*******FM 27-10**
Field ManualNo. 27-10
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMYWASHINGTON 25, D.C., *18 July 1956*
 

FM 27-10THE LAW OF LAND WARFARE

 

Editor's Note: Requirements of Change 1, 15 July 1976, have been incorporated within the document. Changed or new material is indicated by an asterisk (***). *Table of Contents*CHANGE 1, 15 July 1976FOREWARDABBREVIATIONSCHAPTER 1 - BASIC RULES AND PRINCIPLES Section I - General Section II - Protecting Powers CHAPTER 2 - HOSTILITIES Section I - Commencement of hostilities Section II -Forbidden conduct with respect to persons Section III -Forbidden means of waging warfare Section IV -Bombardments, assaults, and sieges Section V - StratagemsSection VI - Treatment of property during combatCHAPTER 3 - PRISONERS OF WAR Section I - Persons entitled to be treated as prisoners of war; retained medical personnel Section II - Persons not entitled to be treated as prisoners of war Section III - General protection of prisoners of war Section IV - Beginning of captivitySection V - Internment of prisoners generallySection VI - Quarters, food, and clothingSection VII - Hygiene and medical attentionSection VIII - Religious, intellectual, and physical activitiesSection IX - DisciplineSection X - Rank of prisoners of warSection XI - Transfer of prisoners of warSection XII - Labor of prisoners of warSection XIII - Financial resources of prisoners of warSection XIV - Relations of prisoners of war with the exteriorSection XV - Relations of prisoners of war and the authoritiesSection XVI - Penal and disciplinary sanctionsSection XVII - Termination of captivitySection XVIII - Information bureaus and relief societies for prisoners of war CHAPTER 4 - THE WOUNDED AND SICK Section I - General provisions Section II - Wounded and sick Section III - Medical units, establishments, personnel and transfers Section IV - The Red Cross emblem CHAPTER 5 - CIVILIAN PERSONS Section I - General provisions Section II - General protection of populations against certain consequences of war Section III - Provisions common to the territories of the parties to the conflict and to occupied territories Section IV - Aliens in the territory of a party to the conflict Section V - Regulations for the treatment of interneesSection VI - Information bureaus, central agency, and relief societiesCHAPTER 6 - OCCUPATION Section I - General Section II - Administration of occupied territory Section III - Rights of the population of occupied territory Section IV - Relief Section V - Treatment of enemy propertySection VI - Services of inhabitants and of officialsSection VII - Public financeSection VIII - Security of the occupant: penal legislation and procedureCHAPTER 7 - NONHOSTILE RELATIONS OF BELLIGERENTS Section I - General Section II - Military passports, safe-conducts, and safe-guards Section III - Parlementaires Section IV - Cartels Section V - CapitulationsSection VI - ArmisticesCHAPTER 8 - REMEDIES FOR VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW; WAR CRIMES Section I - Remedies and reprisals Section II - Crimes under international law Section III - Punishment of war crimes Section IV - Defenses not available CHAPTER 9 - NEUTRALITY Section I - General Section II - Recruiting in neutral territory Section III - Supplies and services from neutral territory Section IV - Internment of belligerent forces and tending of wounded and sick in neutral territory Section V - Neutral personsSection VI - Railway materialAPPENDIX - INDEX OF ARTICLES OF THE 1949 GENEVA CONVENTIONS AND THE 1907 HAGUE CONVENTIONS AUTHORIZATION LETTER***This manual supersedes FM 27-10, 1 October 1940, including C 1, 15 November 1944.****