Daily national Republican., 1863-11-21
OFFICIAL NOTICES.
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war DvfARTMENT,l
PRovosT MARSHAL GENERALS OrrILE,
WARRINGTON, Nov, 0. 1883. \

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WAR DyrAaTMENT,l
PRovosr MARSHAL GENERALS orrItE,
wAsHisoTos, Nov. ., 1855.
Circular No. 100. IT."
Paragraph s5 Of the RI sguiations for the govern.
ment ofthe Bureau OF tho Provost Marshal General
Of the United States is amended TO read follows
s.. The following diseases and innrmities are
those which disaualify for military service, and
for which only drafted men are to be "rjec'ed ss
physically mentally unnt for the service" vizi
I. Manifest imbecility.
2. Insanity. This includes well established recent
insanity with liability to recurrence,
D. Epilepsy. For this disability the statement Of
the drafted man 10 insufficient, and the fact
must he established by the duly attested
afidavit Of . physician In good standips,
who has attended him in the disease within
the six months Immediately preceding his
examination by the Board
I. Paralysis, general or Of one limb, or ehorea
their existence to be adequately determined.
Decided atrophy OF q limb.
g. Acute organic diseases Of the brain or spinal
cord OF the heart or lungs; Of the liver or
spleen Of the kidneys or bladder, which
have so seriously impaired his general health
as to leave no doubt Of tho mans incaPscit
for military service.
Q. Confirmed consumption. Incipient consump-
tion does not exempt.
7. Cancer, sneurism Of he large arteries.
8. Inveterate and extensive disease Of the skin,
such A. will necessarily impair his efficiency
as soldier.
0. Decided feebleness Of constitution, or deficient
size OF chest, suricient In degree to leave no
doubt OF the mans uniitness for military SER
vice.
10. Scrofua or constitutional syphilis, which has
SO seriously impaired his general health as
a.. a -y.l .~lNv f...
military service.
II. Habitual and confirmed intempersnce, or soil.
tary vice, which has so materially enfeebled
the constitution ~ TO leave no doubt Of the
mans inc ipacity for military service.
~. Chronic rheumatism, unless manifested by
positive change Of structure, wasting Of the
affected limb, or puffness or distortion Of the
joints, does not exempt. Impaired motion
joints and contraction Of the limbs alleged
10 arise from rheumatism, and in which the
nutrition OF the limb is not manifestly i'm.
paired, are to be proved BY examination
while in a state Of anasthesia induced by
ether only.
10. Pain, whether Stimulating headache, neuralgia
In any Of Its forms, rheum atism, lumbaso,
or affections Of the muscles, bones, or joints,
10 . symptom Of disease 50 easily pretended
that It 10 not to be admitted as . cause for
exemption unless sccompaniei with mani
fest arrangement OF the general health,
wasting Of a limb or other positive sign OF
disquaiifying local disease.
H. Great injuries or diseases OF the SKULL OCCASION
Ing impairment Of the Intellectual faculties,
epilepsy, or other manifest nervous or spas
modic symptoms.
To- Total loss OF sight; total loss Of sight Of right
eye; cataract Of right eye; loss Of cry stalline
lens Of right eye.
49, Partial loss Of sight Of both eyes, vision being
80 greatly impaired a. to leave no doubt oi
the mans inability to perform military duty.
Serious permanent diseases Of the eye or eye.
lids, so mapifestly affecting the use OF the
eYes ~ to leave no doubt OF the mans Inca.
pacity for military service. Nearsightednesu
does not exempt, II found ON trial to be 50
decided a. to incspaeitate for field service,
the man may be transferred to the Inv Aid
Corps.
II. Total loss Of nose deformity Of nose so great
~ seriously to obstruct respiration; ornna
dependent on carries In progress.
10. Decided deafness. This disability must not be
admitted on the mere statement OF the drafted
mar, but must be proved by the existence o
positive disease, or by other satisfactory
evidence; and It must be so decided as tc
leave no doubt Of the mans uniitness FOL
military service. Chronic purulent otor
| rhea.
49, Incurable diseases or deformities Of either Jaw
such ~ will necessarily greatly impede mas
tication or speech. Anchylosis Of the lower
Jaw; carries OF the bones OF the face, II In
progress; cleft pslate, tbonyD extensive losI
Of substance OF the cheeks or salivary hstula
20. Dumbness; permanent loss Of voice; not te
be admitted without clear and satisfactory
proof
u. Total loss Of tongue; hypertrophy, atrophy
mutilation, or obstinate chronic liberation
of the tongue, II sufficient in degree to In
terfere seriously with the use OF the organ.
-. stsmmeripg, II excessive and conhrmedi to b.
established by satisfactory evidence unde
oath.
"a Loss OF sufficient number Of teeth to preven
| mastication OF food. This applies to thos
cases only where the loss OF teeth is SC great
| that II the man were restricted to solid food
| he would soon become incapacitated 70
military service.
a. Tumors Or wounds oil the neck, impeding respi
| ration or deglutitionj nstula Of larnyx o
traehea; torticollis, II Of long standing an
| well-marked.
2S. Deformity Of the chest, or excessive curvatur
Of the spine, sufficient to prevent the carry
Ing OF arms and military equipments; carrie
| Of the spine, ribs, or sternuul.
IS. Abdomen grossly prstuberant; excessive OBJ
| sity. -
q. Hernia.
%. Artificial anus; structure Of the rectum; pre-
| lapsus ami. Fistula In auo IL not positiv
| disqualification, but may be so, II extensiy
| OF complicated with visocral disease.
90. Old and liberated internal hemorrhoids, II !
| degree sufficient to impair the mans cfi
| cheney. External hemorrhoids are no caus
for exemption.
30. Total loss nearly total loss oi penis episp
dia or hypospadls at the middle or near tn
root Of the penis.
81. Incurable permanent organic structure Of th
i urethra,in which the urine 10 passed drop b
drop, or which 10 complicated BY disease I
tho bladder; urinary hstula. Recent or spa
modic structure OF the urethra does not e,
empt
80. Lpcontinspca OF uriue, being disease equen
ly fcigned and ofrare occurrence, is not,
itself, q cause for exemption Stone In II
bladder, ascertained by the Introduction
the metallic catheter, Is a positive disquali
tion.
-. Loss or complete strophy Of both testcles fro
u any cause; permanent retention OF one
both testicles within the inguiuAl canal; b.
voluntary retrsction does not exempt.
, u. Confirmed or malignant sarcocele; hydrooel
Il complicated with organic disease OF Il
! testicie. varioooele Is not, In itself, di