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ARTICLE-43     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Upon the outbreak of hostilities, the Parties to the conflict shall communicate to one another the titles and ranks of all the persons mentioned in Article 4 of the present Convention, in order to ensure equality of treatment between prisoners of equivalent rank. Titles and ranks which are subsequently created shall form the subject of similar communications. ...


ARTICLE-60     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Category II: Sergeants and other non-commissioned officers, or prisoners of equivalent rank: twelve Swiss francs. ...
... Category III: Warrant officers and commissioned officers below the rank of major or prisoners of equivalent rank: fifty Swiss francs. ...
... Category IV: Majors, lieutenant-colonels, colonels or prisoners of equivalent rank: sixty Swiss francs. ...
... Category V: General officers or prisoners of equivalent rank: seventy-five Swiss francs. ...