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<h3>Articles 159-213<br>   
Military, Naval and Air Clauses </h3>
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PART V.
<br><br>
MILITARY, NAVAL AND AIR CLAUSES.
<br><br>
In order to render possible the initiation of a general limitation
of the armaments of all nations, Germany undertakes strictly to
observe the military, naval and air clauses which follow.
<br><br>
SECTION I.
<br><br>
MILITARY CLAUSES.
<br><br>
CHAPTER I.
<br><br>
EFFECTIVES AND CADRES OF THE GERMAN ARMY.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 159.
<br><br>
The German military forces shall be demobilised and reduced as
prescribed hereinafter.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 160.
<br><br>
(1) By a date which must not be later than March 31, 1920, the
German Army must not comprise more than seven divisions of infantry
and three divisions of cavalry.
<br><br>
After that date the total number of effectives in the Army of the
States constituting Germany must not exceed one hundred thousand
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. <br><br>
The total effective strength of officers, including the personnel
of staffs, whatever their composition, must not exceed four
thousand. <br><br>
(2) Divisions and Army Corps headquarters staffs shall be organised
in accordance with [http://wwi/images/2/26/Chart1-1-.gif Table No. 1] annexed to this Section.
<br><br>
The number and strengths of the units of infantry, artillery,
engineers, technical services and troops laid down in the [http://wwi/images/2/26/Chart1-1-.gif aforesaid Table] constitute maxima which must not be exceeded.
<br><br>
The following units may each have their own depot:
<br><br>
An Infantry regiment; A Cavalry regiment; A regiment of Field
Artillery; A battalion of Pioneers.
<br><br>
(3) The divisions must not be grouped under more than two army
corps headquarters staffs.
<br><br>
The maintenance or formation of forces differently grouped or of
other organisations for the command of troops or for preparation
for war is forbidden. <br><br>
The Great German General Staff and all similar organisations shall
be dissolved and may not be reconstituted in any form.
<br><br>
The officers, or persons in the position of officers, in the
Ministries of War in the different States in Germany and in the
Administrations attached to them, must not exceed three hundred in
number and are included in the maximum strength of four thousand
laid down in the third sub-paragraph of paragraph (1) of this
Article.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 161.
<br><br>
Army administrative services consisting of civilian personnel not
included in the number of effectives prescribed by the present
Treaty will have such personnel reduced in each class to one-tenth
of that laid down in the Budget of 1913. <br><br>
ARTICLE 162.
<br><br>
The number of employees or officials of the German States such as
customs officers, forest guards and coastguards, shall not exceed
that of the employees or officials functioning in these capacities
in 1913.
<br><br>
The number of gendarmes and employees or officials of the local or
municipal police may only be increased to an extent corresponding
to the increase of population since 1913 in the districts or
municipalities in which they are employed.
<br><br>
These employees and officials may not be assembled for military
training. <br><br>

ARTICLE: 163.
<br><br>
The reduction of the strength of the German military forces as
provided for in Article 160 may be effected gradually in the
following manner: <br><br>
Within three months from the coming into force of the present
Treaty the total number of effectives must be reduced to 200,000
and the number of units must not exceed twice the number of those
laid down in Article 160. <br><br>
At the expiration of this period, and at the end of each subsequent
period of three months, a Conference of military experts of the
Principal Allied and Associated Powers will fix the reductions to
be made in the ensuing three months, so that by March 31, 1920, at
the latest the total number of German effectives does not exceed
the maximum number of l00,000 men laid down in Article 160. In
these successive reductions the same ratio between the number of
officers and of men, and between the various kinds of units, shall
be maintained as is laid down in that Article.
<br><br>
CHAPTER II.
<br><br>
ARMAMENT, MUNITIONS AND MATERIAL.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 164.
