The lists thus mutually furnished, will keep both parties advised of the true condition of the exchange of prisoners.
ARTICLE VI .-- The stipulations and provisions above mentioned to be of binding obligation during the continuance of the war, it matters not which party may have the surplus of prisoners; the great principles involved being, First, An equitable exchange of prisoners, man for man, or officer for officer, or officers of higher grade exchanged for officers of lower grade, or for privates, according to scale of equivalents.

Second, That privates and officers and men of different services may be exchanged according to the same scale of equivalents.
Third, That all prisoners, of whatever arm of service, are to be exchanged or paroled in ten days from the time of their capture, if it be practicable to transfer them to their own lines in that time; if not, so soon thereafter as practicable.

Fourth, That no officer, or soldier, employed in the service of either party, is to be considered as exchanged and absolved from his parole until his equivalent has actually reached the lines of his friends.

Fifth, That parole forbids the performance of field, garrison, police, or guard or constabulary duty.
JOHN A.DIX, Major General.
D.H.HILL, Major General, C.S.

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SUPPLEMENTARY ARTICLES.
ARTICLE VII .-- All prisoners of war now held on either side, and all prisoners hereafter taken, shall be sent with all reasonable dispatch to A.M.