sol Deceased diers' effects. 126 Art. War. Effects of de ceased officers be accounted for. the case may be, shall immediately secure all his effects then in camp or quarters, and shall make and tran-mt to the office of the Department of War, an inventory thereof.1 ART. 126. In case of the death of any soldier, the con manding officer of his troop, battery, or company sha immediately secure all his effects then in camp or quarters, and shall, in the presence of two other officers, make an inventory thereof, which he shall transmit to the office of the Department of War. ART. 127. Officers charged with the care of the effects and soldiers to of deceased officers or soldiers shall account for and deliver 127 Art. War. the same, or the proceeds thereof, to the legal representa tives of such deceased officers or soldiers. And no officer so charged shall be permitted to quit the regiment or pst until he has deposited in the hands of the commanding officer all the effects of such deceased officers or soldiers not so accounted for and delivered.* Articles of War to be published ART. 128. The foregoing articles shall be read and pub once in six lished, once in every six months, to every garrison, months to every regiment, etc. 128 Art. War. ment, troop, or company in the service of the United States, and shall be duly observed and obeyed by all officer and soldiers in said service. Spies. Apr. 10, 1806, c. 2982 Y2 371; Feb. 13, 1862, 340; Mar. 3, 1863, SEC. 1343. All persons who, in time of war, or of rebel lion against the supreme authority of the United States. c. 25, s. 4, v. 12, p. shall be found lurking or acting as spies, in or about ant c. 75, s. 38, v. 12, of the fortifications, posts, quarters, or encampments f any of the armies of the United States, or elsewhere, a be triable by a general court-martial, or by a military o mission, and shall, on conviction thereof, suffer death p. 737. See the title "Deceased Officers," in the chapter entitled COMMISSIONED Öff" v "This article, in connection with the two preceding articles, provides for the see? of the effects of deceased officers and soldiers, making inventory of the sa accounting for them to the proper legal representative, etc. These articles by special reference to cases of deaths of military persons while in active service field or at remote military posts, and their provisions apply only to such essa are left by the deceased "in camp or quarters." See articles 125 and 12 attempt by the commander, etc., to secure effects left elsewhere would not be w,” the authority here given and might subject the officer to the liability of an a istrator; such a proceeding would not therefore be advisable. (a) Upon seve to the duly qualified legal representative, as directed in the article, the resp zs of the officer is discharged, and it remains for the representative to disp» * «! property according to the law applicable to the case. Dig. Opin. J. A. G., na A military employee of the United States service having died in the seri remains at the request of his relatives, were sent to them on a Mississippi teta Wages being due to the employee at the time of his death, the disburs paid out of these the charges of the transportation and turned over the ha anc the man's heirs. Held, in view of the tenor and effect of this article, that the position of the funds in this case was erroneous, and that the full wages due out deduction) should have been accounted for to the "legal representatives deceased. Ibid., 140, par. 2. a Compare Samuel, 659; Hough (Practice), 558, APPENDICES. 1. THE GENEVA Convention of 1864. II. ADDITIONAL ARTICLES OF October 20, 1868. III. ADDITIONAL AGREEMENT OF JULY 29, 1899, FOR THE ADAPTATION OF THE RULES OF THE GENEVA CONVENTION TO MARITIME IV. THE AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS V. THE ARMY REORGANIZATION ACT OF FEBRUARY 2, 1901. VI. MAXIMUM PUNISHMENT ORDER. VII. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE FIELD (General Orders No. 100, WAR DEPARTMENT, OF 1863). VIII. CIVIL SERVICE RULES. 1027 APPENDICES. TREATIES, CONVENTIONS, and agreements. AMELIORATION OF THE CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED IN TIME OF WAR. Convention between the United States, Baden, Switzerland, Aug 22, 1964 Belgium, Denmark, Spain, France, Hesse, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Prussia, Wurtemberg, Sweden, Greece, Great Britain, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Turkey, Bavaria, Austria, Russia, Persia, Roumania, Salvador, Montenegro, Servia, Bolivia, Chili, Argentine Republic, Japan and Peru; with additional articles: For the amelioration of the wounded in armies in the field; concluded August 22, 1864; acceded to by the President March 1, 1882; accession concurred in by the Senate March 16, 1882; pro claimed as to the original convention, but with reserve as to the additional articles, July 26, 1882. 'The President's ratification of the act of accession, as transmitted to Berne and exchanged for the ratifications of the other signatory and adhesory powers, embraces the French text of the convention of August 22, 1964, and the additional articles of October 20, 1968 The French text is therefore, for all international purposes, the standard one The several contracting parties to the said convention exchanged the ratifications thereof at Geneva, on the 224 day of June, 165 The several states hereinafter named have signified their adherence to the above convention, in virtue of Article IX, on the dates as noted in the following list Exception. Employees, etc., respected as neutrals. Such neutrality shall cease if the ambulances or hospitals should be held by a military force. ART. II. Persons employed in hospitals and ambulances, comprising the staff for superintendence, medical service,administration, transport of wounded, as well as chaplains, shall participate in the benefit of neutrality, whilst so employed, and so long as there remain any wounded to bring in or to succor. Employees, ART. III. The persons des etc., protected forces. by occupying ignated in the preceding article may, even after occupation by the enemy, continue to fulfill their duties in the hospital or ambulance which they serve, or may withdraw in order to rejoin the corps to which they belong. ARTICLE I. Les am12 lances et les hôpitaux mil taires seront reconnus neu tres, et, comme tels, protérés et respectés par les bellige rants aussi longtemps qu' s'y trouvera des malades ou des blessés. La neutralité cesserait, ces ambulances ou ces Łópőtaux étaient gardés par un force militaire. ART. II. Le personnel d→→ hôpitaux et des ambulances comprenant l'intendance, les services de santé, d'adminis tration, de transport dblessés, ainsi que les aum niers, participera au béné£ v de la neutralité lorsqu”. fonctionnera, et tant qu'.. restera des blessés à relever ou à secourir. ART. III. Les personnes désignées dans l'article précédent pourront, même ap ̃is l'occupation par l'ennemi, continuer à remplir leur fonctions dans l'hôpital l'ambulance qu'elles desser vent, ou se retirer pour r joindre le corps auquel eine appartiennent. Dans ces circonstar. lorsque ces personnes cesses ront leurs fonctions, el-s seront remises aux ava: postes ennemis, par les s s de l'armée occupante. ART. IV. Le matériel 3hôpitaux militaires den. – rant soumis aux lois de guerre, les personnes tachés à ces hôpitaux er pourront, en se retirant, ena |