<br><br>
Up till the time at which Germany is admitted as a member of the
League of Nations the German Army must not possess an armament
greater than the amounts fixed in [http://wwi/images/2/26/Chart1-1-.gif Table No. II] annexed to this
Section, with the exception of an optional increase not exceeding
one-twentyfifth part for small arms and one-fiftieth part for guns,
which shall be exclusively used to provide for such eventual
replacements as may be necessary.
<br><br>
Germany agrees that after she has become a member of the League of
Nations the armaments fixed in [http://wwi/images/2/26/Chart1-1-.gif 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. <br><br>
ARTICLE 165.
<br><br>
The maximum number of guns, machine guns, trench-mortars, rifles
and the amount of ammunition and equipment which Germany is allowed
to maintain during the period between the coming into force of the
present Treaty and the date of March 31, 1920, referred to in
Article 160, shall bear the same proportion to the amount
authorized in [http://wwi/images/2/26/Chart1-1-.gif Table No. III] annexed to this Section as the strength
of the German Army as reduced from time to time in accordance with
Article 163 bears to the strength permitted under Article 160.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 166
<br><br>
At the date of March 31, 1920, the stock of munitions which the
German Army may have at its disposal shall not exceed the amounts
fixed in [http://wwi/images/2/26/Chart1-1-.gif Table No. III] annexed to this Section.
<br><br>
Within the same period the German Government will store these
stocks at points to be notified to the Governments of the Principal
Allied and Associated Powers. The German Government is forbidden to
establish any other stocks, depots or reserves of munitions.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 167.
<br><br>
The number and calibre of the guns constituting at the date of the
coming into force of the present Treaty the armament of the
fortified works, fortresses, and any land or coast forts which
Germany is allowed to retain must be notified immediately by the
German Government to the Governments of the Principal Allied and
Associated Powers, and will constitute maximum amounts which may
not be exceeded.
<br><br>
Within two months from the coming into force of the present Treaty,
the maximum stock of ammunition for these guns will be reduced to,
and maintained at, the following uniform rates:&#173; fifteen
hundred rounds per piece for those the calibre of which is 10.5 cm.
and under: five hundred rounds per piece for those of higher
calibre.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 168.
<br><br>
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.
<br><br>
Within three months from the coming into force of the present
Treaty, all other establishments for the manufacture, preparation,
storage or design of arms, munitions, or any war material whatever
shall be closed down. The same applies to all arsenals except those
used as depots for the authorised stocks of munitions. Within the
same period the personnel of these arsenals will be dismissed. <br><br>

ARTICLE 169.
<br><br>
Within two months from the coming into force of the present Treaty
German arms, munitions and war material, including anti-aircraft
material, existing in Germany in excess of the quantities allowed,
must be surrendered to the Governments of the Principal Allied and
Associated Powers to be destroyed or rendered useless. This will
also apply to any special plant intended for the manufacture of
military material, except such as may be recognised as necessary
for equipping the authorised strength of the German army.
<br><br>
The surrender in question will be effected at such points in German
territory as may be selected by the said Governments.
<br><br>
Within the same period arms, munitions and war material, including
anti-aircraft material, of origin other than German, in whatever
state they may be, will be delivered to the said Governments, who
will decide as to their disposal. <br><br>
Arms and munitions which on account of the successive reductions in
the strength of the German army become in excess of the amounts
authorised by [http://wwi/images/2/26/Chart1-1-.gif Tables II and III] annexed to this Section must be
handed over in the manner laid down above within such periods as
may be decided by the Conferences referred to in Article 163.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 170.
<br><br>
Importation into Germany of arms, munitions and war material of
every kind shall be strictly prohibited.
<br><br>
The same applies to the manufacture for, and export to, foreign
countries of arms, munitions and war material of every kind.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 171
<br><br>
The use of asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases and all analogous
liquids, materials or devices being prohibited, their manufacture
and importation are strictly forbidden in Germany.
<br><br>
The same applies to materials specially intended for the
manufacture, storage and use of the said products or devices.
