The New York herald., 1922-02-02

are to be disposed of in accordance with
Articles II. and I'LL:
I. A vessel to be scrapped must be
placed in such condition that it cannot
be put to combatant use.
III. This result must be finally effected
II. any one OF the following ways:
(A) Permanent sinking Of the vessel;
OBJ Breaking the vessel up This
shall always involve the destruction or
removal of all machinery, boilers and
armor. and all deck. side and bottom
plating;
CO Converting the vessel to target
use exclusively. In such case all the
provisions OF paragraph III. of this
part. except subparagraph (6), In so
far as may be necessary to enable the
ship to be used as mobile target, and
except sub-paragraph 90. must be pre-
viously complied with. Not more than
one capital ship may be retained for
this purpose at one time by any of
the contracting powers.
CD OF the capital ships which
would otherwise be scrapped under the
present treaty In or after the year 1881.
France and Italy may each retain two
exclusively. that is. as gunnery or tor
pedo schools. The two vessels retained
by France shall be of the Jean Bart
Glass. and of those retained by Italy
one shall be the Dante Alighieri, the
other of the Glllio Cesare class. On
retaining these sships for the purporse
above stated, France and Italy respec-
lively undertake to remove and destroy
their coming towers. and not TO use the
said ships as vessels of war.
III (A) Subject to the special ex-
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vessel is due for scrappng, the first
stage Of scrapping, which consists in
rendering a ship incapable of further
warllke service. shall be Immediately
undertaken.
(B) A vessel shall be considered
incapable of further warlike service
when there shall have been removed
and landed. or else destroyed in the
ship:
(1) All guns and essential portions
of guns, fire control tops and revolv-
ing parts of all barbcttes and turrets.
(2) All machinery for working
hydraulic or electric mountings.
(3) All fire control instruments
and range finders
% All ammunition, explosives and
mines
t5) All torpedoes. war heads and
torpedo tubes.
(6) All wireless telegraphy install
lations
CD The coming tower and all side
armor. or alternatively all main pro-
pelling machinery: and
(s) All landing and flying off plat
forms and all other aviation access
sories
Nv. The periods in which scrapping
of vessels is to be effected are as fol-
lows:
(A) In the case of vessels to be
scrapped under the first paragraph of
Article H.. the wUvk of rendering the
vessels incapable of further warlike
service, In accordance with Paragraph
III. Of this part, shall be completed
within six months from the coming into
force of the present treaty. and the
scrapping shall be finally effected
within eighteen months from such com
ing into force.
tB) In the case of vessels to be
scrapped under the second and third
OF Article H., or under Ar
ticle ILL.,. the work of rendering the ves-
sci incapable Of further warlikc service
in accordance with Paragraph III of
this part shall be commenced not later
tian the date OF completion of its sue
cessor. and shall be finished within six
months from the date of such compile
tion. The vessel shall be finally
scrappcd. In accordance with Paragraph
III. OF this part within eighteen months
from tho date of completion OF its sue
ccssor. n. however. the completion of
the new vessel he delayed. then the work
OF rendering the old vessel incapable OF
further warlike service in accordance
with Paragraph Ill OF this part shall
be commenced within four years from
the laying OF the keel of the new vessel
and shall be finished within six months
from the date on which such work was
commenced. and the old vessel shall be
finally scrapped In accordance with
Paragraph RI. OF this part within cigh-
teen months from the date when the
work OF rendering II incapable of fur
thcr warlike service was ccrmenced.
PART q.
REPLACEMENT.
The replacement of capital ships and
aircraft carriers shall take place ac-
cording to the rules in Section I. and
the tables in Section n. Of this part.
SECTION I.
Huies for Replacement
tA.) Capital ships and aircraft car
riers twenty years after tho date OF
their completion may. except as other
wise provided In Article VIII. AMI in the
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