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Excerpt from The Laws and Usages of War at Sea: A Naval War Code Article 1. The general object of war is to pro cure the complete submission of the enemy at the earliest possible period, with the least expenditure of life and property. The Special objects of maritime war are: The capture or destruction of the military and naval forces of the enemy; of his fortifications, arsenals, dry docks and dockyards;. Of his various military and naval establishments, and of his maritime com merce; to prevent his procuring war material from neutral sources; to aid and assist military opera tions on land, and to protect and defend the national territory, property, and sea-borne commerce. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.