[248] Hall, op. cit. p. 419 sqq.
[249] Bernard, ‘Growth of Laws and Usages of War,’ in Oxford Essays, 1856, p. 109.
[250] Conférence de Bruxelles, art. 38. Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field, art. 37. Conférence de La Haye, ‘Règlement concernant la guerre sur terre,’ art. 46, pt. i. 248. Hall, op. cit. p. 441. Geffken, in Heffter, op. cit. §140, p. 297, n. 5.
[251] Conférence de Bruxelles, art. 39. Instructions of the United States, art. 44. Conférence de La Haye, ‘Règlement concernant la guerre sur terre,’ art. 28, 47, pt. i. 246, 248.
[252] Maine, International Law, p. 199. Halleck, International Law, ii. 73, note.
[253] Halleck, op. cit. ii. 32. If we may believe Garcilasso de la Vega (First Part of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas, i. 151) the officers of the Incas in ancient Peru were more humane, never allowing the pillage of a captured town.
[254] Halleck, op. cit. ii. 73 sq. Wheaton, op. cit. p. 467.
[255] Wheaton, op. cit. p. 467. Hall, op. cit. p. 427 sqq. Conférence de La Haye, ‘Règlement concernant la guerre sur terre,’ art. 49, 52, pt. i. 248.
[256] Wheaton, op. cit. p. 483. Twiss, Law of Nations, p. 141. Heffter, op. cit. §137, p. 287. Hall, op. cit. p. 443 sqq.
Not only does the respect in which the right of property is held vary according to the status of the owner, but in many instances certain persons are deemed incapable of possessing such a right.