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ehind enemy lines or a submarine may not have the capability to receive and care for largenumbers of injured personnel. 807.4.5 Collection and Care of the Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked by Civilians.7.4.5.1 Requests for Civilian Volunteers to Collect and Care for the Wounded,Sick, and Shipwrecked. The military authorities may appeal to the charity of the inhabitantsvoluntarily to collect and care for, under their direction, the wounded, sick, and shipwrecked,granting persons who have responded to this appeal the necessary protection and facilities. 81Should the adverse party take or retake control of the area, that party shall likewise grant thesepersons the same protection and the same facilities. 827.4.5.2 Spontaneous Collection and Care for the Wounded, Sick, and Shipwreckedby Inhabitants and Relief Societies. The military authorities shall permit the inhabitants andrelief societies, even in invaded or occupied areas, spontaneously to collect and care for woundedor sick of whatever nationality. 83 The civilian population shall respect these wounded and sick,and in particular abstain from offering them violence. 847.4.5.3 Prohibition on Molestation or Conviction for Nursing the Wounded orSick. No one shall ever be molested or convicted for having nursed the wounded or sick. 85 Forexample, persons should not be prosecuted for offenses of aiding the enemy because they tendedto wounded members of enemy military forces.7.4.6 Collection and Care of the Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked by Neutral Vessels.The parties to the conflict may appeal to the charity of commanders of neutral merchant vessels,80 See also GWS-SEA COMMENTARY 131 (“Of course, one cannot always require certain fighting ships, such as fasttorpedo-boats and submarines, to collect in all circumstances the crews of ships which they have sunk, for they willoften have inadequate equipment and insufficient accommodation. Submarines stay at sea for a long time andsometimes they neither wish nor are able to put in at a port where they could land the persons whom they havecollected. Generally speaking, one cannot lay down an absolute rule that the commander of a warship must engagein rescue operations if, by doing so, he would expose his vessel to attack.”). Refer to § 13.7.2 (Different Applicationof Law of War Rules in the Context of Submarine Warfare).81 GWS art. 18 (“The military authorities may appeal to the charity of the inhabitants voluntarily to collect and carefor, under their direction, the wounded and sick, granting persons who have responded to this appeal the necessaryprotection and facilities.”).82 GWS art. 18 (“Should the adverse Party take or retake control of the area, he shall likewise grant these persons thesame protection and the same facilities.”).83 GWS art. 18 (“The military authorities shall permit the inhabitants and relief societies, even in invaded oroccupied areas, spontaneously to collect and care for wounded or sick of whatever nationality.”).84 GWS art. 18 (“The civilian population shall respect these wounded and sick, and in particular abstain fromoffering them violence.”).85 GWS art. 18 (“No one shall ever be molested or convicted for having nursed the wounded or sick.”).423