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pected, and all persons connected wrlh the same,
projected in The discharge OF their duties, aud
the pursuit Of their yocstions.
2. In order that the fate Of prisoners Of war
may be alleyiated. all such practices as those ol
sending them into distant, inclement, orunghole-
some districts, or crowding them into close and
noxious places, shall be sludiously avoided
They shell not be confined in dungeons, prison
ships, or prisons; nor be Pu; in irons, or bound,
or otherwise restrained in the use Of their limbs.
The officers shalt enjoy liberty on their paroles,
within convenient districts, and have comfortable
quarters; and the common soldier shalt be dlspO-
sed in cantonments, open and extensive enough
for air and exercise, and lodged in barracks as
roomy and good as are provided by the party in
whose power they are for its own troops. But
If any officer shall break his parole by leaving
the disrictso assigned him, or any other prisoner
shall escape from the limits Of his cantonment,
after they shall have been designated to him,
such individual, officer, or other prisoner, shall
forfeit so much Of the benefit Of this article as
provides for his liberty on parole or in canton
mont. if an officer so breaking his parole, or
any common soldier so escaping from the limits
assigned him, shall afterwards be found in arms,
previously to his being regularly exchanged,
The person so offending shall be dealt with accor.
ding to the established laws Of war.
The officers shall be daily furnished by the
party in whose power they are, with as many
ralions, and Of the same articles as are allowed,
either in kind or by commuiaton, 10 officers OF
equal rank in its own army; and all others shall
be daily furnished with such ration as is allowed
to common soldier in its own service; the val.
ue of all which supplies shall, AT the close oftho
war, or at periods TO be agreed uponbetween the
respective commanders, be paid by the other par
! ~, on a mutual adjustment Of accounts for the
subsistence Of prisoners; and such accounts
shall not be mingled with or set of against any
others, nor the balance due on them be withheld,
as a compensation or reprisal for any cause
whatever, reul or pretended. Each party shall
be allowed 10 keep a commissary Of prisoners,
appointed by itself, with every cantonment OF
prisoners us often us he pleases, shall be allow
ed to receive, exempt from all duties are taxes,
and TO distribute, whatever comforts may be
sent to them by their friends, and shall be free
TO transmit his reports in open letters to the par
" by whom he is employed.
And il is declared thai neither the pretcncC
that war dissoIves all treaties, or any Other
whatever, shall be considered as annulling Of
suspending the solemn covenant contained il
this article. Or the contrary, the state of wal
is precisely that for which it is provided; ant
during which, its stipularions are to be as sacred
ly observed aslhc most acknowledged obligations
under the law Of nature or nations.
ARTICLE XIII.
! Thi, treaty shall be ratified by tho Prosdcn
: of the United States of America, by aud will
the advice and consent of the S nate thereof
and by the President of the Mexican Repu lie
with the previous appreciation Of Its Genera
Congress-; and the Publications shall be eXchan
gcd in the City of Washington, in four months
from the date of the signature hereof, or soon
er, if practicable.
: In faith whereof, we, the respective plonipoien
taries, have signed this ueaty of peace, friend
ship, limits, and settlement; and have hereunt
offxed our seals respectively. Done in quintr
, pIicaIe, at the city of Guadalupe IIidalgo, O
: the second day Of February, in the year of o,
Lord one thousand eight hundred and fort.
eight.