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LEFT TREATY 479 TREATY erty, movable and immovable, in Kiao- Chau is acquired by Japan free of all charges. SECTION VI. MILITARY, NAVAL AND AIR In order to render possible the initia- tion of a general limitation of the arma- ments of all nations, Germany imdertakes directly to observe the military, naval, and air clauses which follow. MILITARY FORCES The demobilization of the German army must take place within two months of the peace. Its strength may not ex- ceed 100,000, including 4,000 officers, with not over seven divisions of infantry and three of cavalry, and to be devoted ex- clusively to maintenance of internal or« der and control of frontiers. Divisions may not be grouped under more than two army corps headquarters staffs. The great German General Staff is abolished. The army administrative service, consist- ing of civilian personnel not included in the number of effectives, is reduced to one-tenth the total in the 1913 budget. Employees of the German states, such as customs officers, first guards, and coast guards, may not exceed the number in 1913. Gendarmes and local police may be increased only in accordance with the growth of population. None of these may be assembled for military training. ARMAMENTS All establishments for the manufactur- ing, preparation, storage, or design of arms and munitions of war, except those specifically excepted, must be closed with- in three months of the peace, and their personnel dismissed. The exact amount of armament and munitions allowed Ger- many is laid down in detail tables, all In excess to be surrendered or rendered use- less. The manufacture or importation of asphyxiating, poisonous, or other gases and all analogous liquids is forbid- den, as well as the importation of arms, munitions, and war materials. Germany may not manufacture such materials for ?oreign governments. CONSCRIPTION Conscription is abolished in Germany. The enlisted personnel must be main- tained by voluntary enlistments for terms of twelve consecutive years, the number of discharges before the expiration of that term not in any year to exceed 5 per cent, of the total effectives. Officers remaining in the service must agree to serve to the age of 45 years, and newly appointed officers must agree to serve ac- tively for 25 years. No military schools except those abso- lutely indispensable for the units allowed shall exist in Germany two months after the peace. No associations such as so- cieties of discharged soldiers, shooting or touring clubs, educational establishments or universities may occupy themselves with military matters. All measures of mobilization are forbidden. FORTRESSES All fortified works, fortresses, and field works situated in German territory with- in a zone of fifty kilometers E. of the Rhine will be dismantled within three months. The construction of any new fortifications there is forbidden. The for- tified works on the southern and eastern frontiers, however, may remain. CONTROL Interallied commissions of control will see to the execution of the provisions for which a time limit is set, the maxi- mum named being three months. They may establish headquarters at the Ger- man seat of government and go to any part of Germany desired. Germany must give them complete facilities, pay their expenses, and also the expenses of execu- tion of the treaty, including the labor and material necessary in demolition, destruc- tion, or surrender of war equipment. NAVAL The German navy must be demobilized within a period of two months after the peace. She will be allowed 6 small battle- ships, 6 light cruisers, 12 destroyers, 12 torpedo boats, and no submarines, either military or commercial, with a personnel of 15,000 men, including officers, and no reserve force of any character. Con- scription is abolished, only voluntary ser- vice being permitted, with a minimum period of 25 years' service for officers and 12 for men. No member of the Ger- man mercantile marine will be permitted any naval training. AH German vessels of war in foreign ports and the German high sea fleet in- terned at Scapa Flow will be surrendered, the final disposition of these ships to be decided upon by the allied and associated powers. Germany must surrender 42 modern destroyers, 50 modern torpedo boats, and all submarines, with their sal- vage vessels. All war vessels under con- struction, including submarines, must be broken up. War vessels not otherwise provided for are to be placed in reserve or used for commercial purposes. Re- placement of ships, except those lost, can take place only at the end of 20 years for battleships and 15 years for destroy- ers. The largest armored ship Germany will be permitted will be 10,000 tons. Germany is required to sweep up the mines in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, as decided upon by the allies. All