<br><br>
The manufacture and the importation into Germany of armoured cars,
tanks and all similar constructions suitable for use in war are
also prohibited. <br><br>
ARTICLE 172.
<br><br>
Within a period of three months from the coming into force of the
present Treaty, the German Government will disclose to the
Governments of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers the
nature and mode of manufacture of all explosives, toxic substances
or other like chemical preparations used by them in the war or
prepared by them for the purpose of being so used.
<br><br>
CHAPTER III
<br><br>
RECRUITING AND MILITARY TRAINING
<br><br>
ARTICLE 173.
<br><br>
Universal compulsory military service shall be abolished in
Germany. <br><br>
The German Army may only be constituted and recruited by means of
voluntary enlistment.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 174
<br><br>
The period of enlistment for non-commissioned officers and privates
must be twelve consecutive years.
<br><br>
The number of men discharged for any reason before the expiration
of their term of enlistment must not exceed in any year five per
cent. of the total effectives fixed by the second subparagraph of
paragraph (I) of Article 160 of the present Treaty.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 175.
<br><br>
The officers who are retained in the Army must undertake the
obligation to serve in it up to the age of forty-five years at
least.
<br><br>
Officers newly appointed must undertake to serve on the active list
for twenty-five consecutive years at least.
<br><br>
Officers who have previously belonged to any formations whatever of
the Army, and who are not retained in the units allowed to be
maintained, must not take part in any military exercise whether
theoretical or practical, and will not be under any military
obligations whatever.
<br><br>
The number of officers discharged for any reason before the
expiration of their term of service must not exceed in any year
five per cent. of the total effectives of officers provided for in
the third sub-paragraph (I) of Article 160 of the present Treaty.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 176.
<br><br>
On the expiration of two months from the coming into force of the
present Treaty there must only exist in Germany the number of
military schools which is absolutely indispensable for the
recruitment of the officers of the units allowed. These schools
will be exclusively intended for the recruitment of officers of
each arm, in the proportion of one school per arm. <br><br>
The number of students admitted to attend the courses of the said
schools will be strictly in proportion to the vacancies to be
filled in the cadres of officers. The students and the cadres will
be reckoned in the effectives fixed by the second and third
subparagraphs of paragraph (I) of Article 160 of the present
Treaty.
<br><br>
Consequently, and during the period fixed above, all military
academies or similar institutions in Germany, as well as the
different military schools for officers, student officers
(Aspiranten), cadets, non-commissioned officers or student non-
commissioned officers (Aspiranten), other than the schools above
provided for, will be abolished.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 171.
<br><br>
Educational establishments, the universities, societies of
discharged soldiers, shooting or touring clubs and, generally
speaking associations of every description, whatever be the age of
their members, must not occupy themselves with any military
matters.
<br><br>
In particular they will be forbidden to instruct or exercise their
members or to allow them to be instructed or exercised, in the
profession or use of arms. <br><br>
These societies, associations, educational establishments and
universities must have no connection with the Ministries of War or
any other military authority. <br><br>
ARTICLE l78.
<br><br>
All measures of mobilisation or appertaining to mobilisation are
forbidden. <br><br>
In no case must formations, administrative services or General
Staffs include supplementary cadres.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 179.
<br><br>
Germany agrees, from the coming into force of the present Treaty,
not to accredit nor to send to any foreign country any military,
naval or air mission, nor to allow any such mission to leave her
territory, and Germany further agrees to take appropriate measures
to prevent German nationals from leaving her territory to become
enrolled in the Army, Navy or Air service of any foreign Power, or
to be attached to such Army, Navy or Air service for the purpose of
assisting in the military, naval or air training thereof, or
otherwise for the purpose of giving military, naval or air
instruction in any foreign country. <br><br>
The Allied and Associated Powers agree, so far as they are
concerned, from the coming into force of the present Treaty, not to
enroll in nor to attach to their armies or naval or air forces any
German national for the purpose of assisting in the military
training of such armies or naval or air forces, or otherwise to
employ any such German national as military, naval or aeronautic
instructor. <br><br>
The present provision does not, however, affect the right of France
to recruit for the Foreign Legion in accordance with French
military laws and regulations. <br><br>

CHAPTER IV.
