Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1907, (In two parts), Part II
By the President of the United States of America.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas a Convention between the United States of America and Germany, the Argentine Republic, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, China, the Congo Free State, Denmark, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, France, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Italy, Japan, Luxemburg, Montenegro, Norway, the Netherlands, Peru, Persia, Portugal, Roumania, Russia, Servia, Siam, Sweden, Switzerland, and Uruguay, for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded of armies in the field, was signed at Geneva, July 6, 1906, the original of which convention, being in the French language, is word for word as follows:
Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field.
His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia; His Excellency the President of the Argentine Republic; His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, etc., and Apostolic King of Hungary; His Majesty the King of the Belgians; His Royal Highness the Prince of Bulgaria; His Excellency the President of the Republic of Chile; His Majesty the Emperor of China; His Majesty the King of the Belgians, Sovereign of the Congo Free State; His Majesty the Emperor of Corea; His Majesty the King of Denmark; His Majesty the King of Spain; the President of the United States of America; the President of the United States of Brazil; the President of the United Mexican States; the President of the French Republic; His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India; His Majesty the King of the Hellenes; the President of the Republic of Guatemala; the President of the Republic of Honduras; His Majesty the King of Italy; His Majesty the Emperor [Page 1025] of Japan; His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Luxemburg, Duke of Nassau; His Highness the Prince of Montenegro; His Majesty the King of Norway; Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands; the President of the Republic of Peru; His Imperial Majesty the Shah of Persia; His Majesty the King of Portugal and of the Algarves, etc.; His Majesty the King of Roumania; His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias; His Majesty the King of Servia; His Majesty the King of Siam; His Majesty the King of Sweden; the Swiss Federal Council; the President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay.
Being equally animated by the desire to lessen the inherent evils of warfare as far as is within their power, and wishing for this purpose to improve and supplement the provisions agreed upon at Geneva on August 22, 1864, for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded in armies in the field,
Have decided to conclude a new convention to that effect, and have appointed as their plenipotentiaries, to wit:
- His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia: His Excellency the Chamberlain and Actual Privy Councilor A. de Bülow, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Berne, General of Brigade Baron de Manteuffel, Medical Inspector and Surgeon-General Dr. Villaret (with rank of general of brigade), Dr. Zorn, Privy Councilor of Justice, ordinary professor of law at the University of Bonn, Solicitor of the Crown;
- His Excellency the President of the Argentine Republic: His Excellency Mr. Enrique B. Moreno, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Berne, Mr. Molina Salas, Consul-General in Switzerland;
- His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, etc., and Apostolic King of Hungary: His Excellency Baron Heidler de Egeregg et Syrgenstein, Actual Privy Councilor, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Berne;
- His Majesty the King of the Belgians: Colonel of Staff Count de T’Serclaes, Chief of Staff of the Fourth Military District;
- His Royal Highness the Prince of Bulgaria: Dr. Marin Rousseff, Chief Medical Officer, Captain of Staff Boris Sirmanoff;
- His Excellency the President of the Republic of Chile: Mr. Augustin Edwards, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary;
- His Majesty the Emperor of China: His Excellency Mr. Lou Tseng Tsiang, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Hague;
- His Majesty the King of the Belgians, Sovereign of the Congo Free State; Colonel of Staff Count de T’Serclaes, Chief of staff of the Fourth Military District of Belgium;
- His Majesty the Emperor of Corea: His Excellency Mr. Tsunetada Kato, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Japan to Brussels;
- His Majesty the King of Denmark: Mr. Laub, Surgeon-General, Chief of the Medical Corps of the Army;
- His Majesty the King of Spain: His Excellency Mr. Silverio de Baguer y Corsi, Count of Baguer, Minister Resident;
- The President of the United States of America: Mr. William Gary Sanger, former Assistant Secretary of War of the United States of [Page 1026] America, Vice-Admiral Charles S. Sperry, President of the Naval War College, Brigadier-General George B. Davis, Judge-Advocate-General of the Army, Brigadier-General Robert M. O’Reilly, Surgeon-General of the Army;
- The President of the United States of Brazil: Dr. Carlos Lemgruber-Kropf, Chargé d’Affaires at Berne, Colonel of Engineers Roberto Trompowski, Leitao d’Almeida, Military Attaché to the Brazilian Legation at Berne;
- The President of the United Mexican States: General of Brigade José Maria Perez;
