The present declaration is not and shall not be binding, except between those Powers who have acceded, or shall accede, to it.
Done at Paris, the sixteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.
APPENDIX VI
THE LAWS AND USAGES OF WAR AT SEA
A NAVAL WAR CODE
| General Orders, | } | NAVY DEPARTMENT, |
| No. 551. | Washington, June 27, 1900 | |
| The following code of naval warfare, prepared for the guidance and use of the naval service by Capt. Charles H. Stockton,United States Navy, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, having been approved by the President of the UnitedStates, is published for the use of the Navy and for the information of all concerned. | ||
| JOHN D. LONG, | ||
| Secretary. | ||
THE LAWS AND USAGES OF WAR AT SEA