Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-05-08

! agree TO serve to the age Of IS years
! ana newly appointed officers must
! agree to serve actively for IS years.
! No military schools except those
. absolutely Indispensable for the units
, allowed shall exist in Germany two
rn0nths after the peace No associa-
tons such as Societies of Discharged
/ Soldiers. shooting or touring clubs,
educational establishments or uni
Versailles may occupy themselves witt
! military matters Al measures Of
] mobilization are forbidden.
! EortreAses-Al fortified works.
! fortresses and field works situated
! IN German territory within a zone 50
! kilometres east of the Rhine Tifl be
! dismanLed IN three months. The
/ construction Of any new fortifcatians
there is forbidden. The fortified
works on the southern and eastern
! frontiers, however. may remain.
! CONTROL - Inter allied commits
sions Of control viii see TO the exc
| cution of the provisions for which
! q time limit is set, the maximum
/ named being three months. They
may establish headquarters at uns
! German seat of government and =
! 10 any part of Germany desired. Ger
! many must give. them complete Ia
! cilities. pay their expenses and also
I the expenses Of execution of the
! treaty, moulding the labor and ma
! terial necessary in demolition. de-
j structiOn or surrender Of war equip
r1sIL
NAVAL-The German Navy must
ne uemobllized within a period OF two
| t1unths after the peace. She will be
allowed SIX small battleships. six
light cruisers, - destroyers. I. tor
pedo- boats and no submarines. eth
er military or commercial. with a
personnel of Is, 900 men, including Of
icers and no reserve forces of any
character. Conscrption IS abolished.
only voluntary service being permit
TED with I minimum period Of Is
years service for officers and l. for
men. No member Of the German ner-
camille marine VIII be permitted any
naval training.
All German vessels of war IN for
elgu ports end the German high sea
fleet lnteraed at Scapa Flow will be
surrendered. the final disposition OF
these ships 70 De decided upon by the
allied and associated powers. Ger
many must surrender forry-two mod
ern destToyers. fifty modern torpedo
boats and al submarines with their
/ salvage vessels. All war vessels
/ under construction. including sub
+ marines must be broken up War
/ vessels not otherwise provided for are
/ 10 be placed IN reserve or used tor
commercial purposes Replacement
! OF ships. except those lost, can take
place only at the END Of twenty years
for battleships and fifteen years for
/ destroyers. The largest arnored ship
t Germany will be permitted will be ten
/ thousand tors.
! &c. many is required 20 sweep up
I The mines IN the North Sea and the
Baltic Sea as decided upon by the Al
les. All German fortifications n the
, Baltic defending the passages
through the Belts must be de.moi-
ished. Other coast defenses are per-
ni1ted. but the number and calibre
Of the guns must not be increased.
During a period of three months after
.
| less stations at Nauen. Hanover, and
Berlin will not be permitted to send
! any messages except for commercial
/ purposes and under supervision of
The allied and associated govern
/ rnents. nor may any more be con-
! sITucred.
! Germany will be allowed TO repair
German submarine cables which have
been cut but are not being unIili.ed
by the allied powers. also portions Of
cables which. after having been cut.
have been removed or are at any
rate not being utilized by any one, of
J the allied and associated powers. In
such cases the Fables or portions of
I cables removed or utilized remain the
property of allied and associated
powers. and accordingly fourteen
+ cables or parts Of cables are specified
which will not be restored TO Ger
many.
{ AIR-The armed forces of Ger
many must not include any military
, or naval air forces except not over
+ one hundred unar1ned sea- pianes TO
be retained till October 1st 20 search
for submarine mines. No dirig.b
shall be kept. The entire air per-
sonnet is TO be demobilized within
/ two months. except one thousand Of
! !icers and men retained till October
! No aviation grounds OF dirigible
/ sheds are to be allowed within one
! hundred and fifty kilometres of the
Rhine or the eastern or southern
/ frontiers. existing installations with
! in these limits TO be destroyed. The
manufacture of aircraft and parts of
aircraft is forbidden for six months.
All military and naval aeronautical
material under a most exhaustive
definition must be surrendered with
! n three months except for the hun
dred sea- planes already specified.
| PRISONERS OF wAR-The repatria-
! ton of German prisoners and interned
| civilians il to be carried out without
commission composed Of representatives
OF the allies and Germany. Those IN
der sentence for offences against dis
cipline are to be repatriated without re-
gard 10 the completion of their SEN
! tence. Until Germany has surrendered
persons guilty of offences against the
laws and customs of war the allies have
! the right TO retain selected German Of
! ficers- The allies may deal at their own
discretion with German nationals who
! do not desire TO be repatr,ated. all re-
/ patriation being conditional on the i'm
mediate release of any allied sr1biects