- The President of the French Republic: His Excellency Mr. Révoil, Ambassador to Berne, Mr. Louis Renault, Member of the Institute of France, Minister Plenipotentiary, Jurisconsult of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Professor in the Faculty of Law at Paris, Colonel Olivier of Reserve Artillery, Chief Surgeon Pauzat of the Second Class;
- His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India: Major-General Sir John Charles Ardagh, K. C. M. G., K. C. L. E., C. B., Professor Thomas Erskine Holland, K. C., D. C. L., Sir John Furley, C. B., Lieutenant-Colonel William Grant Macpherson, C. M. G., R. A. M. C.;
- His Majesty the King of the Hellenes: Mr. Michel Kebedgy, Professor of International Law at the University of Berne;
- The President of the Republic of Guatemala: Mr. Manuel Arroyo, Chargé d’Affaires at Paris, Mr. Henri Wiswald, Consul-General to Berne, residing at Geneva;
- The President of the Republic of Honduras: Mr. Oscar Hœpfl, Consul-General to Berne;
- His Majesty the King of Italy: Marquis Roger Maurigi di Castel Maurigi, Colonel in His Army, Grand Officer of His Royal Oirder of the SS. Maurice and Lazare, Major-General Giovanni Randone, Military Medical Inspector, Commander of His Royal Order of the Crown of Italy;
- His Majesty the Emperor of Japan: His Excellency Mr. Tsunetada Kato, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Brussels;
- His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Luxemburg, Duke of Nassau: Staff Colonel Count de T’Serclaes, Chief of Staff of the Fourth Military District of Belgium;
- High Highness the Prince of Montenegro: Mr. E. Odier, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Swiss Confederation in Russia, Colonel Mürset, Chief Surgeon of the Swiss Federal Army;
- His Majesty the King of Norway: Captain Daae, of the Medical Corps of the Norwegian Army;
- Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands: Lieutenant-General (retired) Jonkheer J. C. C. den Beer Poortugael, Member of the Council of State, Colonel A. A. J. Quanjer, Chief Medical Officer, First Class;
- The President of the Republic of Peru: Mr. Gustavo de la Fuente, First Secretary of the Legation of Peru at Paris;
- His Imperial Majesty the Shah of Persia: His Excellency Mr. Samad Khan Momtaz-os-Saltaneh, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Paris;
- His Majesty the King of Portugal and of the Algarves, etc.: His Excellency Mr. Alberto d’Oliveira, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Berne, Mr. José Nicolau Raposo-Botelho, Colonel of Infantry, former Deputy, Superintendent of the Royal Military College at Lisbon;
- His Majesty the King of Roumania: Dr. Sache Stephanesco, Colonel of Reserve;
- His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias: His Excellency Privy Councilor de Martens, Permanent Member of the Council of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia;
- His Majesty the King of Servia: Mr. Milan St. Markovitch, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Justice, Colonel Dr. Sondermayer, Chief of the Medical Division of the War Ministry;
- His Majesty the King of Siam: Prince Charoon, Chargé d’Affaires at Paris, Mr. Corragioni d’Orelli, Counselor of Legation at Paris;
- His Majesty the King of Sweden: M. Sörensen, Chief Surgeon of the Second Division of the Army;
- The Swiss Federal Council: Mr. E. Odier, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Russia, Colonel Mürset, Chief Surgeon of the Federal Army;
- The President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay: Mr. Alexandre Herosa, Chargé d’Affaires at Paris,
Who, having communicated to each other their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed on the following:
Chapter I.—The sick and wounded.
Article 1.
Officers, soldiers, and other persons officially attached to armies, who are sick or wounded, shall be respected and cared for, without distinction of nationality, by the belligerent in whose power they are.
A belligerent, however, when compelled to leave his wounded in the hands of his adversary, shall leave with them, so far as military conditions permit, a portion of the personnel and material of his sanitary service to assist in caring for them.
Article 2.
Subject to the care that must be taken of them under the preceding article, the sick and wounded of an army who fall into the power of the other belligerent become prisoners of war, and the general rules of international law in respect to prisoners become applicable to them.
The belligerents remain free, however, to mutually agree upon such clauses, by way of exception or favor, in relation to the wounded or sick as they may deem proper. They shall especially have authority to agree:
- 1.
- To mutually return the sick and wounded left on the field of battle after an engagement.
- 2.
- To send back to their own country the sick and wounded who have recovered, or who are in a condition to be transported and whom they do not desire to retain as prisoners.
- 3.
- To send the sick and wounded of the enemy to a neutral state, with the consent of the latter and on condition that it shall charge itself with their internment until the close of hostilities.
Article 3.
After every engagement the belligerent who remains in possession of the field of battle shall take measures to search for the wounded and to protect the wounded and dead from robbery and ill treatment.
He will see that a careful examination is made of the bodies of the dead prior to their interment or incineration.
Article 4.
As soon as possible each belligerent shall forward to the authorities of their country or army the marks or military papers of identification found upon the bodies of the dead, together with a list of names of the sick and wounded taken in charge by him.
