The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-16
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con minewerfer, 1900 aeropianes
(fiehters, bombers-frstly D. 73s ane
,,ie},+ bombing machines). The above
70 he delivered in stu to the allies
and United States troops in accord
ance with the detailed cor.a.t;on
Ibid down in the anleAec -->-e.
s.5 Evacuation by A-~ O., Ia:
armies of the countries or ';it 1eie
bank of the Rhine. The countries o.
the left bank of the Rhine snail DC
administered by the local authorities
under the control of the allied anc
United States armies Of occupation
The occupation of these terrltorles
will be determined by allied am"
limited States garrfsons holding tn.
principal crossings OF the helhe
Mayence, Cobienz, Cologne, toge1h
er with bridgeheads at these po1nts IL
! 20 kiloneter radius on the right bans
and bv garrisons similarly holding th%
strategic points of the regions. A neu
| trail zone shall be reserved on lhs
right of the Rhine between the stream.
and a. line drawn parallel to 1t AZ Nl:
oneters to the east from the from
| tier of Holland to the parallel
Gernshelm and as far as practicapl'
| a distance of 80 kilometers from IN;
east of the stream from this parable
upon. the Swir frontier. Evacuatlo:
bv the enemy on the Rhine iand;
shall be so ordered as to be com
pleted within a further period OF L
DAYS, in all 19 days after the sigma
ture of the arnistice.
Here the president interrupted his
reading 20 remark that there eVl
dently had been an error in tranSmls
sion as the arithmetic was very bac
The further period" Of IL days; is II
addition to the IA days allowed TO
evacuation of occupied countries
Emaking 25 days gi"en the Germans =
get entirely clear of the Rhine lands
/ all movements of evacuation and oc
cupation will be regulated a~oordin
to the note annexed.
"6. In all territory evacuated D
! the enemy there shall be no evacua
ton OF inhabitants; no damage c.
| harm shall be done 70 the persons c
| property of the inhabitants. No de
! struction Of any Kind to be commit
ted. Military Establishments of ever
| kind shall be delivered intact as we
as military stores Of food, muaitions
equipment not removed during th
| periods fixed for evacuation. Store
Of food of all kinds for the civil pop
ulation, cattle, etc, shall be left i:
stu. Industrial Establishments sha:
not be impaired in any way and thei
personnel shall not be moved. Road
and means of communication OF ev
| cry. kind, railroad, waterways. maii
roads, bridges, telegraphs, telephones
shall be in no manner impaired.
Seven-All civil and military. per
sonnel at present employed on then
shall remain. Five thousand doc"
| motives, $4,000 wagons and 10,0o'
| motor lorries in good working orde
with all necessary spare parts an.
| fittings shall be delivered to the as
sociated powers within the peric;
fixed for the evacuation of Belgium
and Luxenaburg. The railways OF Al
ace-Lorraine shall be handed owe
| within the same period, together will
all pre-war personnel and materials
Further material necessary for tn
| working of railways in the counSr,
| on the left bank of the Rhine sha;
| be left in stu. All stores of CO..,
and material for the up keep Of Pc
| nanent ways, signals and repai;
shops left entire in stu and kept il
an efficient state by Germany durine
| the whole period of armistice. ~
| barges taken from the allies shall h;
restored to them. A note appendec
| regulates the details Of these meas
| ures.
"S. The German command ska!
be responsible for revealing all laiae
or delay acting fuses disposed on tc:'
ritory evacuated by the GerEa3
troops and shall assist in their dis.
covery and destruction. a Germai
command shall also reveal all destruc
tive measures that may have beer:
taken (such as poisoning or pollutin:
of springs, wells, etc.) under penait:
of reprisals.
SO. The right of requisition shai
be exercised by the allies and Tx
United States armies in occupied ter
ritory. The upkeep Of the troops o
occupation in the Rhine land (eN-
Guiding Alsace-Lorraine) shall be
charged to the German government
80 An immediate repatriatio::
without recipro :ly according to de-
tailed condi; .ons which shall be fixed
of ai::.oc e.Ad United States prisoner
of war The allied powers and tha
United States shall be able to dispose
of these prisoners as they wish.
"11. Sick and wounded who can
not be removed from evacuated te.'-
ritory will be cared for by German
personnel who will be left on the spot
with the medical material required.
II-pisposition relative to the east
ern frontiers Of Germany:
"12. All German troops ht present
in any territory which before the
war belonged to Russia, Roumania c!
Turkey Shall withdraw within ti2e
frontiers Of Germany as they existcc
on August ]. 1914.