Tokyo, Mar. 21.
Imperial sanction was' secured by the Government yesterday for an ordinance putting into effect various (provisions of the Revised Military Conscription Act approved by the Diet during its present session, The period during which college Jand university students could obtain delay in being summoned to the colours was shortened.
Abolished were the short-term -re~ mits, consisting of primary school teachers with Normal School diplomas, whose term of enlistment was reduced to five months, instead of the regular period which may range from ten months to three years.
While under previous regulations, conscripts who passed their physical examination were exempt from service when they lacked height or were not drafted by lot, in the future selection will be solely on the basis of physical fitness—Domei.
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