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" (e) Horses, mules, oxen, buffaloes 

 asses, etc. 



" (/) All kinds of carriages, trains, ships, 

 boats, etc. 



" (g) Buildings for residence for the 

 soldiers or for warehouses, houses, shops, 

 granaries, hospitals, etc. 



" (h) All kinds of materials and machines 

 which the Army may need. 



" (i) The labours of carpenters, iron- 

 mongers, masons, bakers, and other kinds 

 of workmen that the Army might need. 

 " 3. Those things which, according to the 

 existing rules, are not needed by the Army 

 cannot be requisitioned. 



" 4. When requisitioning there must be 



left to every one the indispensable things 



for living or working : food, clothing, 



dishes, working cattle, instruments for his 



profession, etc." 



The requisition proclaimed in 1912 swept in 



all the food supplies of the country, except 



strictly domestic supplies, and these supplies 



were afterwards distributed among the Army 



and among non-combatants needing them. The 



