 | John Bassett Moore - 1898 - 1180 pages
...gain. This remark is also applicable to article 28 of the Rules and Articles of War: 'Retaliation will never be resorted to as a measure of mere revenge,...protective retribution, and, moreover, cautiously unavoidable; that is to say, retaliation shall only be resorted to after careful inquiry into the real... | |
 | 692 pages
...a branch. Yet civilized nations acknowledge retaliation as the sternest feature of war. A reckless enemy often leaves to his opponent no other means...himself against the repetition of barbarous outrage." Article 27 of General Orders No. 100, (1863). Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, after writing of the dreadful... | |
 | Walter Hines Page, Arthur Wilson Page - 1915 - 870 pages
...responsible for damage done to railways, telegraphs, roads, and bridges in the vicinity." of war. A reckless enemy often leaves to his opponent no other means...himself against the repetition of barbarous outrage." And again, "Villages or houses etc. may be burned for acts of hostility committed from them where the... | |
 | 1968 - 280 pages
...warfare, may be subjected to ArTs"' reprisals. But " Retaliation will never be resorted to as a An, a?. measure of mere revenge, but only as a means of protective Art.'e1. retribution, and, moreover, cautiously and unavoidably." WAR. Part III. other executions ;... | |
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The law of war can no more wholly dispense with retaliation than can the law of nations, of which it is a branch. Yet civilized nations acknowledge retaliation as the sternest feature of war. A reckless enemy often leaves to his opponent no other means... 
