 | North American review - 1896 - 818 pages
...which is an entirely distinct and independent power. Dr. Francis Lieber, in a manuscript note to the "Instructions for the government of the armies of the United States in the field," which was found among his papers after his death, wrote as follows : " As to martial law... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Humanities - 1874 - 392 pages
...of the general law of nations. " During the American civil war," he adds, " and in April, 1863, the 'Instructions for the Government of the Armies of the United States in the Field ' appeared, which is to be regarded as the very first codification of the laws of war, in.... | |
 | Montgomery Hunt Throop - United States - 1864 - 334 pages
...sustain these different propositions by the compilation made by Dr. Francis Lieber, and entitled " Instructions for the Government of the Armies of the United States in the Field," which were " approved by the President," and promulgated to the army by an order dated... | |
 | Military art and science - 1865 - 598 pages
...presumption may in each case be removed and the penalty averted. • On this subject we quote from the "Instructions for the Government of the Armies of the United States in the Field" : — " Men, or squads of men, who commit hostilities, whether by fighting or inroads for... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - American literature - 1866 - 180 pages
...published "for the information of all concerned." by order of the Secretary of War, in a pamphlet entitled Instructions for the Government of the Armies of the United States in. the Field. Dr. Lieber, at the close of the war, in 1865, was appointed superintendent or head of a... | |
 | Joseph Brown Heiskell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 882 pages
...there is no difficulty in ascertaining the laws of war as recognized by the United States. In the " Instructions for the government of the armies of the United States in the field," prepared by Francis Leiber, LLD, approved by the President, and published by order of the... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1872 - 758 pages
...prepared, for the use of the army, an essay on " Guerrilla Parties;" and the following year he prepared " Instructions for the Government of the Armies of the United States in the Field." The most prominent of Dr. Lieber's literary productions, are a translation of a French... | |
 | Martin Russell Thayer - Political scientists - 1873 - 66 pages
...of the United States, and promulgated in general orders of the war department, 'No. 100, (1863) as "Instructions for the government of the armies of the United States in the field," is one of the greatest works of his later years. He thereby conferred not only a benefit... | |
 | United States - 1873 - 626 pages
...preparation of the code of war promulgated in general orders of the war Department (No. 100, 1863), as "Instructions for the government of the Armies of the United States in the field." He also spoke of his pamphlet on " Guerrilla Parties," his tract on " Naturalization,"... | |
 | United States. Surgeon-General's Office - 1873 - 328 pages
...upon this subject in paragraph 53, of General Orders,- No. 100, dated April 24, 1863, containing " Instructions for the government of the armies of the United States in the field," drawn up by Professor Francis Lieber, LL.D. : "The enemy's chaplains, officers of the medical... | |
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Instructions for the Government of the Armies of the United States in the Field was directed by the President to be promulgated in a general order (No. 
