APPENDIX IV
HOW GERMANS OCCUPY THE TERRITORY OF AN ENEMY
In the first days of April, 1916, the following notice, bearing the
signature of the German commander, was posted on all the walls of
Lille, the great town in the north of France which has been occupied
by the Germans since the beginning of the war.
All the inhabitants of the town, except the children under
fourteen years of age, their mothers, and the old men, must
prepare to be transported within an hour and a half.
An officer will decide definitely which persons shall be
conducted to the camps of assembly. For this purpose, all
the inhabitants must assemble in front of their homes, in
case of bad weather they shall be permitted to stay in the
lobbies. The doors of the houses must be left open. All
complaints will be unavailing. No inhabitant of a house,
even those who are not to be transported, can leave the
house before eight o'clock in the morning (German time).
Each person may take thirty kilograms of baggage with him.
Should there be any excess over this amount, all that
person's baggage will be refused regardless of everything.
Separate packages must be made up by each person, and a
visibly written, firmly secured address must be on each
package.
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