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ARMS AND AMMUNITION. The carrying of arms or deadly weapons is forbidden except by the local police.

Every person in possession of arms and ammunition of any kind must deliver them to the American authorities at such time and place as may be appointed. A receipt for each weapon will be given at the time of delivery and the weapon tagged with the name of the owner.

ALCOHOLIC DRINK. The sale or gift of all alcoholic drink, except light wine and beer, is forbidden. Alcohol for medicinal or industrial purposes is not within this prohibition. The sale or gift of light wine or beer is prohibited except from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. A violation of these orders respecting drink will render the offender liable, in addition to other punishment, to confiscation of his stock and the closing of his business.

ASSEMBLIES AND MEETINGS. All gathering of crowds is forbidden. No meeting or assembly of persons shall take place without authority of the local military commander. Sessions of courts and councils, schools and religious services may be held as usual.

PUBLICATIONS. A copy of each newspaper or other periodical publication will be delivered to the local military commander immediately on issue. The appearance of any matter reflecting on or injurious to the American military government will render the publication liable to suspension or suppression. Excepting the periodical press, no printed matter will be published without permission from the local American military authority.

POST, TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE. The mail is subject to the censorship of the American military authorities.

The use of the telegraph or long distance telephone is forbidden except by permission of the local military commander.

The use of aerial wireless apparatus is forbidden.

All private telephone or telegraph apparatus, ground or aerial wireless apparatus, must be reported to the military commander at once.

No person may, without authority of the local military commander, transmit any message or communication to any person outside the territory occupied by American troops except through the post office.

PIGEONS. The use of carrier pigeons is forbidden. Owners of carrier pigeons will make an immediate report of their pigeon cotes to the military commander with a list of the marks of their pigeons. Pigeon houses must be kept open day and night.

PHOTOGRAPHS. The taking of photographs out of doors, except by permission of the local military authority, is forbidden.

SPECIAL RULES.

Whosoever:

(a) Attacks, disturbs, or impedes any American troops or officer or soldier thereof, or

(b) Destroys, damages, or disturbs any railway, telegraph or telephone installation, lighting, water or power system or any part thereof,

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(c) Destroys, damages, steals or secretes any property of or in possession of the American Army, or

(d) Purchases, receives in pawn or has in his possession articles of clothing, equipment or rations furnished to American soldiers or belonging to the American Armies, or

(e) Destroys, damages, pollutes, or secretes any fodder, water or other thing useful to the American Army, or

(f) Acts as a spy or commits war treason against the American Army, or

(g) Commits any act whatever injurious to the American Army or in obstruction of the Military Government, or in violation of these regulations or any regulations or orders hereafter made by the American military authorities, or refuses to comply with a requisition, or

(h) Attempts to do any of the above things; or advises or assists any one else to do or attempt to do any of them;

will be punished as a military court may direct.

MISCELLANEOUS. The term civil authority, as used in these regulations, means the Burgomeister or Gemeindevorsteher or the head of the local community.

Every person must familiarize himself with these regulations and all others hereafter made by the American military authorities. Ignorance of the regulations will not be accepted as an excuse for their violation. In case of doubt as to the requirements of the regulations, inquiry should be made at the Rathaus.

No. 46

ORDERS NO. 1

(Issued from Advance General Headquarters, Treves, Germany, 13 December, 1918.)

1. Army, corps and division commanders will detail, from their commands, suitable officers to be designated as in charge of the Civil Affairs on their respective staffs.

2. The division commander will be responsible for the administration of civil affairs in his district. He will detail a suitable officer, preferably the commanding officer, to be in charge of each town or canton occupied. Army and corps commanders will take similar action in the case of territory occupied by the army and corps troops.

3. Cantons not garrisoned will be inspected and regulated by officers detailed by the commanding general of the division controlling the area in which the cantons are located, or in the case of army or corps troops by the army or corps commander.

4. The office of the Officer in Charge of Civil Affairs will be the only office of record in civil affairs administration. All reports, documents and papers of any kind relating to civil affairs in the occupied territory will be forwarded to this office for action or file.

ORGANIZATION

5. The office of the Officer in Charge of Civil Affairs will be organized with the following departments:

(a) Public Works and Utilities. This department will include supervision of railroads, street railways, telephones, electric lighting plants, etc. The officer in charge will consult and cooperate with the Inter-Allied Commission on Railroads.

