REPORT OF THE DELEGATION DELEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE HONORABLE SECRETARY OF STATE. SIR: The delegates appointed by the President to represent the United States at the conference for the revision of the Geneva Convention of August 22, 1864, beg leave to submit the following report. Their selection was accomplished in appropriate letters of designation, issued by the Department of State under date of April 26, 1906, and the delegation, as so designated, was composed of the following persons: Hon. William Cary Sanger; Rear-Admiral Charles S. Sperry, U. S. Navy, President of the Naval War College; Brig. Gen. George B. Davis, Judge-Advocate-General, U. S. Army; Brig. Gen. Robert Maitland O'Reilly, Surgeon-General, U. S. Army. Lieut. Daniel W. Wurtsbaugh, U. S. Navy, a member of the staff of the Naval War College at Newport, R. I., was designated by the Secretary of State to accompany the delegation in the capacity of Technical Assistant and Special Disbursing Officer. The members of the delegation assembled at Geneva, Switzerland, on Sunday, June 10, 1906, and established themselves in quarters convenient to the apartments in the Hotel de Ville which had been set apart by the cantonal authorities of Geneva as a place for the meetings of the conference. The opening session of the conference was held in the Assembly Hall of the University of Geneva at 4 p. m. on June 11, 1906, when the general body of delegates was called to order by the Hon. Louis Forrer, President of the Swiss Confederation. The delegates were welcomed by President Forrer in behalf of the Swiss Confederation and by M. Henry Fazy, President of the Council of State, in behalf of the city and Canton of Geneva. An appropriate response to the addresses of welcome was made by His Excellency M. Revoil, the ambassador of the French Republic at Berne, upon whose motion the Hon. Edouard Odier, the first Swiss delegate to the conference and minister plenipotentiary of Switzerland at St. Petersburg, was unanimously chosen as president of the conference. President Odier, at the close of the felicitous address with which the proceedings of the conference were formally opened, named M. Gustave Moynier, an honored citizen of Geneva, who had been deeply interested in the organization of the original Red Cross Society, as the honorary president of the conference. The first plenary session of the conference was held in the Grand Council Hall of the Hotel de Ville at 2 p. m. on June 12. At this meeting, after a short address by M. Moynier, the honorary president of the conference, the roll of delegates was called and the names and official designations of the representatives of the several powers were announced. M. Vincent, the second delegate of Switzerland, was chosen vice-president, and the composition of the secretariat and administration of the conference was fixed upon and completed. The following is the composition of the delegations representing the thirty-five powers which participated in the conference: President of the Conference: The Hon. Edouard Odier, Minister of the Swiss Confederation to St. Petersburg. Honorary President of the Conference: M. Gustave Moynier of Geneva, Switzerland. Vice-President of the Conference: M. Vincent, National Federal Council of Switzerland. Argentine Republic: His Excellency Mr. Moreno, Envoy Extraordinary and Mr. Molina Salas, Consul-General in Switzerland. Austria-Hungary: His Excellency Mr. Heidler, Baron of Egeregg and Syrgen- Mr. Joseph d'Uriel (Chevalier), Chief Surgeon of the Im- Dr. Alfred Schücking, Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel, Chief Belgium: Colonel Count de T'Serclaes, General Staff, Chief of Staff of the Fourth Military Circumscription; Dr. A. Delterne, Regimental Surgeon of Carbineers. Brazil: Dr. Carlos Lemgruber-Kropf, Chargé d'Affaires at Berne; Col. Roberto Trompowski, Engineer Corps, Military Attaché to the Brazilian Legation at Berne. Bulgaria: Dr. Marin Rousseff, Chief Medical Director; Chile: His Excellency Mr. Edwards, Envoy Extraordinary and Mr. Charles Ackerman, Consul from Chile to Geneva. China: His Excellency Mr. Lou Tseng Tsiang, Envoy