dispatched by them, shall be exempt from all postal duties in the countries of origin and destination, as well as in the countries they pass through.
Presents and relief in kind for prisoners of war shall be admitted free of all import or other duties, as well as of payments for carriage by the State railways.
Article 17
Officers taken prisoner shall receive the same rate of pay as officers of corresponding rank in the country where they are detained, the amount to be ultimately refunded by their own Government.
Article 18
Prisoners of war shall enjoy complete liberty in the exercise of their religion, including attendance at the services of whatever Church they may belong to, on the sole condition that they comply with the measures of order and police issued by the military authorities.
Article 19
The wills of prisoners of war are received or drawn up in the same way as for soldiers of the national army.
The same rules shall be observed regarding death certificates as well as for the burial of prisoners of war, due regard being paid to their grade and rank.
Article 20
After the conclusion of peace, the repatriation of prisoners of war shall be carried out as quickly as possible.
Chapter III. The Sick and Wounded
Article 21
The obligations of belligerents with regard to the sick and wounded are governed by the Geneva Convention.[1]
SECTION II. HOSTILITIES
Chapter I. Means of Injuring the Enemy, Sieges, and Bombardments
Article 22
The right of belligerents to adopt means of injuring the enemy is not unlimited.
- ↑ See conventions of Aug. 22, 1864 (TS 377), ante, p. 7, and July 6, 1906 (TS 464), ante, p. 516.
