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216 iii. CONSTITUTION AND ADMINISTRATION OF SWEDEN.
Of those eliminated 2,337 belonged to the permanent cadres (Stammen), 806
sailors were entered twice, and 3,284, incorrectly entered. Of those absent 249 had
lawful cause, and 71 had, with the consent of the authorities, removed from the
kingdom; the remainder— 14,694 — were absent without any legitimate cause, amongst
whom were 6,903 of the age of 21, and 7,791 were older. Postponements were
granted in 889 cases on account of ill-health, and in 186 cases for family reasons.
Of the 32,882 enrolled 27,258 were of the age of 21, 2,742 were older,
and 2,882 were younger. They were distributed as follows: 720 were assigned
to the cavalry, 1,298 to the field and horse-artillery, 463 to the fortress-artillery,
410 to the engineers, 3,218 to the army service corps, and 3,294 to the navy;
the remainder — 23,479 men — were assigned to the infantry.
The training of the conscripts. The conscript is, after
enrolment, bonnd to serve in time of peace: a) in the infantry,
position-artillery, fortress-artillery, fortress-engineers, and the army service
corps, a total of 240 days, which service is to be performed during
the first period of service (recruit- or drilling-school) for 150 days
during the second year and with a repetition-course for 30 days during
each of the second, third, and fourth years; — b) in the cavalry,
field-artillery, field-engineers, and field-telegraph troops a total of 365
days, which service shall be performed during the first period of
service (recruit- or drilling-school) for 281 days, which begins during the
first year and with a repetition-exercise of 42 days during ea«h of the
second and third years.
Certain conscripts, assigned to the army service corps or to special
occupations in the army, also the mainland conscripts, who are exercised
on the island of Gotland, perform their military service in one year.
Those conscripts who belong to the first or second levy and who have
not served during the course of the year, must be mustered in their home
districts, which review is carried out in each enrolment district towards the
end of the year. As a rule they have to attend personally at the muster.
Probably the conscript service mentioned under a) will, in time,
be extended.
B) The enlisted soldiers. These soldiers are chiefly recruited
for the purpose of becoming corporals and the giving of stability to
the special branches of the service, for which reason the choice must
be made with care. Conscripts are preferably accepted after having
gone through the training as recruits. The enlisted soldiers are bound
to serve for several years, during which time they pass the corporals’
and non-commissioned officers’ schools.
C) Non-commissioned officers are educated and drilled in special
schools. Including the recruit-school, the military education of a
corporal requires about 2 years and that of a non-commissioned officer,
about 3 years.
D) Officers. Those who aspire to become officers, must have
passed an examination qualifying them as students of a university.
After having passed through a 3 months’ recruit-school in summer
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