The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1863-07-24

mum standard height for the regular army)
should not measure less than thirty inches in
circumference Immediately above the nipples,
and have an expansive mobility of not less than
two inches.
27 Abdomen grossly protuberant; excessive
obesity; hernia, either inguinal or femoral.
%. Artificial anus; structure proIapsus ami.
Fistula in ano is not a positive disqualification,
but may be so if extensive or complicated with
visceral disease
if in degree sufficient to impair the mans eff
cheney. External hemorrhoids are no cause for
exemption.
80. Total loss, or nearly total loss of penis;
epispadia at the middle or near the root of the
penis.
81. Incurable permanent organic structure of
the urethra, in which the urine is passed drop
by drop, or which is complicated by disease of
the bladder; urinary fistula. Recent spasmodic
structure of the urethra does not exempt.
Incontinence of urine, being disease frequent
ly feigned and of rare occurrence, is not of itself,
cause for exemption. Stone in the bladder,
ascertained by the introduction of the metallic
catheter, is positive disqualification.
33. Loss or complete atrophy of both testicles
from any cause; permanent retention Of one or
both testicles within the inguinal canal; but
voluntary retraction does not exempt.
a. Confirmed or malignant sarcocele. by
rodrocele, if complicated with organic disease
Of the testicle. Varicocele and crisecele are
not, in themselves, disqualifying.
SO. Excessive anterior or posterior curvature
of the spine, carries of the spine.
81. Wounds, fractures, tumors; atrophy of
limb, or chronic disease Of the joints or bones,
that would impede marching or prevent contin-
uous muscular exertion.
SO. Anchylosis or irreducible dislocation of
the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee or ankle
joint.
SO. Muscular or cutaneous contractions from
wounds or burns, in degree sufficient to prevent
useful motion of a limb.
40. Total loss of thumb; loss of unguinal
phaank of right thumb.
Al. Total loss of any two fingers of same
hand
AZ. Total loss of index finger of right hand.
43. Loss of the first and second phalanges
of the fingers of right hand.
IA Permanent extension or permanent con-
traction Of any finger except the little finger;
45. Total loss of either great toes; loss of
any three toes on the same foot; all the toes
joined together.
46. The great toe crossing the other toes
with great prominence of the articulation of the
metal tarsal bone and first phalank of the great
toe.
AZ. Overriding or superposition Of all the
toes.
48. Permanent retraction of the last phalanx
of one of the toes, SO that the free border of the
nail bear upon the ground; or fexion of the
right angle of the first phalanx of toe upon
a second, with anchylosis of this articulation.
40. Club feet; splay feet, where the arch is
SO far efaced that the tuberosity of the scaphoid
bone touches the ground, and the line of station
runs along the whole internal border of the foot,
with great prominence of the inner ankle; but
ordinary, large, ill-shaped or fiat feet do not ex-
empt.
So Varicose veins of inferior extremities, if
large and numerous, having clusters of knots,
and accompanying with chronic swelling OF ul-
cerations
81. Chronic ulcers; extensive, deep and adj
herent cicatrices of lower extremities.
S6. No certificate of physician or surgeon
is to be received in support of any point in the
claim of drafted men for exemption from mill
tary service unless the fact and statements
therein set forth are affirmed or sworn to before
a civil magistrate competent to administer
oaths
81. The exempts under the first provision Of
section Of the act enrolling and calling out
the National forces, &C., will generally be suffi-
GENTLY well known to the Board to obviate the
necessity of evidence with regard to them.--
Should, however, the Board consider it necessa-
ry in any case, the commission or certificate of
office of any person claiming exemption under
the provision mentioned may be required to be
shown.
SS. To establish exemption under the second,
third fourth, fifth and sixth provisions of sec
ton of the act for enrolling and calling out
the National forces, &C., the Board shall require
the affidavits of the persons seeking to be ex-
empt, and of two respectable men, (heads Of
families, residing in the district, that the man
in question is the only son 'liable to military
1uty of widow dependent on his labor for sup
port" s'the only son of aged or infrm parents,
or parents dependent on his labor for support
Or otherwise, according to the particular provi-
sion of the section under which the exemption
s claimed. These aflidavits will be made ac-
,ording to the forms hereinafter prescribed, and
must i'll all cases be taken before civil magis-
rate duly authorized to administer oaths. These
'orms of aflidavits shall be published by the
Board of Enrolment in the newspapers OF the
district, for the information of The public, when
. draft is ordered.
80. When claim for exemption is made un-
ler the seventh provision of section OF the act
enrolling and calling out the National forces,
&C., the Board shall apply to the Provost Mar
,hal General for the necessary extracts from
he official rolls in the War department, upon
which it shall decide the case
90 Persons claiming exemption from enroll
nent must furnish clear proof Of their rightto
uch exemption. They win be enrolled where