Belligerents will keep each other mutually advised of internments and transfers, together with admissions to hospitals and deaths which occur among the sick and wounded in their hands. They will collect all objects of personal use, valuables, letters, etc., which are found upon the field of battle, or have been left by the sick or wounded who have died in sanitary formations or other establishments, for transmission to persons in interest through the authorities of their own country.
Article 5.
Military authority may make an appeal to the charitable zeal of the inhabitants to receive and, under its supervision, to care for the sick and wounded of the armies, granting to persons responding to such appeals special protection and certain immunities.
Chapter II.—Sanitary formations and establishments.
Article 6.
Mobile sanitary formations (i. e., those which are intended to accompany armies in the field) and the fixed establishments belonging to the sanitary service shall be protected and respected by belligerents.
Article 7.
The protection due to sanitary formations and establishments ceases if they are used to commit acts injurious to the enemy.
Article 8.
A sanitary formation or establishment shall not be deprived of the protection accorded by article 6 by the fact:
- 1.
- That the personnel of a formation or establishment is armed and uses its arms in self-defense or in defense of its sick and wounded.
- 2.
- That in the absence of armed hospital attendants, the formation [Page 1029] is guarded by an armed detachment or by sentinels acting under competent orders.
- 3.
- That arms or cartridges, taken from the wounded and not yet turned over to the proper authorities, are found in the formation or establishment.
Chapter III.—Personnel.
Article 9.
The personnel charged exclusively with the removal, transportation, and treatment of the sick and wounded, as well as with the administration of sanitary formations and establishments, and the chaplains attached to armies, shall be respected and protected under all circumstances. If they fall into the hands of the enemy they shall not be considered as prisoners of war.
These provisions apply to the guards of sanitary formations and establishments in the case provided for in section 2 of article 8.
Article 10.
The personnel of volunteer aid societies, duly recognized and authorized by their own governments, who are employed in the sanitary formations and establishments of armies, are assimilated to the personnel contemplated in the preceding article, upon condition that the said personnel shall be subject to military laws and regulations.
Each state shall make known to the other, either in time of peace or at the opening, or during the progress of hostilities, and in any case before actual employment, the names of the societies which it has authorized to render assistance, under its responsibility, in the official sanitary service of its armies.
Article 11.
A recognized society of a neutral state can only lend the services of its sanitary personnel and formations to a belligerent with the prior consent of its own government and the authority of such belligerent. The belligerent who has accepted such assistance is required to notify the enemy before making any use thereof.
Article 12.
Persons described in articles 9, 10, and 11 will continue in the exercise of their functions, under the direction of the enemy, after they have fallen into his power.
When their assistance is no longer indispensable they will be sent back to their army or country, within such period and by such route as may accord with military necessity. They will carry with them such effects, instruments, arms, and horses as are their private property.
Article 13.
While they remain in his power, the enemy will secure to the personnel mentioned in article 9 the same pay and allowances to which persons of the same grade in his own army are entitled.
[Page 1030]Chapter IV.—Matériel.
Article 14.
If mobile sanitary formations fall into the power of the enemy, they shall retain their matériel, including the teams, whatever may be the means of transportation and the conducting personnel. Competent military authority, however, shall have the right to employ it in caring for the sick and wounded. The restitution of the matériel shall take place in accordance with the conditions prescribed for the sanitary personnel, and, as far as possible, at the same time.
Article 15.
Buildings and matériel pertaining to fixed establishments shall remain subject to the laws of war, but can not be diverted from their use so long as they are necessary for the sick and wounded. Commanders of troops engaged in operations, however, may use them, in case of important military necessity, if, before such use, the sick and wounded who are in them have been provided for.
Article 16.
The matériel of aid societies admitted to the benefits of this convention, in conformity to the conditions therein established, is regarded as private property and, as such, will be respected under all circumstances, save that it is subject to the recognized right of requisition by belligerents in conformity to the laws and usages of war.
Chapter V.—Convoys of evacuation.
Article 17.
Convoys of evacuation shall be treated as mobile sanitary formations subject to the following special provisions:
- 1.
- A belligerent intercepting a convoy may, if required by military necessity, break up such convoy, charging himself with the care of the sick and wounded whom its contains.
- 2.
- In this case the obligation to return the sanitary personnel, as provided for in article 12, shall be extended to include the entire military personnel employed, under competent orders, in the transportation and protection of the convoy.
The obligation to return the sanitary matériel, as provided for in article 14, shall apply to railway trains and vessels intended for interior navigation which have been especially equipped for evacuation purposes, as well as to the ordinary vehicles, trains, and vessels which belong to the sanitary service.
