Each French officer had, as prisoner, a salary
of one hundred marks per month, which was not even half of
the pay of an under-officer.
ARTICLES 23, 25, 27, and 28 are so interesting that they
must be quoted _in extenso_:
ARTICLE 23. In _addition to the prohibitions provided by
special conventions, it is especially forbidden_:
(a) _To employ poison or poisoned weapons._
(c) _To kill or wound an enemy who, having laid down his
arms, or having no longer means of defense, has surrendered
at discretion._
(d) _To declare that no quarter will be given._
(e) _To employ arms, projectiles, or material calculated to
cause unnecessary suffering._
(f) _To make improper use of a flag of truce, of the
national flag, or of the military insignia and uniform of
the enemy, as well as the distinctive badges of the Geneva
Convention._
(g) _To destroy or seize the enemy's property, unless such
destruction or seizure be imperatively demanded by the
necessities of war._
(h) _A belligerent is likewise forbidden to compel the
nationals of the hostile party to take part in the
operations of war directed against their own country, even
if they were in the belligerent's service before the
commencement of the war.
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