| | | (_e_) TAKING ARMS against the German troops, | | | | =WILL BE PUNISHED BY DEATH.= | | | | IN EACH CASE the officer presiding at the Council of War will be charged | | with the trial, and pronounce judgment. Councils of War may not | | pronounce ANY OTHER CONDEMNATION SAVE THAT OF DEATH. | | | | THE JUDGMENT WILL BE IMMEDIATELY EXECUTED. | | | | (3) TOWNS OR VILLAGES in the territory in which the contravention takes | | place will be compelled to pay indemnity equal to one year’s revenue. | | | | (4) THE INHABITANTS MUST FURNISH necessaries for the German troops daily | | as follows:-- | | | | 1 lb. 10 oz. bread. 1 oz. tea. 1½ pints beer, or 1 | | 13 oz. meat. 1½ oz. tobacco or 5 cigars. wine-glassful of | | 3 lb. potatoes. ½ pint wine. brandy or whisky. | | | | The ration for each horse:-- | | | | | | 13 lb. oats. 3 lb. 6 oz. hay. 3 lb. 6 oz. straw. | | | | | | (ALL PERSONS WHO PREFER to pay an indemnity in money may do so at the | | rate of 2s. per day per man.) | | | | (5) COMMANDERS OF DETACHED corps have the right to requisition all that | | they consider necessary for the well-being of their men, and will | | deliver to the inhabitants official receipts for goods so supplied. | | | | WE HOPE IN CONSEQUENCE that the inhabitants of Great Britain will make | | no difficulty in furnishing all that may be considered necessary. | | |