ls, and repair shops
shall be left in situ. These stores shall be maintained by Germany in so
far as concerns the working of the railroads in the countries on the
left bank of the Rhine. All barges taken from the Allies shall be
restored to them. The note, annexure No. 2, regulates the details of
these measures.

[Sidenote: Mine positions to be revealed.]

Eight--The German command shall be responsible for revealing within the
period of forty-eight hours after the signing of the armistice all mines
or delayed action fuses on territory evacuated by the German troops and
shall assist in their discovery and destruction. It also shall reveal
all destructive measures that may have been taken (such as poisoning or
polluting of springs and wells, &c.). All under penalty of reprisals.

[Sidenote: Allies to have right of requisition.]

Nine--The right of requisition shall be exercised by the allied and
United States armies in all occupied territories, subject to regulation
of accounts with those whom it may concern. The upkeep of the troops of
occupation in the Rhineland (excluding Alsace-Lorraine) shall be
charged to the German Government.

[Sidenote: Allied and American prisoners of war to be repatriated.]

Ten--The immediate repatriation without reciprocity, according to
detailed conditions which shall be fixed, of all allied and United
States prisoners of war, including persons under trial or convicted. The
allied powers and the United States shall be able to dispose of them as
they wish. This condition annuls the previous conventions on the subject
of the exchange of prisoners of war, including the one of July, 1918, in
course of ratification. However, the repatriation of German prisoners of
war interned in Holland and in Switzerland shall continue as before. The
repatriation of German prisoners of war shall be regulated at the
conclusion of the preliminaries of peace.

[Sidenote: Sick and wounded to be cared for.]

Eleven--Sick and wounded who cannot be removed from evacuated territory
will be cared for by German personnel, who will be left on the spot with
the medical material required.

[Sidenote: Germans to withdraw from Austria-Hungary, Rumania, Turkey and
Russia.]

Twelve--All German troops at present in the territories which before
belonged to Austria-Hungary, Rumania, Turkey, shall withdraw immediately
within the frontiers of Germany as they existed on August First,
Nineteen Fourteen. All German troops a