Article 9. (Pour mémoire.-Should material or effectives be placed at the disposal of the League of Nations, a clause would be inserted relating to the employment of these effectives and material for the assistance provided for in the present Pact.) Article 10. Such of the High Contracting Parties as are members of the League of Nations undertake to accede, if they have not already done so, to the Convention for Financial Assistance, signed at Geneva on October 2nd, 1930, such accession to take effect as from the date of the entry into force of the Convention for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments. Article 11. Any treaty which may be concluded with a view to laying down fresh obligations of assistance in case of aggression shall be included in the present Pact after being published by and registered with the Secretariat of the League of Nations. Article 12. The High Contracting Parties shall state, on signing the present Pact, whether their signatures apply: (a) To the Pact as a whole (Chapter I and Chapter II); Article 13. European States which are not signatories of the present Pact may accede to it under the same conditions. States bound by the obligations of Chapter II shall determine by common agreement with the States adhering to the said chapter the methods of application of paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 7. ARTICLE 6 OF THE CONVENTION. The High Contracting Parties recognize that the provisions of Annex Y of the present Convention are likely to contribute to the maintenance of peace, and accordingly agree to base thereon any decisions which they may have to take, particularly in the Permanent Disarmament Commission, with a view to preventing any breach of the Pact of Paris by a Power which has signed Annex Y, determining the responsibility should such a breach occur and fixing the consequences. The High Contracting Parties agree to refrain from any action. which might hamper the application of the measures to be taken in the cases provided for by Articles 4, 5 and 6 of Annex Y and not to recognise any de facto situation brought about by the breach of an international obligation on the part of a State recognised as the aggressor in application of the provisions of the said annex. The High Contracting Parties Members of the League of Nations also undertake to comply with the provisions of Article 6 of the said annex as regards the application of Article 16 of the Covenant of the League of Nations to the signatories of the said annex. The High Contracting Parties Members of the League and signatories of the Convention for Financial Assistance, signed at Geneva on October 2nd, 1930, likewise undertake to comply with the provi sions of Article 6 of the said annex as regards the application of that Convention. PART II.-DISARMAMENT. ARTICLE 7. The High Contracting Parties agree to limit their respective armaments as provided in the present Convention. SECTION I.-EFFECTIVES. Chapter I.-Provisions as to Numerical Limitation. ARTICLE 8. The average daily effectives in the land, sea and air armed forces of each of the High Contracting Parties shall not exceed the figures laid down for such party in the tables annexed to this chapter. ARTICLE 9. It is understood that effectives consist of: (a) All officers, officer cadets, N. C. O.s, soldiers, sailors, airmen, reservists and all other persons (such as military officials of the administrative, sanitary or veterinary services or military agents) of equivalent status who perform a day's duty in the land, sea and air armed forces; (b) Persons who perform a day's duty in police forces or similar formations under the conditions prescribed in Article 12; (c) All other persons of at least 18 years of age who receive military training under the control of the State. Military training is taken to mean any training given to persons of at least 18 years of age under the military regulations in force in each country or under regulations containing similar provisions, with a view to preparing those who receive it for performing military duty in the armed forces. The main characteristics of this training are as follows: (1) Technical and tactical training in the use of the individual and other than individual arms used in war; (2) Training in field service over broken ground. Furthermore, in the examination of special cases, account will be taken, in particular, of the following criteria: (1) Theoretical (by map) and field training of cadres; (2) Use of military methods of communication and signalling. Physical and sports training in the strict sense of the term, for whatever purpose given, shall not be regarded as military training. ARTICLE 10. The High Contracting Parties undertake to prohibit any military training whatsoever, except in organisations under the control of their respective Government. ARTICLE 11. The average daily effectives are reckoned by dividing the total number of days' duty performed by actual effectives in each year by the number of days in such year. In the case of continuous service, every day shall count as a day's duty. A deduction of 5 per cent may in each case be made from the total average daily effectives on account of persons sick in hospital, persons on leave for two or more days and persons prematurely discharged on leave. Any party for which the above-mentioned absences represent a greater percentage may make a correspondingly larger deduction after furnishing to the Permanent Disarmament Commission details as to its basis of computation. In the case of intermittent service or instruction, attendances aggregating six hours may, for the calculation of the average daily effectives, count as the equivalent of one day's duty. ARTICLE 12. 1. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of this article, a police force or similar formation will be included in the total of effectives in Table I if it has one or more of the following characteristics: (a) Arms other than individual (machine-pistols, Lewis guns, machine-guns and weapons of accompaniment, etc.); (b) Training of a military nature other than close-order drill, physical training or technical training in the use of individual arms; (c) Transport, signalling or engineer equipment of a suitable nature and on a sufficient scale to enable it to be employed by units in tactical operations. The possession by a force of one or more of the above characteristics will, in principle, determine its inclusion in whole or in part in the calculation of effectives of the land armed forces. Cases which might appear doubtful after the present Convention comes into force should be referred to the Permanent Disarmament Commission, which will give a decision by reviewing the military capacity of the force in the light of the above characteristics and taking into account, in particular, the following confirmatory conditions: (i) Quartering in barracks; (2) Training groups of 100 men or more; (iii) Organisation on a military basis; (iv) Previous military training; (v) The possession of the arms referred to in subparagraph (a) above in such numbers as to permit of the tactical employment of the forces possessing them as military units. 2. Of the police force maintained by any High Contracting Party and possessing one or more of the characteristics set out in paragraph I of this article, a number not exceeding 10 per cent (see pages 453-455 of the Minutes of the General Commission) of the figure assigned to such party in Table I annexed to this chapter may be exempted from inclusion in the effectives of the land armed forces of such party. ARTICLE 13. The following naval effectives should be included among the effectives of the land armed forces: (a) Effectives employed in land coast defence; (b) Marines who are normally in excess of those assigned to, or destined for, service afloat; (c) Effectives coming within the classification of similar formations (as defined in Article 12). Naval personnel serving ashore in the fleet services (training, administrative, etc.), as well as those assigned to, or destined for, service afloat, will be included in the effectives of the sea armed forces. TABLE I. Table of Average Daily Effectives which are not to be exceeded in the Land Armed Forces. (Note. This table contains only the figures which are suggested for the countries of continental Europe. It would, of course, require to be completed by the addition of figures in respect of all the other parties.) Table of Average Daily Effectives which are not to be exceeded in the Sea Armed Forces. (The figures will have to be related to the naval material allowed to each party.) TABLE III. Table of Average Daily Effectives which are not to be exceeded in the Air Armed Forces. (The figures will have to be related to the air material allowed to each party.) Chapter 2.-Special Provisions as to the Organization of the Land Armed Forces Stationed in Continental Europe. ARTICLE 14. The provisions of this chapter apply only to the land armed forces stationed in continental Europe. ARTICLE 15. Troops whose primary function is to provide drafts or reinforcements for oversea garrisons are excluded from the provisions of this chapter. ARTICLE 16. The maximum total period of service for the effectives in the land armed forces stationed in continental Europe (excluding the troops mentioned in Article 15 above and the personnel referred to in Article 18) shall not exceed eight months. (Note. In special cases to be decided by the Conference, the maximum total period of service may be extended to twelve months.) ARTICLE 17. For each man the total period of service is the total number of days comprised in the different periods of service to which he is liable under national law or by the terms of his contract to perform. ARTICLE 18. In the land armed forces affected by this chapter the personnel. whose length of service is greater than that prescribed in Article 16 shall not at any time exceed the following proportions of the average strength throughout the year of the said forces: Officers, officer cadets and persons of equiva lent status: N. C. O. s, soldiers and persons of equivalent status: 1 y The High Contracting Parties undertake not to group into units the personnel referred to in this article except in the case of specialised units if provided for by the present Convention. Chapter 3.-Provisions as to the Methods By Which the Reductions and Reorganisations Entailed by the Preceding Chapters Shall Be Effected. ARTICLE A. The reductions in the average daily effectives in the land armed forces of the High Contracting Parties which result from Table 1 annexed to Chapter 1 shall be carried out as follows: By the end of the second year from the coming into force of the Convention, 30 per cent of the total reduction required; By the end of the fourth year from the coming into force of the Convention, 75 per cent of the total reduction required; By the end of the fifth year from the coming into force of the Convention, 100 per cent of the total reduction required. ARTICLE B. Any increases in the average daily effectives in the land armed forces of the High Contracting Parties which may result from Table I shall be carried out at a rate not exceeding that laid down in Article A for the reductions which result from the said table. |