Francis Lieber

MARTIAL LAW. MILITARY NECESSITY. RETALIATION.

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY OF THE ENEMY. PROTECTION OF

DESERTERS. PRISONERS OF WAR. BOOTY ON THE BATTLEFIELD.

ARMED ENEMIES NOT BELONGING TO THE HOSTILE ARMY. SCOUTS. ARMED PROWLERS. WAR-REBELS.

SPIES. TRAITORS. CAPTURED MESSENGERS. ABUSE OF THE FLAG OF TRUCE.

EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS. FLAGS OF TRUCE. FLAGS OF PROTECTION.

THE PAROLE.

ARMISTICE. CAPITULATION.

ASSASSINATION.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

Transcriber's Note:

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

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.”