<br><br>
FORTIFICATIONS
<br><br>
ARTICLE 180.
<br><br>
All fortified works, fortresses and field works situated in German
territory to the west of a line drawn fifty kilometres to the east
of the Rhine shall be disarmed and dismantled.
<br><br>
Within a period of two months from the coming into force of the
present Treaty such of the above fortified works, fortresses and
field works as are situated in territory not occupied by Allied and
Associated troops shall be disarmed, and within a further period of
four months they shall be dismantled. Those which are situated in
territory occupied by Allied and Associated troops shall be
disarmed and dismantled within such periods as may be fixed by the
Allied High Command. <br><br>
The construction of any new fortification, whatever its nature and
importance, is forbidden in the zone referred to in the first
paragraph above. <br><br>
The system of fortified works of the southern and eastern frontiers
of Germany shall be maintained in its existing state.
<br><br>
SECTION II.
<br><br>
NAVAL CLAUSES.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 181.
<br><br>
After the expiration of a period of two months from the coming into
force of the present Treaty the German naval forces in commission
must not exceed: <br><br>
6 battleships of the Deutschland or Lothringen type, 6 light
cruisers, 12 destroyers, 12 torpedo boats,
<br><br>
or an equal number of ships constructed to replace them as provided
in Article l90.
<br><br>
No submarines are to be included.
<br><br>
All other warships, except where there is provision to the contrary
in the present Treaty, must be placed in reserve or devoted to
commercial purposes. <br><br>
ARTICLE 182
<br><br>
Until the completion of the minesweeping prescribed by Article 193
Germany will keep in commission such number of minesweeping vessels
as may be fixed by the Governments of the Principal Allied and
Associated Powers. <br><br>
ARTICLE 183
<br><br>
After the expiration of a period of two months from the coming into
force of the present Treaty, the total personnel of the German
Navy, including the manning of the Deet, coast defences, signal
stations, administration and other land services, must not exceed
fifteen thousand, including officers and men of all grades and
corps,
<br><br>
The total strength of officers and warrant officers must not exceed
fifteen hundred.
<br><br>
Within two months from the coming into force of the present Treaty
the personnel in excess of the above strength shall be demobilised.
<br><br>
No naval or military corps or reserve force in connection with the
Navy may be organised in Germany without being included in the
above strength. <br><br>
ARTICLE 184<br><br>

From the date of the coming into force of the present Treaty all
the German surface warships which are not in German ports cease to
belong to Germany, who renounces all rights over them.
<br><br>
Vessels which, in compliance with the Armistice of November 11,
1918, are now interned in the ports of the Allied and Associated
Powers are declared to be finally surrendered.
<br><br>
Vessels which are now interned in neutral ports will be there
surrendered to the Governments of the Principal Allied and
Associated Powers. The German Government must address a
notification to that effect to the neutral Powers on the coming
into force of the present Treaty.
<br><br>

ARTICLE 185.
<br><br>
Within a period of two months from the coming into force of the
present Treaty the German surface warships enumerated below will be
surrendered to the Governments of the Principal Allied and
Associated Powers in such Allied ports as the said Powers may
direct.
<br><br>
These warships will have been disarmed as provided in Article XXIII
of the Armistice of November 11, 1918. Nevertheless they must have
all their guns on board.
<br><br>
BATTLESHIPS.
<br><br>
Oldenburg. Thuringen. Ostfriesland. Helgoland. Posen. Westfalen.
Rheinland. Nassau.
<br><br>
LIGHT CRUISERS.
<br><br>
Stettin. Danzig. Munchen. Lubeck. Stralsund. Augsburg. Kolberg.