Military vehicles, with their teams, other than those belonging to the sanitary service, may be captured.
The civil personnel and the various means of transportation obtained by requisition, including railway matériel and vessels utilized for convoys, are subject to the general rules of international law.
[Page 1031]Chapter VI.—Distinctive emblem.
Article 18.
Out of respect to Switzerland the heraldic emblem of the red cross on a white ground, formed by the reversal of the federal colors, is continued as the emblem and distinctive sign of the sanitary service of armies.
Article 19.
This emblem appears on flags and brassards as well as upon all materiel appertaining to the sanitary service, with the permission of the competent military authority.
Article 20.
The personnel protected in virtue of the first paragraph of article 9, and articles 10 and 11, will wear attached to the left arm a brassard bearing a red cross on a white ground, which will be issued and stamped by competent military authority, and accompanied by a certificate of identity in the case of persons attached to the sanitary service of armies who do not have military uniform.
Article 21.
The distinctive flag of the convention can only be displayed over the sanitary formations and establishments which the convention provides shall be respected, and with the consent of the military authorities. It shall be accompanied by the national flag of the belligerent to whose service the formation or establishment is attached.
Sanitary formations which have fallen into the power of the enemy, however, shall fly no other flag than that of the Red Cross so long as they continue in that situation.
Article 22.
The sanitary formations of neutral countries which, under the conditions set forth in article 11, have been authorized to render their services, shall fly, with the flag of the convention, the national flag of the belligerent to which they are attached. The provisions of the second paragraph of the preceding article are applicable to them.
Article 23.
The emblem of the red cross on a white ground and the words Red Gross or Geneva Cross may only be used, whether in time of peace or war, to protect or designate sanitary formations and establishments, the personnel and matériel protected by the convention.
Chapter VII.—Application and execution of the convention.
Article 24.
The provisions of the present convention are obligatory only on the contracting powers, in case of war between two or more of them. The said provisions shall cease to be obligatory if one of the belligerent powers should not be signatory to the convention.
[Page 1032]Article 25.
It shall be the duty of the commanders in chief of the belligerent armies to provide for the details of execution of the foregoing articles, as well as for unforseen cases, in accordance with the instructions of their respective governments, and conformably to the général principles of this convention.
Article 26.
The signatory governments shall take the necessary steps to acquaint their troops, and particularly the protected personnel, with the provisions of this convention and to make them known to the people at large.
Chapter VIII.—Repression of abuses and infractions.
Article 27.
The signatory powers whose legislation may not now be adequate engage to take or recommend to their legislatures such measures as may be necessary to prevent the use, by private persons or by societies other than those upon which this convention confers the right thereto, of the emblem or name of the Red Cross or Geneva Cross, particularly for commercial purposes by means of trade-marks or commercial labels.
The prohibition of the use of the emblem or name in question shall take effect from the time set in each act of legislation, and at the latest five years after this convention goes into effect. After such going into effect, it shall be unlawful to use a trade-mark or commercial label contrary to such prohibition.
Article 28.
In the event of their military penal laws being insufficient, the signatory governments also engage to take, or to recommend to their legislatures, the necessary measures to repress, in time of war, individual acts of robbery and ill treatment of the sick and wounded of the armies, as well as to punish as usurpations of military insignia, the wrongful use of the flag and brassard of the Red Cross by military persons or private individuals not protected by the present convention.
They will communicate to each other through the Swiss Federal Council the measures taken with a view to such repression, not later than five years from the ratification of the present convention.
General provisions.
Article 29.
The present convention shall be ratified as soon as possible. The ratifications will be deposited at Berne.
A record of the deposit of each act of ratification shall be prepared, of which a duly certified copy shall be sent, through diplomatic channels, to each of the contracting powers.
[Page 1033]Article 30.
The present convention shall become operative, as to each power, six months after the date of deposit of its ratification.
Article 31.
The present convention, when duly ratified, shall supersede the Convention of August 22, 1864, in the relations between the contracting states.
The Convention of 1864 remains in force in the relations between the parties who signed it but who may not also ratify the present convention.
Article 32.
The present convention may, until December 31, proximo, be signed by the powers represented at the conference which opened at Geneva on June 11, 1906, as well as by the powers not represented at the conference who have signed the Convention of 1864.
Such of these powers as shall not have signed the present convention on or before December 31, 1906, will remain at liberty to accede to it after that date. They shall signify their adherence in a written notification addressed to the Swiss Federal Council, and communicated to all the contracting powers by the said Council.
Other powers may request to adhere in the same manner, but their request shall only be effective if, within the period of one year from its notification to the Federal Council, such Council has not been advised of any opposition on the part of any of the contracting powers.
Article 33.
