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equivalent rank. 509 Titles and ranks that are subsequently created shall form the subject ofsimilar communications. 5109.22.4.2 Recognition of Promotions in Rank. Promotions in rank of POWs thathave been accorded to POWs and that have been duly notified by the Power on which the POWsdepend shall be recognized. 5119.22.5 Posting of Convention and Camp Orders. In every POW camp the text of theGPW and its Annexes, and the contents of any applicable special agreements, shall be posted, inthe POWs’ own language, in places where all may read them. 512 The POWs’ own languagemeans an official language of the State to which they belong. 513 Copies shall be supplied, onrequest, to the POWs who cannot have access to the posted copy. 514Regulations, orders, notices, and publications of every kind relating to the conduct ofPOWs shall be issued to them in a language that they understand. 515 Such regulations, orders,and publications shall be posted in the same manner as the GPW, and copies shall be handed tothe POW Representative. 516 Every order and command addressed to POWs individually mustlikewise be given in a language that they understand. 5179.22.6 Use of Force to Maintain Order and to Prevent Escape. The use of weaponsagainst POWs, especially against those who are escaping or attempting to escape, shall constitutean extreme measure, which shall always be preceded by warnings appropriate to the509 GPW art. 43 (“Upon the outbreak of hostilities, the Parties to the conflict shall communicate to one another thetitles and ranks of all the persons mentioned in Article 4 of the present Convention, in order to ensure equality oftreatment between prisoners of equivalent rank.”).510 GPW art. 43 (“Titles and ranks which are subsequently created shall form the subject of similarcommunications.”).511 GPW art. 43 (“The Detaining Power shall recognize promotions in rank which have been accorded to prisonersof war and which have been duly notified by the Power on which these prisoners depend.”).512 GPW art. 41 (“In every camp the text of the present Convention and its Annexes and the contents of any specialagreement provided for in Article 6, shall be posted, in the prisoners' own language, in places where all may readthem.”).513 See GPW COMMENTARY 244 (“The 1929 Convention made the situation still more difficult by stipulating that thetext must be posted ‘in the native language of the prisoners of war’; the present Article refers merely to ‘theprisoners’ own language’, this being the official language of the prisoners’ country of origin-the language used inthat country for official records and the publication of legislation. Where there is more than one official language inthe country of origin, the Convention should, if possible, be posted in the language actually used by the prisonersconcerned.”).514 GPW art. 41 (“Copies shall be supplied, on request, to the prisoners who cannot have access to the copy whichhas been posted.”).515 GPW art. 41 (“Regulations, orders, notices and publications of every kind relating to the conduct of prisoners ofwar shall be issued to them in a language which they understand.”).516 GPW art. 41 (“Such regulations, orders and publications shall be posted in the manner described above andcopies shall be handed to the prisoners’ representative.”).517 GPW art. 41 (“Every order and command addressed to prisoners of war individually must likewise be given in alanguage which they understand.”).581