INTBODUCTORY. 



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finger, or. of two other fingers of the same hand ; loss of the great toe or of at 

 least two toes on the same foot. 



3. Prominent malformations, curvatures, and maimings of the extremities. 



4. Prominent atrophy or hypertrophy of an extremity. 



5. Excessive varicosity of the veins, invading the entire leg and foot, and forming in 



certain spots varicose tumors. 



6. Prominent malformation of the foot, impeding locomotion, (club foot, horse-foot.) 



V. — GENERAL ABNORMITIES OF THE ORGANISM. 



1 



Excessive obesity. 



2. Extreme emaciation. 



3. Prominent lai'ge tumors on the body. 



4. Dwarfishness. 



5. Deaf-dumbness, 

 fi. Idiocy. 



UNITED STATES. 



The following table exhibits the changes that have been made in the stature and 

 age required of recruits for the Ai-my of the United States from 1790 until the 

 present day : 



Date. 



April 30, 1790 

 July 16, 1798 

 Mar. 3, 1799 

 Mar. 16,1802 

 Jan. 11, 1812 

 Dee. 10, 1814 



1825 



1838 



1841 



July 8, 1846 



Nov. 19,1846 



1857 



1861 



1864 



Feb. 18, 1867 



May 24,1867 



Dec. 2, 1867 



Aug. 24, 1871 



Oct. 18, 1871 



July . 5, 1872 



Dec. 23, 1872 



Jan. 24, 1873 



Feb. 15, 1873 



April 23, 1874 



Dec. 14, 1874 



Authority. 



Statutes at Large, vol. I, p. 119 



Do. do. vol.I,p.004 



Do. do. vol. I, p. 751 



Do. do. vol. II, p. 135 



Do. do. vol. II, p. 672 



Do. do. vol. Ill, p. 146 



Army Regulations, par. 1287 } 



General Orders, War Dep., No. 25, par. 6 



Army Regulations, par. 687 



Circular, War Dep., A. G. O 



Do. do. 



Army Regulations, par. 1299 



General Orders, War Dep., No. 59 



Circular, War Dep., A. G. O., No. 28 , 



Circular, War Dep., A. G. O 



Do. do. 



Do. do. 



Do. do. 



Do. do. 



Do. do. 



Do. do. 



Do. do. 



Do. do. 



Do. do. 



Do. do. 



1 



Minimum of height. 



5 feet 6 inches 



) War unth France. Height and age as 

 ) President might direct. 



5 feet 6 inches , 



"Effective men" , 



"Effective men" 



5 feet 6 inches, infantry 



5 8 artillery 



5 feet 



5 feet 5 inches 



5 4 



5 3 



5 U 



5 3 



5 feet 



5 feet 5 inches 



5 2 



5 5 ■. 



5 5, infantry 



5 5, cavalry 



5 4 



5 5, cavalry 



5 6, civalry 



5 6, infantry and artillery 



5 6, inf , art., and cav., with maxi- 



mum for cav. of 5 ft. 10 in. 



5 4, inf. and art. Limits of weight, 



120 and 180 pounds. 



5 5, cavalry ; maximum 5 ft. 10 in. 



Weight, not over 155 pounds. 



Limits of 

 age. 



18 to 46 



18 to 35 

 18 to 45 

 18 to 50 



18 to 35 



16 to 35 



VTI 



