Year: 1870

observation in the ships of war or privatesrs
or merchant vessels of the other belligerent
lying within or being about to enter within
the jurisdiction of the United States, must be
regarded as unfriendly and offensive, and in
violation OF that neutrality which it is the de-
termination OF this Government to observe
and carry out to the end, and that the hazard
and Inconvenience of such apprehended prac-
tees may be avoided.


further de, lare that from and after the
18th day of Oct. and during the continuance
IF the present hostilities between France and
the North German Confederation and its al
lies, no ship of war or privateer of either of
the belligerents shall be permitted to make
use of any port, harbor or roadstead, or other
waters within the jurisdiction of the United
States, as station or place of resort for any
warlike purposes, or for purposes of obtain
ing any facilities of warlike equipments.i
And no ship of war or pfivateer Of either
belligerents shall be permitted to sail out of,
| or leave any port, harbor or roadstead, or
other water subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States, from which vessel of the 9TH
er belGgerent, whether the same shall be a
ship of war, priyateer, or a merchant ship,
shall have previously departed, until after the
expiration of at least "A hours from the de-
parture of such last mentioned vessels beyond
the jurisdiction OF the United States.


Ii any ship of war or priyateer of either bel
| hocrent shall, after the time this notification
takes effect, enter any port, harbor, road
stead or other waters of the United States,
such vessel shall be require to depart and to
put to sea within "A hours after her entrance
| INTO such port, harbor, roadstead or waters,
| except III case of stress of weather or of her
requiring provisions or things necessary for
the subsistence of her crew, or for repairs, In
! either OF which cases the authorities Of the
! port or of the nearest port, as the case may
DC, shall require her to put to sea as soon as
possible after the expiration of such period of
a hours, without permitting her to take in
supplies beyond what may be necessary for
| her immediate use.


And no such vessel which NAV have been
| permitted to remain within the waters OF the
United States for the purpose of repair shall
continue within such port, harbor, Toadstead
or waters, for longer period than "a honrs
after her necessary repairs shall have been
completed, unless within such "a hours a
vessel whether ship of war, privateer, or
merchant ship of the other belligerent shall
| have departed theretrom, in which case the
time limited for the departure of the ship OF
war or priyateer shall be extended, so far as
may he necessary to secure an interval of no,
less than "A hours between such departure
and that of any ship of war, privateer OF
merchant ship of either bellgerent which
may have previously quit the same port
! harbor, roadstead or other waters.


No ship of war or prvateer of either bel
ligerents shall be detained in any port, harbor
| roadstead or other waters Of the United
States more than "a hours, by reason of sue
cessiye departure from such port, harbor,
roadstead or other waters of more than one
vessel of either belligerents; but if there be
several vessels of each or either of the bel
ligerents, in the same port, llarbor, road
stead or other waters, the order of their de-
parture shall be SO arranged as to afford an
opportunity of leaving alternatively to the
vessels OF the respective belfigerents, and to
cause the least detention consistent with the
objects of this proclamation.


No ship of war or privateer Of either bel
! ligerents, shall be permitted while in any
port harhor, roadstead or other waters with
in the jurisdiction of the United States tc
take in any supplies except provisions anG
such other things as are requisite for sub
ststence of the crew, and except so much
coal only as may be sufficient to carry such
vessel, If without sail power, to the nearest
! European port OF her own country, or in
case the vessel is rigged to go under sail and
may also be propelled by steam power, then
with half the quantity of coal which she
would be entitled to receive if dependan,
upon steam power alone; and no coal shall
be again supplied to any such ship of wal
or priyateer in the same or any other port
harbor, roadstead or waters of the United
States, without the special permission, until
after the expiration of three months from
the time when such coal may. have been last
supplied, within the waters of the UnteC
States, unless such ship of war or privateel
shall since last thus supplied, have entered {
European port of the government to which she
may belong.


In testimony Whereof have hereunto Sc
my hand and caused the seal of the Unite'
States to be affixed


Done at the City of Washington this eight


day of October, in the year of our Lor'


one thousand eight hundred and seventy


and Of the Independence of the United


States of America the ninety fifth.


(signed) L. S. GRANT.


By the President. Hamilton Fish, Sect
of State.