(b) Fiscal Affairs.-This department will be charged with the supervision of all treasuries, banks, financial institutions and all matters of taxation.

(c) Sanitation and Public Health. This department will have charge of the sanitation and health in the districts, so far as the inhabitants are concerned.

(d) Schools and Charitable Institutions. This department will exercise a general supervision over all schools and charitable institutions in the occupied districts.

(e) Legal Department. This department will exercise general supervision over all military commissions and provost courts and will be charged with the custody of all court records. It will exercise general supervision over all local courts in the territory occupied.

(f) Other departments will be added when the necessity arises.

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6. Officers in charge of the above departments are advisory to the Officer in Charge of Civil Affairs. In giving instructions to officers, they will be careful that they are given through the proper channels.

COURTS

7. Army, corps and division commanders are authorized to convene military commissions for the trial of inhabitants offending against the laws of war or the military government.

8. No death sentence will be carried into execution unless approved by the commander-in-chief.

9. Division commanders will appoint, for the districts occupied by their divisions, a superior provost court to consist of one officer, preferably a field officer. Army and corps commanders will appoint a superior provost court for the districts occupied by the army and corps troops. The maximum punishment which this court may impose is imprisonment for six months and a fine of five thousand marks, or both.

10. Commanding officers of each city, town or canton will appoint an inferior provost court for the trial of minor offenses against laws of war or military government by inhabitants. The maximum punishment which this court may impose is imprisonment for three months and a fine of one thousand marks, or both.

11. Officers appointing provost courts shall have power to approve, disapprove or mitigate the sentences of such courts.

12. Each provost court will keep a simple record showing the name of the offender, the offense, the plea, the finding, the sentence and the action of the convening authority in each case.

13. Weekly reports, to be made each Saturday, will be forwarded, through channels, to the office of the Officer in Charge of Civil Affairs, showing all cases tried and the information given in Par. 12.

14. A form for these reports is attached hereto.

15. No member of the American or Allied forces will be tried by any military commission or provost court.

16. All money collected as fines by provost courts will be turned in weekly to the Department of Fiscal Affairs.

REQUISITIONS

17. Billets for officers and men, fuel, forage and straw will be requisitioned.

18. Food will not be requisitioned except in case of an immediate emergency. All such cases to be reported at once to the division, corps or army commander.

19. Requisitions will only be demanded on authority of the commanding officer in the locality occupied.

20. Requisitions will not be paid in cash, but a receipt will be given for all supplies and billets furnished. This receipt will be signed by a supply officer and approved by the commanding officer. It will show clearly the number of billets occupied, and the length of time and the quantity and condition of all supplies furnished.

21. Requisitions should generally be made upon municipalities, but may be made upon individuals when necessary.

22. All inhabitants should file receipts with their burgomeister.

23. Supply officers will forward through channels to the Office of the

Officer in Charge of Civil Affairs one copy of all receipts given.

24. Time will be changed from German to International time at midnight, December 14-15. At that time all clocks will be set back one hour. Military authorities will see that the local German authorities in all occupied cities, towns or cantons are notified.

25. The official rate of exchange is one hundred (100) francs equal one hundred and forty-two marks and eighty-five pfennigs (142.85) or one mark equal seventy (70) centimes. Officers and men should change their francs at banks, as short changing will be eliminated, the banks stand the loss if any, and general prices will not be raised.

No. 47

REVISION OF MILITARY ORDERS

(Civil Affairs Bulletin No. 58, issued in Germany, 31 January, 1920.)

In order to bring the orders of the military government as far as practicable into harmony with the ordinances of the Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission, which were published in General Orders No. 2. these Headquarters, January 10, 1920, orders heretofore issued on the following subjects are revised or revoked as indicated. Where ordinances are referred to, those of the High Commission will be understood. It is the purpose of this order, taken in connection with General Orders No. 2, promulgating the ordinances of the High Commission, to bring to the attention of German citizens all existing orders of prime importance now in effect in the American zone of occupation.

1. ALCOHOL-DRUGS.-(a) Existing orders regarding the sale of alcohol or drugs to members of the American or Allied troops of occupation, being in conformity with the ordinances, will remain in effect.

(b) Only beer and light wines may be sold to persons in the military service (American or Allied) and to these only between the hours of 12:00 noon and 1:00 PM, and between 5:00 PM and 9:30 PM.

(c) All orders heretofore issued imposing restrictions upon the sale of alcohol either at wholesale or retail to persons other than members of the troops of occupation are revoked.

