The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-04-29

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and channels Of traffic. travel, or com
| munica1i icr. and of all withholding O
! suStenancc or means of life from tn
enemy and of such deception as doe
not involve the breaking of good faith
Men who take up arms against one an
other in public war do no not cease OF
| this account to he moral beings. re
sponsihlc to one another and to God.
The expulsion Of Spanish subjec':
from the United States would not nee
cSSarlv follow a declaration of wal
with Spain The regulations provide
tn It foreign sHhi cts may communicate
with foreign parts or with the inhab.
tants Of the hostile country so far a:
the military authorities permit and nc
further. Instant expulsion from tho
country would be the least penalty fol
communicating information calculated
to ininre the American cause or benefit
the enemy.
Here is Il paragraph OF which hcec
might we'll he taken by those patriotic
Kansas ladies and other opponents OF
the ambitious new woman warrior type
The law Of war, like the criminal wal
regarding other otfenscs, makes no dis
tinctiOn Oh account of the difference o
sex concerning the spy, the war traitor
or the war rebel"
Commanders, whenever admissible
inform the enemy of their intention tC
lombard fortified city, so that non.
combatants, and especially women and
children, may be removed from danger.
But it is no infraction of the common
laws of war to fail in thus warning the
enemy of its danger. Surprise is held
in some cases to be a necessity. Only
fortified places are liable to lombard
ment. 1t is customary when a city is
to be bombarded to designate hospitals
and like institutions by flags, usually
yellow. 50 that the bpsieying enemy
may avoid firing OH them. The same
is done in battles where hospitals are
located within the field of engagement.
An honorable enemy respects these
flags of protection so far as the fight
will permit, and it is justly considered
an act Of bad faith, Of infamy, and
iendis!lncsS to deceive an enemy by
such flags The besiegin9 enemy often
requests the b2sicged to designate the
building containing collections of art.
scientific museums. or precious libra
rles. so that their destruction may be
avoided.
The use Of poison in any manner, be
it to poison wells, food, or arms, is
wholly excluded from modern warfare.
'He that uses it, says the regulations,
puts himself beyond the pale of law
and the usages OF war But the law of
war cannot dispense with retaliation
Civilized nations acknowledge rctalia-
tion to he the sterncst feature of war.
yet 4 reckless enemy often leaves to
his opponent no other means Of secur-
ING himself against the repetition of
bar barous outrage Retaliation there
fore. will never be rcsorted to as Il
measure ofrevcnge, but onl y as means
Of protective retribhtion.'
As regards contiscation, the Ameri-
can army is authorized to appropriate
all public money, seize all public aud
movable property, and sequester for
its own benefit all the revenues of real
property belonging to the hostile gov
ernmcnt As general rule property
belonging to hospitals, churches, char-
table institutions. ard seats of learning
is not considered public property, and
is therefore exempt from the necessi-
tics of war, except in extremely urgent
cases. II works of art, libraries. scien-
tllic museums. etc, can be removed
without injury the American command
er may order them to be seized and re-
moved, Ultimate ownership will then
be decided i,y the ensuing treaty of
peace.
Private property. unless forfeited by
crimes or political ofenSeS of the own
cr, may not be seized unless in cases of
extreme necessity. Money and other
valuables found on the person ola pris-
Oacr are to be regarded by the Ameri-
can army as private property, the ap-
preparation Of which is considered dis
honorable. Nevertheless. if a large
SIM Of money be found upon the per-
son of 4 prisoner it shall be taken from
him and appropriated at the discretion
o" the commander, after dcducting a
reasonable amount for the prisoner s
support.
As concerns prisoners of war, the
regulations yield little information that
is not generally known. Citizens who
accompany the army for any possible
purpose, suffers. contractors. corrcs-
pondentS, vivandicrs, etc. may be de-
clarcI prisoners of war and detained rs
such. The enemy chap!ains, officers
of the medical staff, apothecares, hos
pital nurses, and servants. if fallen into
the hands of the enemy, are not priso-
ncrs of war unless the commander has
good reasons for detaining them. \
prisoner Of war who escapes may be
shot or otherwise killed in his flight.
lHt neither death nor ANY other kind