Stuttgart. <br><br>
and, in addition, forty-two modern destroyers and fifty modern
torpedo boats, as chosen by the Governments of the Principal Allied
and Associated Powers. <br><br>
ARTICLE 186.
<br><br>
On the coming into force of the present Treaty the German
Government must undertake, under the supervision of the Governments
of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers, the breaking up of
all the German surface warships now under construction.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 187 .
<br><br>
The German auxiliary cruisers and fleet auxiliaries enumerated
below will be disarmed and treated as merchant ships.
<br><br>
INTERNED IN NEUTRAL COUNTRIES:
<br><br>
Berlin. Santa Fe. Seydlitz. Yorck.
<br><br>
IN GERMANY:
<br><br>
Ammon. Answald. Bosnia. Cordoba. Cassel. Dania. Rio Negro. Rio
Pardo. Santa Cruz. Schwaben. Solingen. Steigerwald. Franken.
Gundomar. Furst Bulow. Gertrud. Kigoma. Rugia. Santa Elena.
Schleswig. Mowe. Sierra Ventana. Chemnitz. Emil Georg von Strauss.
Habsburg. Meteor. Waltraute. Scharnhorst.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 188.
<br><br>
On the expiration of one month from the coming into force of the
present Treaty all German submarines, submarine salvage vessels and
docks for submarines, including the tubular dock, must have been
handed over to the Governments of the Principal Allied and
Associated Powers.
<br><br>
Such of these submarines, vessels and docks as are considered by
the said Governments to be fit to proceed under their own power or
to be towed shall be taken by the German Government. into such
Allied ports as have been indicated <br><br>
The remainder, and also those in course of construction, shall be
broken up entirely by the German Government under the supervision
of the said Governments. The breaking-up must be completed within
three months at the most after the coming into force of the present
Treaty.
<br><br>
ARTICLE l89.
<br><br>
Articles, machinery and material arising from the breaking-up of
German warships of all kinds, whether surface vessels or
submarines, may not be used except for purely industrial or
commercial purposes.
<br><br>
They may not be sold or disposed of to foreign countries. <br><br>
ARTICLE 190.
<br><br>
Germany is forbidden to construct or acquire any warships other
than those intended to replace the units in commission provided for
in Article l81 of the present Treaty
<br><br>
The warships intended for replacement purposes as above shall not
exceed the following displacement:
<br><br>
Armoured ships 10,000 tons
<br><br>
Light cruisers 6,000 tons
<br><br>
Destroyers     800 tons
<br><br>
Torpedo boats  200 tons
<br><br>

Except where a ship has been lost, units of the different classes
shall only be replaced at the end of a period of twenty years in
the case of battleships and cruisers, and fifteen years in the case
of destroyers and torpedo boats, counting from the launching of the
ship.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 191.
<br><br>
The construction or acquisition of any submarine, even for
commercial purposes, shall be forbidden in Germany.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 192.
<br><br>
The warships in commission of the German fleet must have on board
or in reserve only the allowance of arms, munitions and war
material fixed by the Principal Allied and Associated Powers.
Within a month from the fixing of the quantities as above, arms,
munitions and war material of all kinds, including mines and
torpedoes, now in the hands of the German Government and in excess
of the said quantities, shall be surrendered to the Governments of
the said Powers at places to be indicated by them. Such arms,
munitions and war material will be destroyed or rendered useless.
<br><br>
All other stocks, depots or reserves of arms, munitions or naval
war material of all kinds are forbidden.
<br><br>
The manufacture of these articles in German territory for, and
their export to, foreign countries shall be forbidden.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 193.
<br><br>
On the coming into force of the present Treaty Germany will
forthwith sweep up the mines in the following areas in the North
Sea to the eastward of longitude 4&#176; 00', E. of Greenwich:
<br><br>
(1) Between parallels of latitude 53&#176; 00', N. and 59&#176;
00', N.; (2) To the northward of latitude 60&#176; 30' N.
