A Code For The Government Of Armies In The Field As Authorized By The Laws And Usages Of War On Land

Download or read book A Code For The Government of Armies In The Field written by Francis Lieber and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Code for the Government of Armies in the Field : The American people, as all civilized nations, look with horror upon offers of rewards for the assassination of any enemies, as relapses into the disgraceful courses of savage times. The assassination of a prisoner of war, is a murder of the blackest kind, and if it takes place, in consequence of the offer of a reward or not, and remains unpunished by the hostile government, the Law of War authorizes the most impressive retaliation, so that the repetition of a crime most dangerous to civilization, may be prevented, and a downward course into barbarity may be arrested.