ithout proving their mission or their individuality. (4)
Violation of the immunity due to those who come with this mission,
duly accredited, in the form prescribed by international law.

The following persons also commit military misdemeanours:--

(1) Those who endeavour to break up the union of the
revolutionists, fomenting rivalry between the chiefs, and forming
divisions and armed bands. (2) Those who collect taxes without
being duly authorized by Government, or misappropriate public
funds. (3) Those who, being armed, surrender to the enemy or
commit any act of cowardice before the same; and (4) Those who
sequester any person who has done no harm to the Revolution, or
violate women, or assassinate, or seriously wound any undefended
persons, or commit robbery or arson.

_Article_ 30.--Those who commit any of the above-named
misdemeanours shall be considered declared enemies of the
Revolution and shall be punished on the highest scale of punishment
provided for in the Spanish Penal Code. If the misdemeanour be
not provided for in the said code, the culprit shall be confined
until the Revolution has triumphed, unless his crime shall have
caused an irreparable injury which, in the opinion of the court,
would justify the imposition of capital punishment.

Additional Clauses

_Article_ 31.--The Government shall establish abroad a
Revolutionary Committee, composed of an indefinite number of
the most competent persons in the Philippine Archipelago. This
Committee shall be divided into three sections, viz.:--Of
diplomacy; of the navy; and of the army. The diplomatic section
shall negotiate with the foreign cabinets the recognition of
belligerency and Philippine independence. The naval section shall
be intrusted with the study and organization of a Philippine
navy and prepare the expeditions which the circumstances of the
Revolution may require. The army section shall study military
tactics and the best form of organizing staff, artillery and
engineer corps, and all that is necessary to put the Philippine
army on a footing of modern advancement.

_Article_ 32.--The Government shall dictate the necessary
instructions for the execution of the present decree.

_Article_ 33.--All decrees of the Dictatorial Government which
may be in opposition to the present one are h