2. ARMS AND AMMUNITION.-(a) Orders heretofore issued requiring reports of sales of fire arms and ammunition are revoked, and the records and reports required therein will be made as provided in Ordinance No. 3, Part V.

(b) All arms heretofore turned in pursuant to orders of the military government may be returned to their owners upon complying with the ordinances.

(c) Permits to carry fire arms will hereafter be issued in accordance with the ordinances.

3. ASSEMBLIES AND MEETINGS. The rules laid down in the ordinances will be carried out except that notice of industrial meetings will also be given the same as required by the ordinances in the case of political meetings. 4. BILLETS. Pursuant to Article 8 of the Rhineland Agreement, billeting will continue to be done in accordance with regulations issued from time to time by these headquarters. Orders heretofore issued requiring that no German nationals may reside in the city of Coblence for more than twenty days without first applying to the Stadtische Wohnungsamt, Rathaus, are continued in effect.

5. BLOCKADE-IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. All restrictions heretofore issued from these headquarters regarding the export or import of goods, except arms, munitions and any other material prepared especially for war, are removed.

6. CINEMATOGRAPHS OBSCENE PICTURES, ETC. The display of any obscene moving or still pictures in any cinematograph or other public place of amusement is forbidden. The sale or gift or any attempt to sell or give away to members of the American or Allied Armies any indecent or obscene

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pictures, post cards, or literature of any kind is strictly forbidden. This order is supplementary to Ordinance No. 3, Article 13.

7. CIRCULATION. Civilian circulation will be governed by the ordi

nances.

8. CLAIMS. The settlement of claims for damages to property caused by American troops or military operations will be governed by rules issued from time to time by these headquarters. All civil officials are warned that it is the policy of the American Government not to permit the payment of any claims for damages alleged to have been committed by American troops until the same shall have been presented to and passed upon by the proper claims department of the Army.

9. CLEMENCY. All appeals for clemency on the part of civilian prisoners sentenced by military courts will be presented to the Officer in Charge of Civil Affairs of the Kreis, who will investigate the same, indorse thereon his recommendations, and forward same to the Officer in Charge of Civil Affairs, American Forces in Germany, for the action of the Commanding General. If such an appeal for clemency is based upon physical disabilities it will be investigated by the nearest medical officer of the Army and the report of his examination will be forwarded with the appeal. Except under very unusual circumstances an appeal for clemency in the case of a civilian prisoner sentenced by a military court will not be considered in any single case more frequently than once a month.

10. COMPLAINTS AGAINST MILITARY PERSONS. All complaints against members of the American Army must be reduced to writing and submitted to the Officer in Charge of Civil Affairs in the Kreis, who will make a thorough investigation of the facts and foward the same with his recommendations to the Officer in Charge of Civil Affairs, American Forces in Germany, for the information of the Commanding General.

11. COURTS-GERMAN. (a) German civil courts will hereafter be permitted to exercise complete jurisdiction vested in them by German law or regulations without any supervision from the military authorities, subject only to such regulation as is provided for in the ordinances; provided, that until such time as the United States shall be at peace with Germany, no member of the American Army, nor any person attached to or serving with the same, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of any German court for any cause whatsoever.

(b) German criminal courts shall likewise be permitted to exercise their jurisdiction without military supervision, subject only to the provisions of the ordinances.

12. COURTS MILITARY.—(a) The jurisdiction of Provost Courts shall remain unchanged.

(b) Vagrancy and Juvenile Courts: Jurisdiction at present exercised by these courts will hereafter be limited to the trial of vagrant women as they are defined in orders heretofore issued from these headquarters; vagrant men shall be reported to the High Commission for deportation; juveniles shall be turned over to the German courts for trial.

13. ELECTIONS. Any restrictions on elections heretofore imposed by orders issued from these headquarters are revoked.

14. FOOD LAWs. All orders heretofore issued designed to assist in the enforcement of the German food laws are revoked, except that for the present, the military authorities will continue to punish as an offense against the military government any person who assaults or physically resists any official connected with the administration of the German food laws while the latter is acting in the performance of his official duty.

15. HUNTING. All restrictions imposed by military orders upon Germans in the matter of hunting are revoked and this sport will be regulated hereafter according to the ordinances.

16. IDENTIFICATION.-(a) Identity cards (Ausweise) will be provided and carried, according to the ordinances. The attention of all German