The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-05

weeks. When the decision is unfavor-
able 10 the prisoner. the reasons shall
be explicitly given. All prisoners des.
| ignated as being fit for interment
shall be transferred to Switzerland as
soon as practicable.
In order to gain room for the com
Elementary internment, the British
prisoners interned by the German
government and the German prisoners
informed by the British government,
who need long time for their com.
plete recovery, shall be repatriated
from Switzerland according to the
agreement for the reciprocal exchange
OF the severely wounded and serious
ly ILL., The decision is matter for
the Swiss doctor. and shall be binding
or both sides.
The examination Of invalids for re-
qatriation from a neutral country
shall be made by commission com
posed of two medical office of the
captor state and representative of
the legislation of the same state in
the country of internment.
Prisoners lepatriated in pursuance
OF this chapter shall not be employed
on any front of military operations or
on the lines of communications or
within occupied territory
All officers and non-commissioned
officers. irrespective of rank or num-
Der, and whether under punishment or
not, so soon as they have been in cap
tiyity at least 10 months. shall, so
far as they Go not express the de
sire TO remain, be interned in Swift
erland or other neutral country. sub
jeet always to the possibility of &C.
communication being found for them
which both governments will use
their best efforts to secure. The order
OF transfer to the neutral country
shall be that of priority OF capture. irs-
respective of nationality. AS far
us German officers and non-commis-
stoned officers are concerned, the
agreement contained in this para
graph applies to those only who
are now or may hereafter be in
Grent Britain and France
One thousand six hundred of the
German civilians now interned in
Great Britain, and 400 of the British
civilians row intefned in Germany
shall be nterned in the Netherlands
They shall be chosen by the medical
authorities OF the captor state. II on
either side the civilians who are found
to be qualified do not reach the re.
quisite number the deficiency shall be
made up by adding those who, in the
opinion of the medical authorities of
the captor state are teh next most in
need OF relief from captivity on medi-
cal grounds.
Unde- the superstition that the
Netherlands government, as II has Of
fered, will receive for internment in
the Netherlands 10000 German and
British prisoners of war, (combatant
or interned civilians), this aecommo-
dation shall be allotted as follows: 70
sick and wounded combatants, 1900
places; to officers and non-comnis-
stoned officers, $500 places, and to in
valid civilians, 1000 places. Both
governments hereby undertake to re-
turn promptly to the Netherlands any
Of these persons who may escape
therefrom and come within their
power.
All members Of the German medi
cal personnel who are still in British
hands and all members Of the British
medical personnel who are still in
German hands shall be released and
repatriated, as soon as may be, in the
transports for exchanges of prisoners
of war. If further evidence that
prisoner belongs to the medical per-
sonnet is required by the captor state
this shall be given by his name being
included in a list which will be com
piled by the home government and
sent to the captor state through the
usual diplomatic channel. II the cap