Meet us on:
Welcome to Read Print! Sign in with
or
to get started!
 
Entire Site
    Try our fun game

    Dueling book covers…may the best design win!

    Random Quote
    "Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that's how dogs spend their lives."
     

    Subscribe to Our Newsletter

    Follow us on Twitter

    Never miss a good book again! Follow Read Print on Twitter

    Chapter 10 - Page 2

    • Rate it:
    Launch Reading Mode Next Page
    Page 2 of 6
    Previous Page
    be exchanged upon the conditions and
    terms following:

    Prisoners to be exchanged man for man and officer for officer.
    Privateers to be placed upon the footing of officers and men of the navy.

    Men and officers of lower grades may be exchanged for officers of a
    higher grade, and men and officers of different services may be exchanged
    according to the following scale of equivalents:

    A General-commanding-in-chief, or an Admiral, shall be exchanged for
    officers of equal rank, or for sixty privates or common seamen.

    A Commodore, carrying a broad pennant, or a Brigadier General, shall be
    exchanged for officers of equal rank, or twenty privates or common
    seamen.

    A Captain in the Navy, or a Colonel, shall be exchanged for officers of
    equal rank, or for fifteen privates or common seamen.

    A Lieutenant Colonel, or Commander in the Navy, shall be exchanged for
    officers of equal rank, or for ten privates or common seamen.

    A Lieutenant, or a Master in the Navy, or a Captain in the Army or
    marines shall be exchanged for officers of equal rank, or six privates or
    common seamen.

    Master's-mates in the Navy, or Lieutenants or Ensigns in the Army, shall
    be exchanged for officers of equal rank, or four privates or common
    seamen. Midshipmen, warrant officers in the Navy, masters of merchant
    vessels and commanders of privateers, shall be exchanged for officers of
    equal rank, or three privates or common seamen; Second Captains,
    Lieutenants or mates of merchant vessels or privateers, and all petty
    officers in the Navy, and all noncommissioned officers in the Army or
    marines, shall be severally exchanged for persons of equal rank, or for
    two privates or common seamen; and private soldiers or common seamen
    shall be exchanged for each other man for man.

    ARTICLE II.--Local, State, civil and militia rank held by persons not in
    actual military service will not be recognized; the basis of exchange
    being the grade actually held in the naval and military service of the
    respective parties.

    ARTICLE III.--If citizens held by either party on charges of disloyalty,
    or any alleged civil offense, are exchanged, it shall only be for

    citizens. Captured sutlers, teamsters, and all civilians in the actual
    service of either party, to be exchanged for persons in similar
    positions.

    ARTICLE IV.--All prisoners of war to be discharged on parole in ten days
    after their capture; and the prisoners now held, and those hereafter
    taken, to be transported to the points mutually agreed upon, at the
    expense of the capturing party. The surplus prisoners not exchanged
    shall not be permitted to take up arms again, nor to serve as military
    police or constabulary force in any fort, garrison or
    Next Page
    Page 2 of 6
    Previous Page
    If you're writing a John McElroy essay and need some advice, post your John McElroy essay question on our Facebook page where fellow bookworms are always glad to help!

    Top 5 Authors

    Top 5 Books

    Book Status
    Finished
    Want to read
    Abandoned

    Are you sure you want to leave this group?