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15.18.1.2 Personnel or Material of War Accompanying the Wounded or Sick. Aneutral State permitting the passage of sick and wounded into and through its territory must takemeasures of safety and control to ensure that combatants or military supplies do not accompanythem. If combatants accompany the passage of the wounded and sick, they should beinterned. 360 Similarly, any military supplies must be seized and placed in safe custody until theend of the conflict. 361Medical personnel and materials necessary for the care of the wounded and sick of aconvoy of evacuation may be permitted to accompany the convoy. 36215.18.1.3 Wounded and Sick POWs Brought Into Neutral Territory UnderAuthorized Ground Transports. Wounded and sick POWs brought by one of the belligerents aspart of a convoy of evacuation that is granted passage through neutral territory, and belonging tothe hostile party, must be guarded by the neutral State so as to ensure they do not take part againin the operations of the war. 363Thus, wounded and sick and POWs brought into neutral territory by the Detaining Poweras part of a convoy of evacuation granted right of passage through neutral territory are not treatedlike escaping POWs or POWs brought by belligerent forces seeking asylum in neutral territory(i.e., transported to their own country or liberated). 364 Instead, they are treated like otherwounded, sick, and shipwrecked combatants who are received within neutral territory, and theymust be guarded by the neutral State. 36515.18.1.4 Wounded and Sick Combatants Committed to the Care of the NeutralState. Wounded and sick combatants brought under these conditions into neutral territory by oneof the belligerents, and who do not simply pass through neutral territory but are committed to theLuxembourg took the opposite view and granted it. Under international law, Luxembourg was correct in itsreasoning but, in view of the cogent arguments put forward by France, Belgium was right in its decision.”).360 Refer to § 15.16.1.2 (Neutral Duty to Disarm and Intern the Belligerent Forces).361 Refer to § 15.16.5 (Military Equipment and Supplies of Belligerent Forces Taking Refuge).362 1956 FM 27-10 (Change No. 1 1976) 545 (“Medical personnel and materials necessary for the care of the sickand wounded of a convoy of evacuation, permitted to pass through neutral territory under Article 14, H. V (par.539), may be permitted to accompany the convoy.”).363 HAGUE V art. 14 (“The wounded and sick brought under these conditions into neutral territory by one of thebelligerents, and belonging to the hostile party, must be guarded by the neutral Power so as to ensure their not takingpart again in the operations of the war.”).364 1956 FM 27-10 (Change No. 1 1976) 543 (“Sick and wounded prisoners of war brought into neutral territory bythe Detaining Power as part of a convoy of evacuation granted right of passage through neutral territory may not betransported to their own country or liberated, as are prisoners of war escaping into, or brought by troops seekingasylum in neutral territory, but must be detained by the neutral power, subject to the provisions contained inparagraphs 188 through 196.”).365 Refer to § 15.16.2 (Neutral Reception of the Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked).992