Each of the contracting parties shall have the right to denounce the present convention. This denunciation shall only become operative one year after a notification in writing shall have been made to the Swiss Federal Council, which shall forthwith communicate such notification to all the other contracting parties.
This denunciation shall only become operative in respect to the power which has given it.
In faith whereof the plenipotentiaries have signed the present convention and affixed their seals thereto.
Done at Geneva, the sixth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and six, in a single copy, which shall remain in the archives of the Swiss Confederation and certified copies of which shall be delivered to the contracting parties through diplomatic channels.
(Here follow the signatures.)
Pour l’Allemagne: | |
[l. s.] | v. Bülow. |
[l. s.] | Frhr. v. Manteuffel. |
[l. s.] | Villaret. |
Zorn. | |
Pour la République Argentine: | |
[l. s.] | Enrique B. Moreno. |
[l. s.] | Franco. Molina Salas. |
Pour l’Autriche-Hongrie: | |
[l. s.] | Frhr. v. Heidler. (ad referendum) |
Pour la Belgique: | |
[l. s.] | Cte J. de T’Serclaes. |
Pour la Bulgarie: | |
[l. s.] | Dr Rousseff. |
[l. s.] | Capitaine Sirmanoff. |
Pour le Chili: | |
[l. s.] | Agustin Edwards. |
Pour la Chine: | |
[l. s.] | Loutsengtsiang. |
Pour le Congo: | |
[l. s.] | Cte J. de T’Serclaes. |
Pour la Corée: | |
[l. s.] | Kato Tsunetada. |
Pour le Danemark: | |
[l. s.] | H. Laub. |
Pour l’Espagne: | |
[l. s.] | Cte Silverio de baguer. |
Pour les États-Unis d’Amérique: | |
Wm. Cary Sanger. | |
[l. s.] | C. S. Sperry. |
[l. s.] | Geo. B. Davis. |
[l. s.] | R. M. O’Reilly. |
Pour les États-Unis du Brésil: | |
[l. s.] | C. Lemgruber-Kropf. |
Cel. Roberto Trompowski Leitão d’Almeida. | |
Pour les États-Unis Mexicains: | |
[l. s.] | José M. Perez. (ad referendum) |
Pour la France: | |
[l. s.] | Révoil. |
[l. s.] | L. Renault. |
[l. s.] | S. Olivier. |
[l. s.] | E. Pauzat. |
Pour la Grande-Bretagne et l’Irelande: | |
[l. s.] | John C. Ardagh. |
[l. s.] | T. E. Holland. |
[l. s.] | John Furley. |
[l. s.] | Wm. Grant
Macpherson. (avec réserve des articles 23, 27, 28) |
Pour la Grèce: | |
Michel Kebedgy. | |
Pour le Guatémala: | |
l. s.] | Manuel Arroyo. |
l. s.] | H. Wiswald. |
Pour le Honduras: | |
Oscar Hcepfl. | |
Pour l’ltalie: | |
l. s.] | Maurigi. |
l. s.] | Randone. |
Pour le Japon: | |
[l. s.] | Kato Tsunetada. |
Pour le Luxembourg: | |
[l. s.] | Cte J. de T’Serclaes. |
Pour le Montenegro: | |
[l. s.] | E. Odier. |
Colonel Mürset. | |
Pour la Norvège: | |
Hans Daae. | |
Pour les Pays-Bas: | |
[l. s.] | den Beer Poortugael. |
[l. s.] | Quanjer. |
Pour le Pérou: | |
[l. s.] | Gustavo de la Fuente. |
Pour la Perse (sons réserve de Varticle dix-huit): | |
[l. s.] | Momtaz-os-Saltaneh M. Samad Khan. |
Pour le Portugal: | |
[l. s.] | Alberto d’Oliveira. |
[l. s.] | Josè Nicolau Raposo-Botelho. |
Pour la Roumanie: | |
[l. s.] | Dr Sache Stephanesco. |
Pour la Russie: | |
[l. s.] | Martens. |
Pour la Serbie: | |
[l. s.] | Milan St. Markovitch. |
[l. s.] | Dr Roman Sondermayer. |
Pour le Siam: | |
[l. s.] | Charoon. |
[l. s.] | Corragioni d’Orelli. |
Pour la Suède: | |
[l. s.] | Olof Sörensen. |
Pour la Suisse: | |
[l. s.] | E. Odier. |
Colonel Mürset. | |
Pour l’Uruguay: | |
[l. s.] | A. Herosa. |
Pour copie, certifiée conforme, Le Secrétaire clu Département politique fédéral,
Final Protocol of the Conference for the Revision of the Geneva Convention.
