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The Sanitary Commission – The Red Cross

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2017

George W. Davis
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , July 1910 , pp. 546 - 566
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1910

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References

1 Printed in Supplement to this Journal, p. 229.

2 Printed in Supplement to this Journal, p. 230.

3 Par. IV, G. O. No. 60, June 6, 1862, for the Union Army, and par. II and III, G. O. No. 45, June 26, 1862, for the Confederate Army.

4 See Hall Int. Law, 1:422, who cites Moaer IX, 11:255 and 260; De Martens, Rec. VI: 498-111:306; Precis p. 276; Dumont VII, I:231-Kluber 247; Heffter p. 126. Wellington Despatches, VII:591.

5 G. O. 100, War Department, April 24, 1863, “Instructions for the Government of Armies in the Field.” This work of Dr. Francis Lieber is the earliest formal exposition of the international laws of war that was published in any language. As issued by the War Department the monograph had the approval of a board, appointed by the Secretary of War. consisting of Dr. Lieber, the author, and Major-Generals Cadwalader, Hitchcock, Martindale, and Hartsuff of the Army.

6 See Project of Declarations, prepared by the Society, in Supplement to this Journal, p. 235.

7 Supplement to this Journal, p. 236

8 See report of Mr. Chas. S. I*. Bowles to the Sanitary Commission, September 15, 1864

9 Messrs. George C. Flagg, TJ. S. Minister to Switzerland, and Charles S. P. Bowles, European Agent of the TJ. S. Sanitary Commission

10 See Supplement to this Journal for January, 1907 (Vol. I ) , p. 90.

11 Printed in Supplement to this Journal for April, 1907 (Vol. I ) , p. 201,

12 The Swiss coat-of-arma dates from the pact of 1815. The seals and ensign of 1815 and 1848 showed a cross combining five equal squares. About 1890 this arrangement was modified, the emblem thereafter consisting of a central square and four equal rectangular arms or branches, each one-sixth longer than its own width.

13 See Supplement to this Journal, Vol. I, p. 92.

14 See Supplement to the Journal of April, 1907 (Vol. I), p. 159.

15 See Supplement to the Journal of January, 1908 (Vol. II), p. 90.

16 See Supplement to the Journal of April, 1907 (Vol. I), pp. 140 and 142.

17 See Supplement to the Journal of January, 1008 (Vol. II), pp. 103 and 105,