New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol. 8, Pt. 2, No. 1, July 1918Various
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New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol. 8, Pt. 2, No. 1, July 1918
Various
World War, 1914-1918
Art. 2. Direct repatriation, man for man and rank for rank, for
sub-officers, Corporals, and soldiers in captivity for at least
eighteen months, and not included in any of the classes mentioned
in Article 1.
Art. 3. In the exchange provided for in Article 2 no distinction
will be made between sub-officers. Corporals will be ranked with
them.
Art. 4. Internment in Switzerland, without regard for rank or
numbers, for all officers in captivity at least eighteen months:
(a) who have reached the age of 40 years and are not yet 45, and
are the fathers of at least three living children; (b) who have
reached the age of 45 years, but are not yet 48.
Art. 5. Internment in Switzerland, man for man, regardless of
rank, for sub-officers in captivity at least eighteen months and
not included in the foregoing categories.
Art. 6. The order of priority for repatriation and internment
shall be determined by priority of captivity and by equal duration
of imprisonment after considering age. If this order cannot be
followed exactly, the repatriation of the prisoner who has to
remain shall not be delayed beyond two months at most.
Art. 9. Repatriation, without regard to rank or numbers, for
officers, sub-officers, Corporals, and soldiers who were taken
prisoner prior to Nov. 1, 1916, and who on April 15, 1918, find
themselves interned in Switzerland by reason of wounds or illness.
TRANSPORTING PRISONERS
Art. 10. The repatriation of these prisoners shall be effected in
the following manner: Each train in either direction shall contain
700 prisoners of war to be exchanged, man for man. Each train
coming from Germany, moreover, shall contain 100 French prisoners
of war designated in Article 1, and each train from France shall
contain 50 German prisoners of the same category, until the
total in this class on both sides is exhausted. The repatriation
shipments should contain a monthly average of 15 per cent. of
noncommissioned officers and 85 per cent. of privates.
Art. 11. At the beginning of each series of ten trains of private
soldiers there shall be formed on each side a convoy of 400
officers to be interned in Switzerland in accordance with Article
5. This convoy shall include, besides, 100 French officers
coming from Germany and 50 German officers coming from France
to be interned under Article 4, until the total on each side is
exhausted.
Art. 12. The first two trainloads of officers provided for in
Article 11 shall start from Lyons, the third from Constance, the
fourth from Lyons, and so on alternately. The first ten trains
of private soldiers arranged for under Article 10 shall start
from Constance; the ten trains of the second series shall go from
Lyons, and so on alternately.
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