A code for the government of armies in the field as authorized by the laws and usages of war on land : printed as manuscript for the Board appointed by the Secretary of War [Special Orders, no. 399] "to propose amendments or changes in the rules and articles of war, and a code of regulations for the government of armies in the field, as authorized by the laws and usages of war" / by Francis Lieber.

  • Lieber, Francis, 1800-1872.
Date:
[1863]
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Credit: A code for the government of armies in the field as authorized by the laws and usages of war on land : printed as manuscript for the Board appointed by the Secretary of War [Special Orders, no. 399] "to propose amendments or changes in the rules and articles of war, and a code of regulations for the government of armies in the field, as authorized by the laws and usages of war" / by Francis Lieber. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DESERTERS. PRISONERS OF WAR. BOOTY ON THE V,\ l FIELD. >> 28. Deserters from the American army, having entered the service of the enemy, suffer death, if they fall again into the hands of the United States, whether by capture, or being delivered up to the American army ; and it'a deserter from the enemy having taken service in the army of the United States, is captured by the enemy, and punished by them with deatli or otherwise, the United Stales do not consider it a breach against the law and usages of war. requiring redress or retaliation. § 29. A prisoner of war is a public enemy, armed or at tached to the hostile army for active aid, having fallen into the hands of the captor, either fighting or wounded, on the field or in the hospital, by individual surrender or by ca- pitulation. All soldiers, of whatever species of arms; all men who belong to the rising en massi of the hostile country; all those who are attached to the army for its efficiency, and pro- mote directly the object of the war, such as officers of the ariat or teamster-, if captured; all enemies who have thrown away their arms and ask for quarter; all dis- abled men or officers on the held or elsewhere : all such persons are prisoners of war, and as sue1.! exposed to the inconveniences as wed as entitled to the privih prisoner of war. §30. Moreover, citizen- who accompany an army for whatever purpose, such as suttlers, editors or reporters of journals, or contractors, if captured, are prisoners of war. and may be detained as such. The chief of the hostile government, the monarch and members of the hostile reigning family, male or female, the chief officers of the hostile government, its diplomatic agents, and all person- who are of particular and singular use and benefit to the hostile army or it- government, are, if captured on belligerent ground, and if unprovided with a safe conduct granted by the captor's gov< rament, prison- ers of war.