The Conference called by the Swiss Federal Council, with a view to revising the International Convention of August 22, 1864, for the Amelioration of the Condition of Soldiers wounded in Armies in the field, met at Geneva on June 11, 1906. The Powers hereinbelow [Page 1036] enumerated took part in the Conference to which they had designated the delegates hereinbelow named.
(Names of Countries and Delegates.)
allemagne
S. E. M. le chambellan et conseiller intime actuel A. de Bülow, envoyé extraordinaire et ministre plénipotentiaire à Berne,
M. le général de brigade baron de Manteuffel,
M. le médecin-inspecteur, médecin général Dr Villaret (avec rang de général de brigade),
M. le Dr Zorn, conseiller intime de justice, professeur ordinaire de droit à l’Université de Bonn, syndic de la couronne.
république argentine
S. E. M. Enrique B. Moreno, envoyé extraordinaire et ministre plénipotentiaire à Berne,
M. Molina Salas, consul général en Suisse.
autriche-hongrie
S. E. M. le baron Heidler de Egeregg et Syrgenstein, conseiller in-time actuel, envoyé extraordinaire et ministre plénipotentiaire à Berne,
M. le chevalier Joseph d’Uriel, médecin en chef de l’armée impériale et royale austro-hongroise, chef du corps des officiers sanitaires et chef du 14me département du ministère I. et R. de la guerre,
M. Arthur Edler de Mecenseffy, lieutenant-colonel du corps de l’état-major général,
M. le Dr Alfred Schticking, médecin lieutenant-colonel, médecin en chef de la garnison de Salzbourg.
belgique
M. le colonel d’état-major comte de T’Serclaes, chef d’état-major de la 4me circonscription militaire,
M. le Dr A. Deltenre, médecin de régiment aux carabiniers.
bulgarie
M. le Dr Marin Rousseff, directeur du service sanitaire,
M. le capitaine d’état-major Boris Sirmanoff.
chili
M. Agustin Edwards, envoyé extraordinaire et ministre plénipotentiaire,
M. Charles Ackermann, consul du Chili à Genève.
chine
S. E. M. Lou Tseng Tsiang, envoyé extraordinaire et ministre plénipotentaire à La Haye,
[Page 1037]M. Ou Wen Tai, secrétaire de légation à La Haye,
M. Yo Tsao Yeu, secrétaire de la mission spéciale cle Chine en Europe.
congo
M. le colonel d’état-major comte de T’Serclaes, chef d’état-major de la 4me circonscription militaire de Belgique,
M. le Dr A. Deltenre, médecine de régiment aux carabiniers, de Belgique.
corée
S. E. M. Kato Tsunetada, envoyé extraordinaire et ministre plénipotentiaire du Japon à Bruxelles,
M. Motojiro Akashi, colonel d’infanterie,
M. le Dr en médecine Eijiro Haga, médecin principal de lre classe (avec rang de colonel),
M. le prince Saneteru Itchijo, capitaine de frégate rang de lieutenant-colonel),
M. le Dr en droit Masanosuke Akiyama, conseiller au ministère de la guerre du Japon.
danemark
M. Laub, médecine général, chef du corps des médecins de l’armée.
espagne
S. E. M. Silverio de Baguer y Corsi, comte de Baguer, ministre résident,
Don José Jofre Montojo, colonel d’état-major, aide de camp du ministere de la guerre,
Don Joaquin Cortés Bayona, sous-inspecteur de 1re classe du corps sanitaire militaire.
états unis d’amérique
M. William Gary Sanger, ancien sous-secrétaire de la guerre des Étas-Unis d’Amérique,
M. le contre-amiral Charles-S. Sperry, président de l’école cle guerre navale,
M. le général de brigade George-B. Davis, avocat général de l’armée,
M. le général de brigade Robert-M. O’Reilly, médecine général de l’armée.
états-unis du brésil.
M. le Dr Carlos Lemgruber-Kropf, chargé d’affaires à Berne,
M. le colonel du génie Roberto Trompowski Leitão d’Almeida, attaché militaire à la légation des États-Unis du Brésil à Berne.
états-unis mexicains.
M. le général de brigade José-Maria Pérez,
[Page 1038]france.
S. E. M. Révoil, ambassadeur à Berne,
M. Louis Renault, membre de l’Institut de France, ministre plénipotentiaire, jurisconsulte du ministère des affaires étrangères, professeur à la facultè de droit de Paris,
M. le colonel breveté d’artillerie de réserve Olivier,
M. le médecine principal de 2me classe Pauzat.
grande-bretagne et irlande.
M. le major général Sir John Charles Ardagh, K. C. M. G., K. C. I. E., C. B.,
M. le professeur Thomas Erskine Holland, K. C., D. C. L., Sir John Furley, C. B.,
M. le lieutenant-colonel William Grant MacPherson, C. M. G., R. A. M. C.
grèce.
