leber in turn called his work a cold for the government of army. the war department issued it as generals order number 100 and it was known as the leber code. it was designed to codify the laws of war and particularly as it pertained to the interactions between civilians and soldiers. one of the most significant sections of the code are articles 14 through 16 which are very carefully delineate military necessity. leber has a broader definition of that that deplores acts of vengeance and cruelty but allowed for the making of war on civilians in specific situations. there is a tension internal to the code over what is military necessity and what is going to far. he does explain further in article 17. war not carried on by armies alone, it is lawful to starve the hostile, belligerent armed or unarmed so it leads to the speed your subjection of the enemy. he talks about also in a later article, the citizen or native of a hostile country is thus an enemy as one of the constituents of the hostile nation. and is subject to the hardships of war. it is clea