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11. PernicUicnt retention of ;i testicle at the ring, or in the lower part of the inyninal 



canal. 



12. Plyctrocele, varicocele, cirsocele, when the}' impede motion. 



13. Calculus of ])ladder; gravel; incontinence or habitual retention of urine; fistula; 



or other diseases or lesions of the urinary jjassages. 



14. General or partial spasmodic motions ; habitual tremor of the whole body or of 



a limb. 



15. Fetid persjiiration, general or local. 



16. Old cutaneoits diseases, congenital or acquired. 



1 7. Decided cachexia, scrofulous, scorbutic, or sy])hilitic. 



18. Weakness of constitution and predisposition to pulmonary consumjjtion. 



The regulations for granting' the rcforme and 'pension de ret mite in the Belgian army 

 closely resemble those so minutely laid down by the Frencli authorities. 



SWITZERLAND. 



The Swiss army is composed of men furnished by an aimual contingent from 

 each canton of the confederation. The army is divided into the elifc and the reserve 

 In case of need, the landwehr, or home-force, consisting of soldiers who have returned 

 into civil life, may also be called into active service. On the 1st January, 1872, the 

 Swiss army numbered 201,257 men, made up as follows: StaflP, 841; elite, 84,369; 

 reserve, 50,006 ; Jandwehr, 6), 981.' Every male Switzer, upon attaining the age of 

 twenty years, owes military service to his canton for the republic, his liability terminating 

 with his forty-fourth year. The cantons furnish the requisite number of men, in the 

 proportion of 3 per cent, of the population, for the elite and li per-cent. for the reserve. 

 The contingent must be kept up to its standard luunber by new recruits, to compensate 

 for casualties and losses." 



The height required for the men serving in the different corps of the Swiss army 

 Avas laid down in the regulations of 1857, but has been slightly modified since that 

 time. The regulation-stature is as follows :^ 



For sharpshooters and fusileers, the minimvun height is 5 feet 2 inches Swiss, 

 equivalent to 5 feet 1 inches English. 



For engineers, 5 feet 3 inches, or 5 feet 2 inches English. 



For artillery, 5 feet 5J inches, or 5 feet 4.4 inches English. 



For cavalry and for artillery-train, 5 feet 4 inches, or h feet 3 inches English. 



All disabilities for service in the federal arnn^ are either partial or total.'' Under 

 the first heading are grouped such diseases or infirmities as are incurable, l)ut yet 

 permit of certain military services being performed. Men enlisted as "partially 

 disabled" serve in the various staff-departments, and as hospital-attendants, chaplains, 

 military police, &C.'' 



' Varmee Suisse, par A. Baciielin, 12ino, Lausaiiiui, 187;?, p. 243. 



• AlUjemeines ref/lenwiit Ubcr die ausuahl der rckniicn und die uhhaltiitig dcr cidijcniissisdu-H niiUliirscluileii J'iir dii: spc:ial- 

 i('ojfc",25 December, ISrw. 



^ Ucher rcrhrsscniiir/eii und rrspnrnisxe im cidijeuiissischen iiehnreseH : bcricht an die UindcsrUlldiclte ers2)ar>dss-ki»nmis- 

 sion, von J. Staicmpfi.!, nationaliatli. Bern, ISfiG. 



' lu'^lliiDciit mid iiixIructioiHii iilier deii yi'siindheilMlitiiKt hri der eidgiuiissisehen annce. Bern, ISGl. 



'' Mr. Si AKMPFLi Ltiiiiplaiiis that, no! witlistainlini; this regulation, alile-boiUcd soldiers are constantly employed for 

 the veiy work to which the "partially disabled were intended to be assigned. " Op. cit., p. 15. 

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