The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-05-24

them The same has been done ia bat.
tie, when hospitals are situated within
the field OF the engagement.
1l6. Honorable helligerents often no.
quest that the hospitals within the terri
tory OF the enemy may be designated
10 that they may be spared.
An honorable belligerent allows him
self to be guided by Gags or signals o.
protection as much as the contingencies
and necessities the fight will admit.
III. II is justly considered an act o
bad faith, of infsmy or fendis hne So, {,
deceive the enemy by flags Of prOtec
ton. Such an act of bad faith may b,
good cause for refusing 20 respect sucl
| flags.
118. The besieginy belligerent ha,
sometimes requested the besieged TO des.
ignate the buildings containing collec
tiohs Of art scientific museums, astro.
nomical observatories, or precious libra.
ries, so that their destruction may b,
avoided ss much as possible.
SECTION VII
The Par,i.
119 Prisoners of war may be releas.
ed from captivity by exchange, aud, IN.
der certain circumstances also Ly parol
l20 The term parol designates the
| pledge of individual good fai n and hon
or H. do, or to omit doing, certain acts
after he who gives his parol shall have
been dismissed, wholly or partially from
the power of the captor.
12l. The pledge of the parol is always
an individual, but not a private act
122 The parol applies chiefly 10 pris
oners of war, whom the captor allows TO
return to their country, or to live 10 great
er freedom within the captor's country
or territory, on conditions stated in the
parol.
123. Release Of prisoners of war by
exchange is the general rule release by
parol is the exception.
124 Breaking parol is punished with
death when the person breaking the pa
rol is captured again.
Accurate lists, her efore, of the parOlled
persons must be kept by the belligerents
l25. When parols are given and re-
ceived, there must be an exchange of two
written documents, in which the name
and rank Of the pa-olled individuals are
accurately and iruthfu lv stated.
| 1875. Commissioned officers only are
allowed e. give their parol, and they can
| give IL only with the permission of their
superior, as long as q superior in rank is
| within reach.
12I No non-commissioned or private
can give his parol except through an
officer. Individual parols not given
through an officer are no only void, but
subject the individual giving them to the
punishment of death as deserters. The
only admissible exception is where in-
dividuals, properly separated from their
commands, have suffered long con6ne-
ment without the possibility of being
parolled through an officer.
1913. No parolling on the battlefield !;
no parolling of entire bodies Of troops
after battle; and no dismissal of large
numbers OF prisoners, with general de-
claration that they are parolled, is per-
mitied, or of any value.
1919. In capitulations for the surrender
of strong places or FORTH. camps the
commanding officer in cases of urgent
necessity, may agree that the troops un-
der his command shall not fight again
during the war, unless exchanged.
| 1870 The usual pledge given in the
parol is not 10 serve during the existing
war, unless exchanged.
THIS pledge refers only 10 the active
service IN the field, against the parolling
belligerent or his allies actively engaged
in the same war. These cases of break
ing the parol are patent acts, and can be
visited by the punishment of death; but
the pledge does not refer TO internal SER
vice, huch as recruiting or drilling the
recruits, certifying places not besieged,
quelling civil commotions, fighting A.
gainst belligeren uneonnected with the
parolling belligerents, or TO civil or d.
plOmstic service for which the parolled
officer may be employed.
13l. II the Government does not ap-
prove OF the parol the parolled officer
must return into captivity, and should
the enemy refuse 10 receive him, he is free
on bis parol.
1872. A belligeTent Government may
declare, by general orc der, whether Il
will allow paroling, aud on what condi-
ti0ns il will allow It. Such order ID
communicated 10 theenemy.
1873 No prisoner of war can be forced
by the hostile Government to parol HIM
self, aud no Government is Obliged "a
parOl prisoners OF war, or TO parOl all
cap ured officers, II 1t parols any. AS
the pledgiDg of The parol is an individ-
ual act so IL parOling, on the oihoi
hand, an act Of choice on the part Of the
belligerent.
1874. The commander Of an occupying
army may rquire of the civil officers OF
the enemy, ana Of lie citizens, any pie dg'
he may consider necessary tor the safety
or security Of his army, aud upon their
failure to give il he may arrest, conflne Of
detain them.
SECTION VIII.