<br><br>
Germany must keep these areas free from mines.
<br><br>
Germany must also sweep and keep free from mines such areas in the
Baltic as may ultimately be notified by the Governments of the
Principal Allied and Associated Powers.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 194.
<br><br>
The personnel of the German Navy shall be recruited entirely by
voluntary engagements entered into for a minimum period of twenty-
five consecutive years for officers and warrant officers; twelve
consecutive years for petty officers and men.
<br><br>
The number engaged to replace those discharged for any reason
before the expiration of their term of service must not exceed five
per cent. per annum of the totals laid down in this Section
(Article 183).
<br><br>
The personnel discharged from the Navy must not receive any kind of
naval or military training or undertake any further service in the
Navy or Army. <br><br>
Officers belonging to the Germany Navy and not demobilised must
engage to serve till the age of forty-five, unless discharged for
sufficient reasons. <br><br>
No officer or man of the German mercantile marine shall receive any
training in the Navy.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 195.
<br><br>
In order to ensure free passage into the Baltic to all nations,
Germany shall not erect any fortifications in the area comprised
between latitudes 55&#176; 27' N. and 54&#176; 00' N. and
longitudes 9&#176; 00' E. and 16&#176; 00' E. of the meridian of
Greenwich, nor install any guns commanding the maritime routes
between the North Sea and the Baltic. The fortifications now
existing in this area shall be demolished and the guns removed
under the supervisions of the Allied Governments and in periods to
be fixed by them.
<br><br>
The German Government shall place at the disposal of the
Governments of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers all
information now in its possession concerning the channels and
adjoining waters between the Baltic and the North Sea.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 196.
<br><br>
All fortified works and fortifications, other than those mentioned
in Section XIII (Heligoland) of Part III (Political Clauses for
Europe) and in Article 195, now established within fifty kilometres
of the German coast or on German islands off that coast shall be
considered as of a defensive nature and may remain in their
existing condition.
<br><br>
No new fortifications shall be constructed within these limits. The
armament of these defences shall not exceed, as regards the number
and calibre of guns, those in position at the date of the coming
into force of the present Treaty. The German Government shall
communicate forthwith particulars thereof to all the European
Governments.
<br><br>
On the expiration of a period of two months from the coming into
force of the present Treaty the stocks of ammunition for these guns
shall be reduced to and maintained at a maximum figure of fifteen
hundred rounds per piece for calibres of 4.1-inch and under, and
five hundred rounds per piece for higher calibres. <br><br>

ARTICLE 197.
<br><br>
During the three months following the coming into force of the
present Treaty the German high-power wireless telegraphy stations
at Nauen, Hanover and Berlin shall not be used for the transmission
of messages concerning naval, military or political questions of
interest to Germany or any State which has been allied to Germany
in the war, without the assent of the Governments of the Principal
Allied and Associated Powers. These stations may be used for
commercial purposes, but only under the supervision of the said
Governments, who will decide the wavelength to be used.
<br><br>
During the same period Germany shall not build any more high-power
wireless telegraphy stations in her own territory or that of
Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria or Turkey.
<br><br>
SECTION III.
<br><br>
AIR CLAUSES.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 198.
<br><br>
The armed forces of Germany must not include any military or naval
air forces. <br><br>
Germany may, during a period not extending beyond October 1, 1919,
maintain a maximum number of one hundred seaplanes or flying boats,
which shall be exclusively employed in searching for submarine
mines, shall be furnished with the necessary equipment for this
purpose, and shall in no case carry arms, munitions or bombs of any
nature whatever.
<br><br>
In addition to the engines installed in the seaplanes or flying
boats above mentioned, one spare engine may be provided for each
engine of each of these craft.
<br><br>
No dirigible shall be kept.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 199.
<br><br>
Within two months from the coming into force of the present Treaty
the personnel of air forces on the rolls of the German land and sea
forces shall be demobilised. Up to October 1, 1919, however,
Germany may keep and maintain a total number of one thousand men,
including officers, for the whole of the cadres and personnel,
flying and non-flying, of all formations and establishments. <br><br>
ARTICLE 200.
