The Convention intended in this later _Reglement_ is, of course, that of 1906, for the numerous Powers which have already ratified it, since for them it has superseded that of 1864.

The British ratification, of April 16, 1907, was subject to a reservation, the necessity for which was intended to be removed by 1 & 2 Geo.

5, c.

20, as to which, see _supra_, p, 37.

The later is somewhat wider in scope than the earlier Convention, its recital referring to "the sick," as well as to the wounded, and its first article naming not only "les militaires," but also "les autres personnes officiellement attachees aux armees." With a view to the expected meeting of the Conference by which the Convention was signed in 1906, Mr.Pike and his friends again, in 1903, pressed upon the British Government their desire that the new Convention should extend protection to persons engaged in relieving the sufferings of wounded horses.
The British delegates to the Conference, however, who had already been appointed, and were holding meetings in preparation for it, were not prepared to advise the insertion of provisions for this purpose in the revised Convention of Geneva.
"The principles of the Geneva Convention" of 1864 were applied to naval warfare by The Hague Convention No.iii.of 1899, and those of the Geneva Convention of 1906 by The Hague Convention No.x.of 1907 respectively.