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    "ocrText": "signature All movements of of the evacuation and occur ition Wi 11 be regulated\nthe armistice.\naccording to the all Note the territory (Annere I) evacuated by one enemy thore be done shall\nbe the no or property of the inhebitants, No kinds shall\nVI. In of inhabitants, no damage or harm destruction shell of any to\nkind be delivered to intect a well as military stores of food,\npersons be committed. Military ostablishments of all munitions\nand of food of all kinds for the civil population, cattle, be im-\nequipment not removed during the periods fixed for evacuation, etc.,\nStores shall be left in situ. Industria] establistments shall not\npaired in wey and their personnel shall not be moved.\nVII. Roads any and means of communication of every kind, railroeds, be\nwaterways, in manner impaired. All civil and military personnel\nmain roads, bridges, telegraphs and telephones at shall present\nemployed no on them shall remain. Five thousand locomotives, 150,000 all\nand 5,000 notor-lorries, in good working order, with\nwagons spare parts and fittings, shall be delivered to the assoc-\nnecessary iated Powers within the period fixed for the evacuation of Belgium\nwi thin the same period, together with all pre-wer personnel,\nand Luxemburg. The reilways of Alsace-Lorraine shall be handed and over\nways in the country on the left bank of the Rhine shall be left\nmaterial. Fui ther material necessary for the working of the rail- in\nsitu. All stores of coal and material for the upkeep of the per-\nmanent way, Signals and repairshops shall be left in situ, and kept\nin an efficient state by Germany as far as the means of communication\nare concerned during the whole period of the armistice. All barges\ntaken from the Allies shall be restored to them. The no to appended\nas Annexure 2 regulates the detail of these mensures.\nVIII. The German command shall be responsible for revealing\nall mines or delay-action fuses disposed on territory evacuated by\nthe German troops, and shall assist in their discovery and destruct-\nion. The Geman command shall also reveal all destructive measures\nthat may have been taken (such as poisoning or pollution of springs,\nwells, etc.) under penalty of reprisals.\nIX. The right of requisition shall be exercised by the Allied\nand United States Armies in all the occupied territory save for\nthe settlement of accounts with authorized persons. The upkeep of\ntroops of occupation in the Rhineland ( excluding alsace-Lorraine)\nshall be charged to the German Government.\nX. The immediate repatristion, without reciprocity, according\nto detail conditions which shall be fixed, of all Allied and United\nStates prisoners of war: the Allied Powers and the United States of\nAmerica shall be able to dispose of these prisoners as they wish.\nHowever, the return of German prisoners of war interned in Holland\nand Switzerlend shall continue as heretofore. The return of German\nprisoners of war shall be settled at the peace prelininaries,\nXI. Sick and wounded who cannot be removed from the evacuated\nterritory will be cared for by German perSonnel who wi 11 be left\non the spot with the medical material required.\nX\nX\nX\nX\nDURATION OF ARMISTICE.\nXXXIV. The duration of the rmistice is to be 36 days, with the\noption to extend. During this period, on the failure of the ex-\necution of any of the above clauses, the armistice may be denounced\nby one of the contracting parties on 48 hours! previos notice.\n3. Along these same lines the following should be studied:\n(a) Chapters III, IV, V, Pages 194-6, \"Field Service\nRegulations, U.S.A., 1914.\n\"\n(b) Chapters VIII, IX, Pages 105 - 128, \"Rules of\nLand Warfare.\nBy command of Major General Traub:\nOFFICIAL:\nH. S. . HAWKINS\nColonel, General Staff,\nWM. ELLIS\nChief of Staff.\nLt. Col. Inf. U.S.Army\nDivision Ad jutant\nCopy to all organizations, down to include platoon commanders."
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