government to which she belongs. S H t mn I
And I do further declare and proclaim that the statutes and the ;,.,§,§m§§,`$.i_ ‘ Y °
treaties of the United States and the law of nations alike require that
no erson, within the territory and jurisdiction of the United States,
shag take part, directl or indirectly, in the said wars, but shall
remain at eace with all of the said belligerents, and shall maintain
a strict and) impartial neutrality. _ Omni 09 of law
And I do hereby enjoin all citizens of the United_States, and allsnjcmaam ‘ S
ersons residing or being within the territory or jurisdiction of the
United States, to obserye the laws thereof, and to commit no act
contrary to the provisions of the said statutes or treaties or in violation of the law of nations in that behalf. Mum d { hem
And I do hereby warn all citizens of the United States, and all {jg- mm pr¤i¤°ftit$i1. g`
sons residing or being within its territory or jurisdiction that, w e
the free and full expression of sympathies in public and private is not
restricted by the laws of the United States, military forces in aid of a
belligerent cannot lawfully be originated or organized its Coummd of Y
jurisdiction; and that, while all persons may lawfully and without as “
restriction by reason of the aforesaid state of war manufacture and
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