[113] So certified to City Clerk, Boston, by Board of Assessors, June 30, 1914, exact number 123,657. [114] Statistics of Cities of the United States, 1914. [115] From “Instructions for Government of Armies of the United States in the Field” (with exception of statement as to specific punishment for infraction. Punishment mentioned here, however, is such as all military authorities will claim the right to inflict.) [116] The right of quartering troops on the inhabitants of enemy country is unquestioned and universally exercised. Equally universal is the military commanders’ right to punish treachery by death. [117] “Complete conquest carries with it all rights of former government.”--U. S. Supreme Court. [118] Benjamin Harris’ “Publick Occurrences,” suppressed after one issue. [119] There is an immense literature on military law, and every army contains officers who have taken degrees in law, for the purpose of expounding and administering it. [120] The legal and technical correctness of all acts is of extreme importance in the peace settlements. [121] All authority in conquered country is only by and with the authority of the military conqueror. His power, practically, is limited only by his motives of policy or kindness. [122] This requisition is taken almost verbatim from a requisition issued by a belligerent army in the field. It is an accepted and acknowledged principle of war that the conqueror may force the enemy to pay his expenses to as large an extent as possible. A commander may waive the right, but it is held unimpaired. [123] This decision covered a case that arose during the Civil War, and was cited by the Law Office, Division of Insular Affairs, on several occasions to fortify United States procedure after the Spanish-American War. [124] A literal extract from the Sedition Act (No. 292, etc.) of the Philippine Commission, except that the act provides for specific imprisonment and fine. [125] So laid down by nearly all writers on military law who touch on this subject. [126] This principle was laid down in regard to territory subjected to military occupation by the United States during the war with Mexico. The United States claimed (and sparingly exercised) the right to court martial and execute as rebels certain leaders of an insurrection against the military government in New Mexico, 1847-8. [127] “In many instances the deficiency has reached such a figure as to leave militia organizations such in name only.”--Page 206, last report, General Mills, U. S. A. [128] Table No. 9, Report, Division of Militia Affairs, U. S. A., 1914. [129] Range of four miles. [130] Page 231, Report on militia field artillery, General Mills, U. S. A., 1914. [131] Table 9, militia cavalry statistics, Division of Militia Affairs, U. S. A. Annual Report, 1914.