Report of Charles S. P. Bowles
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Excerpt from Report of Charles S. P. Bowles: Foreign Agent of the United States Sanitary Commission, Upon the International Congress of Geneva for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Sick and Wounded Soldiers of Armies in the Field, Convened at Geneva, 8th August, 1864 Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Committee, - On the 23rd of May last I received from Mr. J. Henry Dunant, Secretary of the "Comite International de Sécours pour les Militaires Blesses" of Geneva, a semi-official notification to the effect that the Federal Swiss Council of State, supported by the French Government, would call a Congress of all civilized nations, to be held at Geneva during the month of August, for the ratification and adoption, by solemn treaty, of the principles embodied in the Resolutions passed at the International Conference, held also at Geneva, in October, 1863. These Resolutions were as follows: - A. - "That Governments in every case give to Sanitary Commissions authority, sanction, and protection. B. - "That, in time of war, the privilege of neutrality be expended to Ambulances, Military Hospitals, Sanitary Official, voluntary Nurses who receive the wounded into their own houses, and finally to the wounded themselves. C. - "That a common insignia for persons performing sanitary duty, and a common flag for hospitals, &c. be adopted in all armies; said insignia to be a white band or flag with red cross in centre." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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