America's war for humanity related in story and picture, embracing a complete history of Cuba's struggle for liberty, and the glorious heroism of America's soldiers and sailors . FIRST AMERICAN OF CUBA. 425 Military necessity admits of all direct destruction of life or limb ofarmed enemies and of other persons whose destruction is incidentallyunavoidable in the armed contests of the war. Military necessity does notadmit of cruelty—that is, the infliction of suffering for the sake of sufferingor for revenge; nor of maiming or wounding, except in fight; nor of torture toextort confessi
America's war for humanity related in story and picture, embracing a complete history of Cuba's struggle for liberty, and the glorious heroism of America's soldiers and sailors . FIRST AMERICAN OF CUBA. 425 Military necessity admits of all direct destruction of life or limb ofarmed enemies and of other persons whose destruction is incidentallyunavoidable in the armed contests of the war. Military necessity does notadmit of cruelty—that is, the infliction of suffering for the sake of sufferingor for revenge; nor of maiming or wounding, except in fight; nor of torture toextort confessions. It admits of deception, but disclaims acts of perfidy. Itis lawful to starve the hostile belligerents, armed or unarmed, so that it leadsto the speedier subjection of the enemy. When a commander of a besiegedplace expels the non-combatants, in order to lessen the number of those who. DISEMBARKING SUPPLIES FOR THE TROOPS AT CHICKAMAf consume his stock of provisions, it is lawful, though an extreme measure, todrive them back, so as to hasten on the surrender. Commanders, wheneveradmissible, inform the enemy of their intention to bombard a place; but it isno infraction of the common law of war to omit thus to inform them. Sur-prise may be a necessity. Retaliation will never be resorted to as a measure of mere revenge, butonlv as a means of protective retribution, and, moreover, cautiously andunavoidably—that is to say, retaliation shall only be resorted to after carefulinquiry into the real occurrence and the character of the misdeeds that maydemand retribution. The more vigorously war is pursued, the better it is forhumanity. Sharp wars are brief. 426 AMERICAS WAR FOR HUMANITY. A victorious army appropriates all public money, seizes all public mov-able property until further directed by its government, and sequesters for itsown benefit or that of its government al
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