M. Michel Kebedgy, professeur de droit international à l’Université de Berne.
guatemala.
M. Manuel Arroyo, chargé d’affaires à Paris,
M. Henri Wiswald, consul général a Berne, en résidence à Genève.
honduras.
M. Oscar Hcepfl, consul général à Berne.
italie.
M. le Marquis Roger Maurigi di Castel Maurigi, colonel, grand officier de l’ordre royal des SS. Maurice et Lazare,
M. le major-général médecine Giovanni Randone, inspecteur sanitaire militaire, commandeur de l’ordre royal de la Couronne d’ltalie.
japon.
S. E. M. Kato Tsunetada, envoyé extraordinaire et ministre plénipotentiaire à Bruxelles,
M. Motojiro Akashi, colonel d’infanterie,
M. le Dr en médecinee Eijiro Haga, médecine principal de lre classe (avec rang de colonel),
M. le prince Saneteru Itchijo, capitaine de frégate (rang de lieutenant-colonel),
M. le Dr en droit Masanosuke Akiyama, conseiller au ministère de la guerre.
luxembourg.
M. le colonel d’état-major comte de T’Serclaes, chef d’état-major de la 4me circonscription militaire de Belgique,
M. le Dr A. Deltenre, médecine de régiment aux carabiniers, de Belgique.
[Page 1039]montenegro.
M. E. Odier, envoyé extraordinaire et ministre plénipotentiaire de la Confédération Suisse en Russie,
M. le colonel Mürset médecine en chef de l’armée fédérale Suisse.
nicaragua.
M. Oscar Hcepfl, consul général de Honduras à Berne.
Norvège.
M. le capitaine Daae, du corps sanitaire de l’armée norvégienne.
pays-bas.
M. le lieutenant-général en retraite Jonkheer J. C. C. den Beer Poortugael, membre du Conseil d’État,
M. le colonel A. A. J. Quanjer, officier de santé en chef de lre classe.
pérou.
M. Gustavo de la Fuente, premier secrétaire de la légation du Pérou à Paris.
perse
S. E. M. Samad Khan Momtaz-os-Saltaneh, envoyé extraordinaire et ministre plénipotentiaire à Paris.
portugal
S. E. M. Alberto d’Oliveira, envoyé extraordinaire et ministre Plénipotentiaire à Berne,
M. José Nicolau Raposo-Botelho, colonel d’infanterie, ancien député, directeur du Royal collège militaire à Lisbonne.
roumanie
M. le Dr Sache Stephanesco, colonel de réserve.
russie
S. E. M. le conseiller privé de Martens, membre permanent du conseil du ministère des affaires étrangerès de Russie,
M. le général major Yermoloff, de l’état-major général de Russie,
M. le conseiller d’État actuel, Dr en médecinee de Hubbenet,
M. le conseiller d’État de Wreden, professeur agrégé a l’Académie impériale de médecine,
M. J. Owtchinnikoff, lieutenant-colonel, professeur de droit international à l’Académie navale de Saint-Petersbourg,
M. A. Goutchkoff, délégue de la Croix-Rouge,
[Page 1040]serbie
M. Milan St. Markovitch, secrétaire général du ministère de la justice,
M. le colonel Dr Sondermayer, chef de la division sanitaire au ministère de la guerre.
siam
M. le prince Charoon, chargé d’affaires à Paris,
M. Corragioni d’Orelli, conseiller de légation à Paris.
suède
M. Sorensen, médecine en chef de la 2me division de l’armée.
suisse
M. Odier, envoyé extraordinaire et ministre plénipotentiaire en Russie,
M. le colonel Mürset, médecine en chef de l’armée fédérale.
uruguay
M. Alexandre Herosa, chargé d’affaires à Paris.
In a series of meetings held from the 11th of June to the 5th of July 1906, the Conference discussed and framed, for the signatures of the Plenipotentiaries, the text of a Convention which will bear the date of July 6, 1906.
In addition, and conformably to Article 16 of the Convention for the peaceful settlement of international disputes, of July 29, 1899, which recognized arbitration as the most effective and at the same time, most equitable means of adjusting differences that have not been resolved through the diplomatic channel, the Conference uttered the following wish:
The Conference expressed the wish that, in order to arrive at as exact as possible an interpretation and application of the Geneva Convention, the Contracting Powers will refer to the Permanent Court at The Hague, if permitted by the cases and circumstances, such differences as may arise among them, in time of peace, concerning the interpretation of the said Convention.
