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"After
that date, the total number of
effectives, in the Army of the states
constituting Germany must not exceed
100,000 men, including officers and
establishments of depots. The Army shall
be devoted exclusively to the
maintenance of order within the
territory and to the control of the
frontiers.
"The total
effective strength of officers,
including the personnel of staffs,
whatever their composition, must not
exceed 4,000.
"(2)
Divisions and Army Corps headquarters
staffs, shall be organized in accordance
with Table Number 1 annexed to this
Section. The number and strength of the
units of infantry, artillery, engineers,
technical services and troops laid down
in the aforesaid table constitute maxima
which must not be exceeded."
Then
there is a description of units that can have
their own depots and the grouping of divisions
under corps headquarters, and then the next two
provisions are of some importance:
"The
maintenance or formation of forces
differently grouped or of other
organizations for the command of troops
or for preparation for war is forbidden.
"The great German General
Staff and all similar organizations
shall be dissolved and may not be
reconstituted in any form."
I
don't think I need trouble the Tribunal with
Article 161, which deals with administrative
services.
Article 163 provides the
steps by which the reduction will take place,
and then we come to Chapter 2, dealing with
armament, and that provides that up till the
time at which Germany is admitted as a member of
the League of Nations, armaments shall not be
greater than the amounts fixed in Table Number
11.
If the Tribunal will note the
second part, Germany agrees that after she has
become a member of the League of Nations, the
armaments fixed in the said table shall remain
in force until they are modified by the Council
of the League. Furthermore, she hereby agrees
strictly to observe the decisions of the
Council of the League on this subject.
Then,
165 deals with guns and machine guns, and so
forth, and 167 deals with notification of guns,
and 168, the first part, says:
"The
manufacture of arms, munitions, or any
war material shall only be carried out
in factories or works, the location of
which shall be communicated to and
approved by the governments of the
Principal Allied and Associated Powers,
and the number of which they retain the
right to restrict."
Article
169 deals with the surrender of material. Number
170 prohibits importation; 171 prohibits gas,
and 172 provides for