Evening star., 1936-03-01
Neutrality Proclamation
President, Reiferating american Stand Under New
Joint Resolution, Enumerates articles Considered
Arms Ammunition and Inn mplemenfs of War.

ana llScTClug bHcTeIOE tQc WOTQS.
Whenever the President shall find
that there exists estate Of war be-
tween; and by striking out the word
may after the word President and
before the word from in the twelfth
line, and inserting in lieu thereof
the word shall; and by substituting
for the last paragraph Of said Sec
ton the following paragraph: 'Ex-
cept with respect to ofHenses COM
mitted, or forfeitures incurred prior
to May l, 1887, this section and all
proclamations issued hereunder shall
not be effective after May /, 1897"
And whereas my proclamation of
October 5, 1885, issued pursuant to
section l Of the joint resolution ap-
proved August 81. 1885, declared that
q state of war unhappily existed
between Ethiopia and the kingdom of
Italy.
Now, therefore, I, Franklin D.
Roosevelt, President of the United
States Of America, acting under and
by virtue of the authority conferred
on me by the said joint resolution
as amended by the joint resolution of
Congress approved February 20, 1896.
do hereby proclaim that state of
war unhappily continues to exist be-
tween Ethiopia and the kingdom of
Italy; and I do hereby admonish all
citizens Of the United States or any
of its possessions and all persons re-
siding or being within the territory
or Jurisdiction of the United States
or its possessions to abstain from
every violation of the provisions of
the joint resolution above set forth,
hereby made effective and applicable
to the export of arms. ammunition,
or implements of war from any place
in the United States or its possess
sions to Ethiopia or to the kingdom
of Italy, or to any italian possess
sion, or to any neutral port for trans
shipment to, or for the use of Ethiopia
or the kingdom Of Italy.
Articles Are Listed.
And do hereby declare and pro-
claim that the articles listed below
shall be considered arms, ammunition
and implements of war for the pur-
poses of section l of the said joint
resolution of Congress:
Category 1:
(1) Rifles and carbines using ammu-
milton in excess of caliber 20, and
barrels for those weapons:
(2) Machine guns, automatic OF
autoloading rifles, and machine pistols
using ammunition in excess of calibel
20, and barrels for those weapons:
(3) Guns, howitzers and mortars Of
all 'calibers, their mountings and bar.
rels; a. ammunition in excess oi
caliber % for the arms enumerated
under % and (2) above, and cartridge
cases or bullets for such ammunition;
filled and untitled projectiles or forg.
ings for such projectiles for the arms
enumerated under 90 above; propel.
lants with web thickness of .0l5-inct
or greater for the projectiles Of the
arms enumerated under 90 above;
90 Grenades, bombs, torpedoes and
mines, filled or untitled. and apparatus
for their use or discharge:
(6) Tanks, military armored We.
hicles. and armored trains.
Category II:
Vessels of war Of all kinds, including
aircraft carrier and submarines.
Category III:
~t) Aircraft, assembled or dis.
mantled, both heavier and lighter than
air. which are designed, adapted, and
intended for aerial combat by the use
Of machine guns or of artillery or for
the carrying and dropping of bombs
or which are equipped with. or which
by reason of design or construction are
prepared for, any of the appliances
referred to in paragraph CD below;
CD Aerial gun mounts and frames
| bomb racks, torpedo carriers and
bomb or torpedo release mechanisms
Category ~:
% Revolvers and automatic pistols
using ammunition in excess of caliber
| %;
(2) Ammunition in excess Of CALI
| Der 20 for the arms enumerated un-