 If such works of art, libraries, collections, or instruments belonging to a hostile nation or government, can be removed without injury, the ruler of the conquering state or nation may order them to be seized and removed for the benefit of the said nation....  General Orders - Page 51864Full view - About this book
 | United States - 1891 - 968 pages
...removed for the benefit of the said nation. The ultimate ownership is to be settled by the endnring treaty of peace. In no case shall they be sold or given away, if ctfptnred by the armies of the United States; nor shall they ever be privately appropriated or wantonly... | |
 | World politics - 1920 - 588 pages
...in the field. Even with respect to the occupied territory of the enemy, these instructions declared: The United States acknowledge and protect in hostile countries occupied by them religion and morality: strictly private property; the persons of the inhabitants, especially those of women,... | |
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