IN EACH CASE the officer presiding at the Council of War will be charged with the trial, and pronounce judgment. Councils of War may not pronounce ANY OTHER CONDEMNATION SAVE THAT OF DEATH.
THE JUDGMENT WILL BE IMMEDIATELY EXECUTED.
(3) TOWNS OR VILLAGES in the territory in which the contravention takes place will be compelled to pay indemnity equal to one year's revenue.
(4) THE INHABITANTS MUST FURNISH necessaries for the German troops daily as follows:—
| 1 lb. 10 oz. bread. | 1 oz. tea. | 1½ pints beer, or 1 wine- |
| 13 oz. meat. | 1½ oz. tobacco or 5 cigars. | glassful of brandy or |
| 3 lb. potatoes. | ½ pint wine. | whisky. |
| The ration for each horse:— | ||
| 13 lb. oats. | 3 lb. 6 oz. hay. | 3 lb. 6 oz. straw. |
(ALL PERSONS WHO PREFER to pay an indemnity in money may do so at the rate of 2s. per day per man.)
(5) COMMANDERS OF DETACHED corps have the right to requisition all that they consider necessary for the well-being of their men, and will deliver to the inhabitants official receipts for goods so supplied.
WE HOPE IN CONSEQUENCE that the inhabitants of Great Britain will make no difficulty in furnishing all that may be considered necessary.
(6) AS REGARDS the individual transactions between the troops and the inhabitants, we give notice that one German mark shall be considered the equivalent to one English shilling.
The General Commanding the Ninth German Army Corps,
VON KRONHELM.