<br><br>
Until the complete evacuation of German territory by the Allied and
Associated troops, the aircraft of the Allied and Associated Powers
shall enjoy in Germany freedom of passage through the air, freedom
of transit and of landing. <br><br>

ARTICLE 201.
<br><br>
During the six months following the coming into force of the
present Treaty, the manufacture and importation of aircraft, parts
of aircraft, engines for aircraft, and parts of engines for
aircraft, shall be forbidden in all German territory. <br><br>

ARTICLE 202.
<br><br>
On the coming into force of the present Treaty, all military and
naval aeronautical material, except the machines mentioned in the
second and third paragraphs of Article 198, must be delivered to
the Governments of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers.
<br><br>
Delivery must be effected at such places as the said Governments
may select, and must be completed within three months.
<br><br>
In particular, this material will include all items under the
following heads which are or have been in use or were designed for
warlike purposes: <br><br>
Complete aeroplanes and seaplanes, as well as those being
manufactured, repaired or assembled.
<br><br>
Dirigibles able to take the air, being manufactured, repaired or
assembled. <br><br>
Plant for the manufacture of hydrogen.
<br><br>
Dirigible sheds and shelters of every kind for aircraft. <br><br>
Pending their delivery, dirigibles will, at the expense of Germany,
be maintained inflated with hydrogen; the plant for the manufacture
of hydrogen, as well as the sheds for dirigibles may at the
discretion of the said Powers, be left to Germany until the time
when the dirigibles are handed over.
<br><br>
Engines for aircraft.
<br><br>
Nacelles and fuselages.
<br><br>
Armament (guns, machine guns, light machine guns, bombdropping
apparatus, torpedo-dropping apparatus, synchronisation apparatus,
aiming apparatus). <br><br>
Munitions (cartridges, shells, bombs loaded or unloaded, stocks of
explosives or of material for their manufacture).
<br><br>
Instruments for use on aircraft.
<br><br>
Wireless apparatus and photographic or cinematograph apparatus for
use on aircraft.
<br><br>
Component parts of any of the items under the preceding heads. <br><br>
The material referred to above shall not be removed without special
permission from the said Governments.
<br><br>
SECTION IV.
<br><br>
INTER-ALLIED COMMISSIONS OF CONTROL.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 203.
<br><br>
All the military, naval and air clauses contained in the present
Treaty, for the execution of which a time-limit is prescribed,
shall be executed by Germany under the control of Inter-Allied
Commissions specially appointed for this purpose by the Principal
Allied and Associated Powers.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 204.
<br><br>
The Inter-Allied Commissions of Control will be specially charged
with the duty of seeing to the complete execution of the delivery,
destruction, demolition and rendering things useless to be carried
out at the expense of the German Government in accordance with the
present Treaty.
<br><br>
They will communicate to the German authorities the decisions which
the Principal Allied and Associated Powers have reserved the right
to take, or which the execution of the military, naval and air
clauses may necessitate. <br><br>
ARTICLE 205.
<br><br>
The Inter-Allied Commissions of Control may establish their
organisations at the seat of the central German Government.
<br><br>
They shall be entitled as often as they think desirable to proceed
to any point whatever in German territory, or to send
subcommissions, or to authorise one or more of their members to go,
to any such point.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 206.
<br><br>
The German Government must give all necessary facilities for the
accomplishment of their missions to the Inter-Allied Commissions of
Control and to their members.
<br><br>
It shall attach a qualified representative to each Inter-Allied
Commission of Control for the purpose of receiving the
communications which the Commission may have to address to the
German Government and of supplying or procuring for the Commission
all information or documents which may be required. <br><br>
The German Government must in all cases furnish at its own cost all
labour and material required to effect the deliveries and the works
of destruction, dismantling, demolition, and of rendering things
useless, provided for in the present Treaty.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 207.
