tee shall organize itself in the manner which may appear
  to it as the most useful and expedient.

  ART. 2. Sections, unlimited in number, shall be formed, in order to
  second the committee, to which the general direction will belong.

  ART. 3. Every committee shall place itself in communication with the
  government of its own country, in order that its offers of
  assistance, in case of need, may be accepted.

  ART. 4. In time of peace the committees and sections shall be
  occupied with the means to make themselves really useful in time of
  war, especially in preparing material aid of every kind, and in
  endeavoring to train and instruct volunteer nurses.

  ART. 5. In the event of war, the committees of the belligerent
  nations shall furnish relief to their respective armies in
  proportion to their resources; in particular, they shall organize
  and place the volunteer nurses on an active footing, and, in
  conjunction with the military authority, they shall arrange places
  for the reception of the wounded.

  They shall solicit the assistance of the committees belonging to
  neutral nations.

  ART. 6. On the demand, or with the concurrence, of the military
  authority, the committees shall send volunteer nurses to the field
  of battle. They shall there place them under the direction of the
  military chiefs.

  ART. 7. The volunteer nurses employed with armies shall be provided,
  by their respective committees, with everything necessary for their
  maintenance.

  ART. 8. They shall wear, in all countries, a white band around the
  arm with a Red Cross upon it, as a distinctive and uniform badge.

  ART. 9. The committees and sections of the different countries shall
  meet in International Conference, in order to communicate to each
  other the results of their experience, and to decide on the measures
  to be adopted for the advancement of the work.

  ART. 10. The exchange of communications between the committees of
  the different nations shall be made provisionally through the medium
  of t