American National Red Cross; Red Cross and Red Crescent
ART. II. Arrangements will have to be made by the belligerent powers
to ensure to the neutralized person, fallen into the hands of the
army of the enemy, the entire enjoyment of his salary.
ART. III. Under the conditions provided for in Articles I. and IV.
of the convention, the name "ambulance" applies to field hospitals
and other temporary establishments, which follow the troops on the
field of battle to receive the sick and wounded.
ART. IV. In conformity with the spirit of Article V. of the
convention, and to the reservations contained in the protocol of
1864, it is explained that for the appointment of the charges
relative to the quartering of troops and of the contributions of
war, account only shall be taken in an equitable manner of the
charitable zeal displayed by the inhabitants.
ART. V. In addition to Article VI. of the convention, it is
stipulated that, with the reservation of officers whose detention
might be important to the fate of arms, and within the limits fixed
by the second paragraph of that article, the wounded fallen into the
hands of the enemy shall be sent back to their country, after they
are cured, or sooner if possible, on condition, nevertheless, of not
again bearing arms during the continuance of the war.
ART. VI. The boats which, at their own risk and peril, during and
after an engagement pick up the shipwrecked or wounded, or which,
having picked them up, convey them on board a neutral, or hospital
ship, shall enjoy, until the accomplishment of their mission, the
character of neutrality, as far as the circumstances of the
engagement and the position of the ships engaged will permit.
The appreciation of these circumstances is entrusted to the humanity
of all the combatants. The wrecked and wounded thus picked up and
saved must not serve again during the continuance of the war.
ART. VII. The religious, medical and hospital staff of any captured
vessel are declared neutral, and, on leaving the ship, may remove
the articles and surgical instruments which are their private
property.
ART. VIII. The staff designated in the preceding article must
continue to fulfill their functions in the captured ship, assisting
in the removal of wounded made by the victorious party; they will
then be at liberty to return to their country, in conformity with
the second paragraph of the first additional article.
The stipulations of the second additional article are applicable to
the pay and allowance of the staff.
ART. IX. The military hospital ships remain under martial law in all
that concerns their stores; they become the property of the captor,
but the latter must not divert them from their special appropriation
during the continuance of the war.
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