<br><br>
The upkeep and cost of the Commissions of Control and the expenses
involved by their work shall be borne by Germany.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 208.
<br><br>
The Military Inter-Allied Commission of Control will represent the
Governments of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers in
dealing with the German Government in all matters concerning the
execution of the military clauses. <br><br>
In particular it will be its duty to receive from the German
Government the notifications relating to the location of the stocks
and depots of munitions, the armament of the fortified works,
fortresses and forts which Germany is allowed to retain, and the
location of the works or factories for the production of arms,
munitions and war material and their operations.
<br><br>
It will take delivery of the arms, munitions and war material, will
select the points where such delivery is to be effected, and will
supervise the works of destruction, demolition, and of rendering
things useless, which are to be carried out in accordance with the
present Treaty.
<br><br>
The German Government must furnish to the Military Inter-Allied
Commission of Control all such information and documents as the
latter may deem necessary to ensure the complete execution of the
military clauses, and in particular all legislative and
administrative documents and regulations. <br><br>
ARTICLE 209.
<br><br>
The Naval Inter-Allied Commission of Control will represent the
Governments of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers in
dealing with the German Government in all matters concerning the
execution of the naval clauses. <br><br>
In particular it will be its duty to proceed to the building yards
and to supervise the breaking-up of the ships which are under
construction there, to take delivery of all surface ships or
submarines, salvage ships, docks and the tubular docks, and to
supervise the destruction and breaking-up provided for. <br><br>
The German Government must furnish to the Naval Inter-Allied
Commission of Control all such information and documents as the
Commission may deem necessary to ensure the complete execution of
the naval clauses, in particular the designs of the warships, the
composition of their armaments, the details and models of the guns,
munitions, torpedoes, mines, explosives, wireless telegraphic
apparatus and, in general, everything relating to naval war
material, as well as all legislative or administrative documents or
regulations. <br><br>
ARTICLE 210.
<br><br>
The Aeronautical Inter-Allied Commission of Control will represent
the Governments of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers in
dealing with the German Government in all matters concerning the
execution of the air clauses. <br><br>
In particular it will be its duty to make an inventory of the
aeronautical material existing in German territory, to inspect
aeroplane, balloon and motor manufactories, and factories producing
arms, munitions and explosives capable of being used by aircraft,
to visit all aerodromes, sheds, landing grounds, parks and depots,
to authorise, where necessary, a removal of material and to take
delivery of such material.
<br><br>
The German Government must furnish to the Aeronautical Inter-Allied
Commission of Control all such information and legislative,
administrative or other documents which the Commission may consider
necessary to ensure the complete execution of the air clauses, and
in particular a list of the personnel belonging to all the German
Air Services, and of the existing material, as well as of that in
process of manufacture or on order, and a list of all
establishments working for aviation, of their positions, and of all
sheds and landing grounds. <br><br>

SECTION V.
<br><br>
GENERAL ARTICLES.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 211.
<br><br>
After the expiration of a period of three months from the coming
into force of the present Treaty, the German laws must have been
modified and shall be maintained by the German Government in
conformity with this Part of the present Treaty.
<br><br>
Within the same period all the administrative or other measures
relating to the execution of this Part of the Treaty must have been
taken. <br><br>
ARTICLE 212.
<br><br>
The following portions of the Armistice of November 11, 1918
Article VI, the first two and the sixth and seventh paragraphs of
Article VII; Article IX; Clauses I, II and V of Annex n&#176; 2,
and the Protocol, dated April 4, 1919, supplementing the Armistice
of November 11, 1918, remain in force so far as they are not
inconsistent with the above stipulations.
<br><br>
ARTICLE 213.
<br><br>
So long as the present Treaty remains in force, Germany undertakes
to give every facility for any investigation which the Council of
the League of Nations, acting if need be by a majority vote, may
consider necessary.
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