The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-05-23
THE CoNsCRIPTIoN Law.
Causes of Exemption.

The instructions 70" Provost Marshals
and other officers under the conscripton
law arc about to be issued by the War
Department. The following is an extract
| from tho regulations in regard to exempt
| ions SO
So. The following diseases and infirmi-
ties are those which disqualify for military
service, and for which only, drafted men
are to be rejected as physically or ment.
ally unfit for service" viz:
| l. Manifest irnbecility or insanity
| 2 Epilepsy. Fer the disability the
statement OF the drafted man is insufficient,
aud the fact must be established 10y the
duly attested sffidayit Of physician, of
good standing, who has attended him in a
CONFUSION - 4
3. Paralysis, general or of one limb, or
chorea; their existence to be adequately
determined
4. Acute or organic diseases Of the brain
| or spinal cord Of the heart or lungs; of
the stomach or intestines OF the liver or
spleen; of the kidneys or bladder, sufti
cient to have impaired The general health,
| or so well marked as to leave no reas.na.
bic doubt OF the man incapaci,y for mill
tary service.
3. Confirmed consumption: cancer
aneursm Of the large arteries.
3 lHveterats and extensive disease OF
the skin, which will necessarily impair his
efficiency as a soldier.
I. Decided fecbieucss Of constitution,
wheather natural or acquired.
=. Scroiu!a or constitutional syphilis,
which has resisted treatment and seriously
impaired his general health.
9 IIabitual and Confirmed intemperance
or solitary vice. in degree sufficient to nave
materially ehieebled the constitution.
10 Chronic rheumatism, unless mani
tested by positive change of structure,
wasting of the affected limb, or puiiiness
or distortion OF the joints, does not exempt
Impaired motion Ut joints and contraction
OF the limbs, alleged TO arise from iheuma
tisnI, and in which the nutrition OF the
limb is net mantest!y impaired, are to be
proved by examination while IN 4 state Of
ansesthesIa, induced by ether only.
H. Pain, whether Stimulating headache.
neuralgia in. any Of it's forms, rheumatism,
lumbaso, or affections of the muscles, bones
or joints, is a symptom Of disease SO easily
pretended that it Is not 10 oe admitted as
a cause for exemption, unless accompanied
with manifest arrangement Of the general
health, wasting OF a limb, or other positive
sign OF di,quailiyng local disease.
IL. Great injuries or diseases OF the
skull occasionIns impairment Of the intel
lecutal faculties, epilepsy, CT other maai-
fest nervous or sPasnodic symptoms
l3. Total loss OF sight; loss OF sight OF
right eye; cataract; loss 81 crystalline lens
OF II sht eye.
II Other serious diseases OF the eye af
fecting It's integrity and use, g.: Chronic
op,halinia, tstu!a lachry malls, rtosis (Ii
reaD, ectrop!on, entIop!on, dc. Myopia,
unless very decided Oh depending upon
SOME structural charges IN the eye, Is not
cause tor exemption.
l5 Loss Of nose dcformity Of nose so
great as seriously To obstruct respiration
ozena, deps udent upon carries III progress.
10 Complete deafness. his disability
must no, Le admitted ou the mere state
ment Of the drafted man, but must be
proved by the existence OF positive disease,
or by other satisfactory evidence. -Purul-
otIo.ihGa.
l.. Carries of the superior or inferior
n4aXilla, OF the nasal OF palate bones, !! IN
progress; palate (Oonyl; extensive loss OF
substance ol the cheeks, or ssiiIVary h,tuia.
Is. Dumbne>s, perHudutat loss oil voice,
not 10 be admitted without clear satIsiac-
tory proof
- Total loss of tongue; mutilation OF
partial loss oil tongue, provided the mutila-
lion be extensive snouSh 10 Interfere with
the necessary use of that organ.
-. uypertrophy or a;rvphy to the
tongue, sufficient IN degree 10 impair
speech OF deglutIlion; obstinate chrome
e.cerxtioa OF the tongue
"A. Sta.nxseijus, If excessive and con-
/ frmed TO Je established 10y satisfactory
eyideuce, under oath.
~ Loss OF a sufficient number OF teeth
to prevent proper mastication vi TODD aud
tearing the cartridge.
%. Incursbl. deformiiies or loss Of part
: of either Jaw, hindering biting Of the ear
fridge or proper IBasuficatioh, or greatly
injuring speech. anchy iosi. OF lower jaw.
I ri Tuuors of the neck, impeding respi-
ration or degluii,Iou; t'.tuia oil larynx or
rachea; ,oriicoiiis, ii of long standing
: and well marked.
/ 25 DeiolnlIty of the chest sufficient to
. i'm ..ed- respiration, or 10 prevent the car
ryiny Of arms and military equipments,
! carries oi the rIbs.
| % Deficient amplitude and power OF
expansion OF chest y man five ieet three
/ inches lniiuiuum standard height Tor the
/ regular amy should not measure less
| than thiIty inches in circumference ini-
mediate!y above the nipples, and have an
. expansive mobility of Lot less than tSO
inches
! -. Abdomen grossly protuberanti ex-
cessive obesity; hernia, either inGu!nai or
| .cmoral
/ 2S. Artificial anus structure OF !he rec
/ tum; prolapsis ani. Fistuia in ano is not
/ a positive disqualification, bat may be 50 If
extensive or complicated with siscerai
disease.
90 Old and liberated internal kenor;
rhoiGs, if i'll degree sufficient to impair the
mans efficiency. External henorrhods
are no cause fbi exemption.
80 Total loss or nearly total loss OF
penis; epispadia or hypospadia a: the
| middle or near the root of the penis
81 lncuraOle permanet organic structure
OF the urethra in which the urine is pass
ed drop by drop, or which is complicated
| by disease OF the bladder; urinary tistula
! Recent or spasmodic structure Of the urethra
does not exeHpt.
| 81 Incontinence of urine, being q
disease frequently feigned and of rare &C
| currence is i.ot OF itself cause fer exempt
ion. Stone in the bladder, ascertained by
| the introduction Of the metallic catheier, Is
positive disqualification.
| 80. Loss or complete atrophy of both
I testicles from any cause; permanent re-
tention OF one or both testicals within the
ingenial canal; Lut voluntary retraction
does not exempt.
| "a. Confirmed or malignant sarcocele !;
hy,lrocele, if complicated with organic dis
eases OF the testicle Varicocele and criso-
cele are not, in themselves, disqualitying
35. Excessive anterior or posterior cur.
vature OF the spine; carries of the spine.
! 81. Wounds, fractures, tumors, atrophy
OF limb. or chronic diseases Of the joints
! l. L. l.. nt.Sv ,r
prevent continuous muscular exertion.
2S lnchvlo.iS nr incur.hle eislocatiOD