This wish was adopted by the following States;
Germany, Argentine Republic, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Congo, Denmark, Spain (acl referendum), United States of America, United States of Brazil, France, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Italy, Luxemburg, Montenegro, Nicaraugua, Norway, The Netherlands, Peru, Persia, Portugal, Roumania, Russia, Servia, Siam, Sweden, Switzerland and Uruguay.
The wish was rejected by the following States:
Corea, Great Britain and Japan.
In witness whereof the Delegates have signed the present Protocol.
Done at Geneva, the sixth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and six, in a single copy which shall be deposited in the archives of [Page 1041] the Swiss Confederation and certified copies of which shall be delivered to all the Powers represented at the Conference.
(Signatures).
Pour l’Allemagne: | |
v. Bülow. Frhr. v. Manteuffel. Villaret. Zorn. |
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Pour la République Argentine: | |
Enrique B. Moreno. Franco. Molina Salas. |
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Pour l’Autriche-Hongrie: | |
Baron Heidler-Egeregg, d.
pl. Dr Jos. Ritter v. Uriel, G. Lieut., délegué adjoint. Artur von Mecenseffy, Obstlt., dél. adj. Dr Alfred Schücking, O. St. A., Garnisonchefarzt von Salzburg, dél. adj. |
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Pour la Belgique: | |
Cte
J. de T’Serclaes. Dr A. Deltenre. |
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Pour la Bulgarie: | |
Dr Rousseff. | |
Capitaine Sirmanoff. | |
Pour le Chili: | |
Agustin Edwards. Ch. Ackermann. |
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Pour la Chine: | |
Loutsengtsiang. Ou Wentai. Yotsaoyeu. |
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Pour le Congo: | |
Cte
J. de T’Serclaes. Dr A. Deltenre. |
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Pour la Corée: | |
Kato Tsunetada. | |
Colonel M. Akashi. | |
Prince Itchijo. M. Akiyama. |
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Pour le Danemark: | |
H. Laub. | |
Pour l’Espagne: | |
Cte
de Baguér. José Jofre Montojo. Joaquin Cortés y Bayona. (ad referendum). |
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Pour les États-Unis d’Amerique: | |
Wm. Cary
Sanger. C. S. Sperry. Geo. B. Davis. R. M. O’Reilly. |
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Pour les États-Unis du Brésil: | |
C. Lemgruber-Kropf. Colonel Roberto Trompowski Leitão d’Almeida. |
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Pour les États-Unis Mexicains: | |
José M. Pérez. | |
Pour la France: | |
Révoil. L. Renault. S. Olivier. E. Pauzat. |
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Pour la Grande-Bretagne et l’Irlande: | |
John C. Ardagh. T. E. Holland. John Furley. W. G. Macpherson. |
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Pour la Grèce: | |
Michel Kebedgy. | |
Pour le Guatémala: | |
Manuel Arroyo. H. Wiswald. |
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Pour le Honduras: | |
Oscar Hcepfl. | |
Pour l’Italie: | |
Maurigi. G. Randone. |
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Pour le Japon: | |
Kato Tsunetada. Col. M. Akashi. Prince Itchijo. M. Akiyama. |
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Pour le Luxembourg: | |
Cte
J. de T’Serclaes. Dr A. Deltenre. |
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Pour le Montenegro: | |
E. Odier. Colonel Mürset. |
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Pour le Nicaragua: | |
Oscar Hcepfl. | |
Pour la Norvège: | |
Hans Daae. | |
Pour les Pays-Bas: | |
den Beer
Poortugael. Quanjer. |
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Pour le Pérou: | |
Gustavo de la Fuente. | |
Pour la Perse: | |
M. Samad Khan. | |
Pour le Portugal: | |
Alberto d’Oliveira. José Nicolau Raposo-Botelho. |
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Pour la Roumanie: | |
Dr Sache Stephanesco. | |
Pour la Russie: | |
Martens. Yermoloff. v. de hubbenet. J. Owtchinnikoff. |
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Pour la Serbie: | |
Milan St. Markovitch. Dr Roman Sondermayer. |
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Pour le Siam: | |
Charoon. Corragioni d’Orelli. |
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Pour la Suede: | |
Olof Sörensen. | |
Pour la Suisse: | |
E. Odier. Colonel Mürset. |
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Pour l’Uruguay: | |
A. Herosa. |
Pour copie, certifiée conforme, Le Secrétaire du Département politique fédéral,
Berne, le 22 août 1906.
And whereas it is provided by its Article 30 that the said convention shall become effective, as to each Power, six months after the date of the deposit of its ratifications;
And whereas the ratifications of the said Convention on the part of the United States was deposited with the Government of the Swiss Confederation on February 9, 1907;
Now, therefore, be it known that I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, have caused the said convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.
By the President:
Robert
Bacon
Acting Secretary of
State.