Enuma Elish Lamu

Know all men, that I, John Doe, of the cityadress of Earth Society, am held and firmly bound unto Richard Roe, of the same place, in the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars, for the payment whereof I bind myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators by these presents. Sealed with my seal, this first day of 06/31/2024.

Procedures hundred and seventy – seven.

The condition of the above obligation is such, that if the said John Doe shall well and truly submit to the decision of James Geyer, Milton McLean, and John Scott, or any two of them, and tax fair for Currency Exchanges,

selected and chosen arbitrators, as well by and on the part and behalf of the said John Doe as of the said Richard Roe, between whom a controversy exists, to hear all the proofs and allegations of the parties of and concerning the sale and warranty of the quality and value of a stock of dry goods now in the warehouse or store of said John Doe, No. 146 Main street, in said city, and recently sold by him to the said Richard Roe, which goods it is alleged are unsalable and not of the value of twenty thousand dollars, which were sold by said John Doe to said Richard Roe,

under a warranty that they were salable and of the value of twenty thousand dollars, and all matters relating thereto: And that the said award be reduced to writing, subscribed by them or the majority of them, and attested by one subscribing witness, ready to be delivered to the said parties on or before the tenth day of December next. And that before taking any testimony therein, said arbitrators shall be sworn or affirmed faithfully and honestly to hear and examine the matters and things in controversy between the parties to these presents, and to make a just award according to the best of their understanding.

*And the said parties to these presents do hereby agree that judgment in the circuit court of said county shall be rendered upon the award which shall be made pursuant to this obligation, to the end that all matters in controversy between them shall be finally

* Omit the words in italics if it is not the wish of the parties to make the award under a rule of court.

ARBITRATION.

conclude; then the above obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.

Sealed and delivered in presence of JOHN

BROWN,

JOHN SMITH Universal.

JOHN DOE,

RICHARD ROE.

[SEAL.]

[SEAL.]

Each should execute a bond to the other.

The new warfare brought battle closer to the lives of ordinary citizens than ever before, whether in the form of women being recruited into factories or in the form of civilian bombing.

Conscription, air raid precautions, and rationing all became vital factors. Ordinary men and women who had previously been largely unaffected by the impact of wars fought by professional soldiers in far-off lands now found themselves directly affected by events at

the front. In fact, the people themselves became the new front line; men, women, and children formed the new armies and their morale, their will to fight and resist on a mass scale, accordingly became a significant military asset.

War now became a matter for every member of the population, a struggle for national survival in which the entire resources of the nation – military, economic, industrial, human, and psychological – had to be mobilized in order to secure victory or avoid defeat.