Conscription examination - choheikensa

Under the old conscription law and the old military service law, the physical and personal characteristics of young men were examined to determine whether they were suitable for military service. Every year, conscripts conscripted men of conscription age (20 years old or older) were called up in each conscription district and the examination was carried out by conscription officers. Candidates for the conscription examination were classified into three categories according to their physical characteristics: Classes A and B were suitable for active duty, Class C was suitable for national military service, Class D was unsuitable for military service, and Class B was for those whose suitability was difficult to determine (deferred conscription).

[Yoshida Yutaka]

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旧徴兵令、旧兵役法の下で兵役の適否を判定するため壮丁の体格、身上などを検査したもの。毎年、各徴兵区において徴兵適齢の壮丁（満20歳）を召集して徴兵官が実施する。徴兵検査受検者は、その体格に応じて、甲種・乙種・丙種・丁種・戊(ぼ)種に区分され、甲・乙種が現役に適する者、丙種が国民兵役に適する者、丁種が兵役に適しない者、戊種が適否を判定しがたい者（徴兵延期）とされた。

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