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 PROGLAMATIONS, 1914. 2027 And I do hereby further declare and roclairn that an ueu ° N°'“‘ ””°*" °' "°*‘ and use of the waters within the territoliial jurisdiction gffrtliii Umptzd  cn, in States by the armed vmsels of a belligerent, whether public ships or ”"i°°m"°°”‘ privateers, for the purpose of preparing for hostile operations, or as posts of observation upon the ships of war or privateers or mer chantvessels of a belligerent lying within or being about to enter the jurisdiction of the United States, must be regarded as unfriendly and offensive, and  violation of that neutralit which it is the determination of this government to observe; and to the end that the hazard and mconvemence of such apprehended practices may be avoided, I further proclaim. and declare that from and after the first day of Septem er instant, and during the continuance of the pcresent hostilities, no ship of war or privateer of any bel.l?erent shall permitted to make use of any ort, harbor, roadstea, or waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States from which a vessel , of an opposing belhgerent (whether the same shall be a shi of war, a privateer, or a merchant ship) shall have previously departed, until after the expiration of at least twenty- our hours from the departure of such ast-named vessel beyond the jurisdiction of the United States. If any ship of war or privateer of a belligerent shall, after the time this notification takes effect, enter any ort, harbor, roadstead, or waters of the United States, such vesselpshall be required to depart and to put to sea within twenty-four hours after her entrance into such port, harbor, roadstead, or waters, except in case of stress of weather or of her requiring provisions or things necessary for the subsistence of her crew, or for repairs; in any of which cases the authorities of the port or of the nearest port (asrthe case` may be) shall  her to put to sea as soon as possible after the expiration of su  of twenty-four hours, without plermitting her to take in supp es beyond what may be necessary for er immediate use; and no such vessel which may have been permitted to remain within the waters of the United States for the purpose of repair shall continue within such port, harbor, roadstead, or waters for a longer eriod than twenty-four hours after her necessary repairs shall have liieen completed, unless within such twenty-four hours a vessel, whether ship of war, privateer, or merchant shiglof an opposing belligerent, shall have departed therefrom, in w `ch case the time limited for the departure of such ship of war or privateer shall be extended so far as may be necessary to secure an interval of not loss than twenty-four hours between such departure and that of any ship of war, pnvateer, or merchant ship of an opposing bell£erent which may have reviously quit the same port, arbor, roa tead, or waters. No sgip of war or privateer o a belligerent shall be detained in any port, harbor, roadstead, or waters of the United States more than twenty-four hours, by reason of the successive departures from such port, harbor, roadstead, or waters of more than one vessel of an opposing belligerent. But if there be several vessels of o posing belhgerents in the same port, harbor, roadstead, or waters, the order of their departure therefrom shall be so arranged as to afford the opportunity of leaving alternately to the vessels of the op osing belligerents, and to cause the least detention consistent with the objects of this proclamation. _ No ship of war or privateer of a belligerent shall be permitted, while in ani-y port, harbor, roadstead, or waters within the jurisdiction of the mted States, to take in any su plies except provisions and such other things as may be uisite Ear the subsitence of her cr·ew, and except so much coal my as ma be sufficient to carry such vessel, if without any sail power, to tl-ire nearest port of her own country; or in case the vessel is rigged to go under sail, and may also be propelled by steam power, then with half the quantity of coal which she would be entitled to