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disqualification. for Military Service.


Disqualicatiens for Military Service.
lCIRCuLAR, No. IL
War Department, Pyyrost MARSHAL Generals Office,
Washington, January 5, 1864.
Paragraph IS Of the Regulations for the gov
eminent of the Bureau Of the Provost Marshal
General of the United States, and Circular No
100, OF November 9, 1863, are amended to read
as follows:
SIS. The following diseases and infirmites are
those which disqualify for military service, and
for which only drafted men are to be ssrejected
as physically or mentally unfit for the service''
viz:
1. Manifest mental imbecility.
9 Insanity. This includes well. established
recent insanity with liability to recur-
8. Epilepsy. For this disability the statement
Of the drafted man is inst icient, and the
fact must be established by the duly at
tested affidavit OF a physician in good
standing, who has attended him in the
disease within the six months immediate.
ly preceding his examination by the
Board; and, in addition thereto, such other
evidence as the Board may require.
4. Paralysis, general or of one limb or chores;
their existence to be adequately deter.
mined. Decided a.rophy Of limb.
S. Organic diseases of internal organs, which
have SO seriously impaired his general
health as to leave no doubt Of his inca
pacity for military service, and which
prevent his pursuing any equally labori.
Gus occupation in civil life.
6. Developed tuberculosis.
= lancer; aneurism of the large arteries
6. lnveterate and extensive disease of the skin,
such as will necessarily impair his effic.
iency as soldier.
g. Permanent physical debility of such de.
gree as to leave no doubt of the mans un-
fitness for military service.
10. Scrofuls, or secondary syphilis, which has
so seriously impaired his general health
as to leave no doubt Of the mans incapa.
city for military service.
II. Chronic rheumatism, unless manifested by
positive change of structure, wasting of
the affected limb, or puffiness or distor.
ton of the joints does not exempt. I'm.
paired motion of joints and contraction
Of the limbs alleged to arise from rheu-
matism, and in which the nutrition of the
limb Is not manifestly impaired, are to be
proved by examination while in state
of anasthesia induced by ether only.
-. Total loss of sight of right eye: cataract of
right eye; loss of crystalline lens of right
49, Partial loss Of sight of both eyes, vision be-
ing SO greatly impaired as to leave no
doubt of the mans inability to perform
military duty. Serious permanent dis
eases of the eye or eyelids. SO manifest
ly affecting the use of the eyes as to leave
no doubt of the mans incapacity for mill
itary service. Nearsightedness does not
exempt.
IA. Total loss of nose deformity of nose so
great as seriously to obstruct respiration;
oZRna, dependent on carries in progress.
u.s. Decided deafness This disability must not
be admitted on the mere statement Of the
drafted man, but must be proved by the
existence OF positive disease, or by other
satisfactory evidence; and it must be so
decided as to leave no doubt of the mans
unfitness for military service. Chronic
purulent OtOrrhna
is. Incurable diseases or deformitieS OF either
jaw, such as will necessarily greatly i'm
pede mastication or speech. Anchylosis
of the lower jaw; carries of the bones of
the face, ifin progress; cleft palate, (bony;)
extensive loss of substance of the cheeks
salivary fistula.
II. Dumbness; permanent loss of voice: not to
be admitted without clear and satisfactory
Is. Total loss of tongue hypertrophy, atrophy,
mutilation, or obs inate chronic liberation
OF the tongue, if sufficient in degree to in
terfere seriously with the use of the organ.
10. Stammering, If excessive and confirmed, to
be established by satisfactory evidence
90 Total loss of all the front the eve teeth
and first molars, even if only of one jaw.
81. Tumors or wounds Of the meek, impeding
respiration or deglutition; fistula of iarynx
or trachea; torticollis, If OF long standing
and we'll marked.
90 Excassive a.a~-..ssy cucst, or rx.
cessiye curvature OF the spine. suffi cient
to prevent the carrying of arms and
military equipments; carries of the spine.
ribs or sternum, attended with ulcera-
ton.
@. Hernia.
"a. Artificial anus, structure of the rectum;
prolapsus ami Fistula in ano if extern
sive or complicated with visceral disease
if in degree sufficient to leave no doubt
of the mans unfitne-s for military ser.
vice. External hRmorrhoids are no
cause tor exemption.
&c. Total loss or nearly total loss of penis; eps-
padia or hypospada at the middle or near
the root Of the penis.
%. Incnrable permanent organic structure of
the urethra, in which the crime is passed
drop by drop, or which is complicated by
disease of the bladder; urinary fiatuIa.
Recent or spamodic structure OF the
urethra does not exempt.
2S. Incontinence of urine is not, of itself,
cause for exemption. Stone in the blad-
der, ascertained by the introduced ion of the
metallic catheter, is positive disquali-
fication
90. Confirmed or malignant sarcocele; hydro
cele, if complicated with organic disease
of the testicle. Varicocele is not, in ITSELF
DISC ualifyiDg.
80. Loss of a hand or foot
81. Wounds which would manitestly incapa-
citate the man for military service; mus
cular or cutaneous contractions from
wounds or burns, or tuners, which would
prevent marching, or other wise mani
testify incapacitate the man for military
service.
80. Fractures, irreducible dislocations or anchy-
losis of the large joints, or chronic diseases
of the joints or bones, that would prevent
marching, or otherwise unfit the man for
military service.
49, Total loss Of right thumb; soss of ungual
phalanx Of right thumb total loss of any
two fingers OF same hand; loss of the first
ana second pnalangeS OF TWO myers or
right hand. Permanent extension or per.
manent contraction of the fingers of right
hand all the fingers adherent or united
"a. Club feet; total loss great toe. Other per-
nanent defects or deformities of the feet,
such as will necessarily proven. march.
ing.
49, Varicose veins of inferior extremities, If
large and numerous, and accompanied
with chronic swellings or alterations.
36. Chronic ulcers; extensive, deep, and adhe-
rent cicatrces of lower extremities.
Surgeons OF Boards of Enrolment in report
ing " the statistics of the causes of exemp ton
on account of physical disability will here
after in addition to the alphabetical list of dis
abilities required by Circular No. 90, from this
office, report the number rejected under each
paragraph of the above list OF disqualifying in
frmitles, and also the number for each distinct
infirmity in the different paragraphs.
JAMES i. Fry,
Provost Marshal General.