A Manual of instructions for enlisting and discharging soldiersLippincott, 1864 - 276 pages |
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... habits . Others display considerable shrewdness , and are constantly indulging in jokes : they pass for half - witted people , whose droll behavior and ready repar- tees create amusement . Imbeciles possessing * Esquirol . Maladies ...
... habits . Others display considerable shrewdness , and are constantly indulging in jokes : they pass for half - witted people , whose droll behavior and ready repar- tees create amusement . Imbeciles possessing * Esquirol . Maladies ...
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... habits , limited but imperious instincts , and various hallucinations and delusions . The various forms of Monomania ... habit merely . Chronic Alcoholismus is a cause for * Bucknill & Tuke , op . cit . p . 219 . rejection or exemption ...
... habits , limited but imperious instincts , and various hallucinations and delusions . The various forms of Monomania ... habit merely . Chronic Alcoholismus is a cause for * Bucknill & Tuke , op . cit . p . 219 . rejection or exemption ...
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... habits which one evil - disposed man may induce in a company , will question the propriety of some standard of qualification in this respect . An ordinance of the 21st of March , 1832 , requires the substitute or volun- teer to produce ...
... habits which one evil - disposed man may induce in a company , will question the propriety of some standard of qualification in this respect . An ordinance of the 21st of March , 1832 , requires the substitute or volun- teer to produce ...
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... habit . There are some simulators so resolute in maintaining their consistency in the character of invalids , so skilled in imitating the signs and symptoms of disease , and so thoroughly intractable , that nothing remains but to ...
... habit . There are some simulators so resolute in maintaining their consistency in the character of invalids , so skilled in imitating the signs and symptoms of disease , and so thoroughly intractable , that nothing remains but to ...
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... habit and accompanied with maras- mus , loss of memory and power of attention , it constitutes an absolute disqualification for mili- tary service . The external signs of this habit are so well known that it is not necessary to enter ...
... habit and accompanied with maras- mus , loss of memory and power of attention , it constitutes an absolute disqualification for mili- tary service . The external signs of this habit are so well known that it is not necessary to enter ...
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Page 160 - That the following persons be, and they are hereby, excepted and exempt from the provisions of this act, and shall not be liable to military duty under the same...
Page 157 - I , do solemnly swear, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies or opposers whomsoever, and that I will observe and obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the Rules and Articles of War.
Page 161 - Sev-enth, where there are a father and sons in the same family and household, and two of them are in the military service of the United States as non-commissioned officers, musicians, or pri-vates, the residue of such family and household, not exceeding two, shall be exempt.
Page 73 - Wounds, fractures, tumors, atrophy of a limb, or chronic diseases of the joints or bones, that would impede marching or prevent continuous muscular exertion.
Page 214 - ... is hereby modified as follows: At every US General Hospital, the feeble and wounded men, unfit for field duty, but not entirely disabled, instead of being discharged, will be organized and mustered in detachments, under the charge of the officers acting as Military Commanders, who will assign men to them from time to time, on the reports of the surgeons in charge of hospitals. From these Invalid Detachments the Military Commanders will make details for provost, hospital, and other necessary guards...
Page 156 - I have neither wife nor child ; that I have never been discharged from the United States service on account of disability, or by sentence of a court-martial, or by order before the expiration of a term of enlistment ; and I know of no impediment to my serving honestly and faithfully as a soldier for five years.
Page 159 - ... all persons subject to do military duty between the ages of twenty and thirtyfive years, and all unmarried persons subject to do military duty above the age of thirty-five and under the age of forty-five...
Page 157 - I, AB, do solemnly swear or affirm (as the case may be), that I will bear true allegiance to the United States of America, and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies or opposers whatsoever ; and observe and obey the orders of the President of the United States...
Page 225 - Muscular or cutaneous contractions from wounds or burns in degree sufficient to prevent useful motion of...