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 2038 'PROCLAMATIONS, 1914. hours between such departure and that of any ship) of war, privateer, or merchant ship of an op osing belligsrent whic may have Hfeviously quit the same port, harbor, roa tead, or waters. No s E of war or privateer of a belli erent shall be detamed m any port, arbor, roadstead, or waters ol 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 xposing belhgerent. But if there be several vessels of opposing be gerents m the same ort, harbor, roadstead, or waters, the order of their departure therefiiom shall be so arranged as to afford the opportunity of caving alternately to the vessels of the opposing belligerents, and to cause the least detention consistent with the o jects of this proclamation. No ship of war or privateer of a belligerent shall be permitted, while in an port, harbor, roadstead, or waters within the jurisdiction of the Ui/rited States, to take in any supplies except provisions and such other things as may be requisite for the subsistence of her crew, and except so much coal only as may be sufficient to carry such vessel, if without any sail power, to ‘the nearest port of her own country; or in case the vessel is rigged to go under sail, and may also be ropelled b steam power, then with half the quantity of coal which she wougi be entitled to receive, of dependent upon steam alone, and no coal shall be again supplied to any such ship of war or privateer in the same or any other port, harbor, roadstead, or waters of the United States, wit out special permission until after the expiration of three months from the time when such coal may have been last supplied to her within the waters of the United States, unless such ship of war or privateer shall, smce last thus supplied, have entered a port of the government to which she belongs. .,.“m“$.;’ii.‘:Ei’?"” ‘° Amr 1 do mma deem ma pmeium that the statutes and the treaties of the United States and the law of nations alike require that no erson, within the territory and jurisdiction of the United States, shall take part, direcigly or indirectlgr, in the said wars, but shall remain at (peace with of the said elligerents, and shall maintain a strict an impartial neutrality. _ m§Q)§&*f¤¤°° °' lm And I do_ hereby enjoin all citizens of the United States, and all persons residing or being within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, to observe the laws thereof, and to commit no act contrary to the provisions of the said statutes or treaties or in violation of the law of nations in that behalf. ug§jgjg>;),g{‘~}b§‘;dP€* And I do hereby warn all citizens of the United States, and all persons residing or being within its territory or jurisdiction that, while the free and full expression of sympathies in public and private is not restricted by the laws of the United States, military forces in aid of a belligerent cannot lawfully be originated or organized within mQ°¤"¤‘>•¤° °‘ Wm- its jurisdiction; and that, while all persons may lawfully and without restriction by reason of the aforesaid state of war manufacture and sell within the United States arms and munitions of war, and other articles ordinarily known as "contraba.nd of war", yet they cannot carry such articles upon the high seas for the use or service of a belligerent, nor can the transport soldiers and officers of a belligerent, or attempt to breall, any blockade which may be lawfully established and maintained during the said wars without incurring the risk of hostile captru·e and the penalties denounced by the law of N nations in that behalf. °°°°‘ And I do hereby give notice that all citizens of the United States and others who may claim the protection of this government, who maay misconduct themselves in the premises, will do so at their peril, an that they can in no wise obtain any protection from the governmerge. of the United States against the consequences of their miscon uct.