Extraordinary Mr. Ou Wen Tai, Secretary of Legation at The Hague; Congo: The delegates from Belgium are also the representatives of the Congo. Corea: The delegates from Japan also represent Corea. Denmark: Mr. Laub, Surgeon-General, Chief of the Army Medical France: His Excellency Mr. Révoil, Ambassador to Berne; Mr. Louis Renault, Minister Plenipotentiary, Jurisconsult of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Professor at the "Faculté de droit," Paris. Colonel Olivier (Staff certificate), Reserve Artillery, Scien- Dr. Pauzat, Chief Surgeon of the Second Class, Scientific Germany: His Excellency Mr. A. de Bülow, Chamberlain and Privy Councilor, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Berne; Brig. Gen. Baron de Manteuffel; Dr. Villaret, Medical Inspector, Surgeon-General (with rank Dr. Zorn, Privy Councilor of Justice, Professor of Law at the Great Britain and Ireland: Maj. Gen. Sir John Ardagh, K. C. M. G., K. C. I. E., C. B.; Sir John Furley, C. B.; Lieut. Col. W. G. Macpherson, C. M. G., Royal Army Medical Corps; Lieut. Col. J. É. Edmonds, General Staff, Secretary of Legation. Greece: Mr. Michel Kebedgy, Professor of International Law at the Guatemala: Mr. Manuel Arroyo, Charge d'Affaires at Paris; The Netherlands: Lieut. Gen. Jonkheer J. C. C. den Beer Poortugael (retired), Col. A. A. J. Quanjer, Chief Medical Officer, First Class. Honduras: M. Oscar Hæpfl, Consul at Berne. Italy: Marquis Roger Maurigi di Castel Maurigi, ex-Deputy, Vice- Surg. Maj. Gen. Giovanni Randone, Inspector, Medical Mr. Vannutelli (Chevalier), Attaché of the Legation of His Japan: His Excellency Mr. Tsunetada Kato, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Brussels; Colonel of Infantry Motojiro Akashi; Dr. Eijiro Haga, Chief Surgeon of the First Class (with rank Commander Prince Saneteru Itchijo (rank of Lieutenant- Mr. Masanosuke Akiyama, LL. D., Counselor at Law for Luxemburg: The Belgian delegates also represent the Grand Duchy of Mexico: Maj. Gen. José Maria Pérez. Montenegro: The delegates from Switzerland also represent the Principality of Montenegro. Nicaragua: The delegate from Honduras also represents the State of Norway: Peru: Capt. Daae, of the Medical Corps of the Norwegian Army. Mr. Gustavo de la Fuente, First Secretary of the Peruvian Persia: His Excellency Mr. Samad Khan Momtaz-os-Saltaneh, Portugal: His Excellency Mr. Alberto d'Oliveira, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Berne; Colonel of Infantry José Nicolau Raposo-Botelho, exDeputy, Superintendent of the Royal Military College at Lisbon. Roumania: Mr. Nicolas Ghica, Minister Plenipotentiary, General Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Dr. Sache Stephanesco, Colonel of Reserves. Russia: His Excellency Mr. de Martens, Privy Councilor, Life Mem- Major-General Yermoloff, of the General Staff of Russia; Mr. de Wreden, State Councilor and Fellow of the Imperial Lieut. Col. J. Owtchinnikoff, Professor of International Law Mr. A. Goutchkoff, Red Cross Delegate; Mr. Nicolas de Martens, Secretary of the Delegation. San Salvador: Mr. Pedro J. Matheu, Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General Mr. Santiago Pérez Triana, Chargé d'Affaires and Consul- Servia: Mr. Milan Markovitch, General Secretary of the Department of Justice; Dr. Sondermayer, Colonel, and Chief of the Medical Division of the Ministry of War. Siam: Prince Charoon, Chargé d'Affaires at Paris; Mr. Corragioni d'Orelli, Counselor of the Legation at Paris. Spain: His Excellency Count Silverio de Baguer y Corsi, Minister Col. Don José Jofre Montojo, General Staff, Aide-de-Camp Don Joaquin Cortes Bayona, First-Class Assistant Inspector of the Army Medical Corps. Sweden: Mr. Sörensen (O. P.), Chief Surgeon of the Second Division of the Army. Switzerland: Mr. Odier, Minister to Russia; Dr. Vincent, National Counselor at Geneva; Colonel Mürset, Chief Surgeon of the Federal Army. United States: Mr. William Cary Sanger, ex-Assistant Secretary of War; Brig. Gen. Robert M. O'Reilly, Surgeon-General of the Army; Lieut. D. W. Wurtsbaugh, U. S. Navy, Scientific Expert. Uruguay: Mr. Alexandre Herosa, Chargé d'Affaires at Paris. |