t 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 manufacturing, preparation or
storage of arms and munitions of war, must be closed, and their
personnel dismissed. The manufacture or importation of poisonous gases
is forbidden as well as the importation of arms, munitions and war
material.

Conscription--Conscription is abolished in Germany. The personnel
must be maintained by voluntary enlistment 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 actively for
twenty-five years.

No military schools except those absolutely indispensable for the units
allowed shall exist in Germany. All measures of mobilization are
forbidden.

All fortified and field works within fifty kilometers (thirty miles)
east of the Rhine will be dismantled. The construction of any new
fortifications there is forbidden.

Control--Interallied commissions of control will see to the
execution of the provisions, for which a time limit is set, the maximum
named being three months. Germany must give them complete facilities,
and pay for the labor and material necessary in demolition, destruction
or surrender of war equipment.

Naval--The German navy must be demobilized within a period of two
months. All German vessels of war in foreign ports, and the German high
sea fleet interned 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 forty-five modern destroyers,
fifty modern torpedo boats, and all submarines, with their salvage
vessels; all war vessels under construction, including submarines, must
be broken up.

Germany is required to sweep up the mines in the North sea and the
Baltic. German fortifications in the Baltic must be demolished.

During a period of three months after the peace, German high power
wireless stations at Nauen, Hanover and Berlin, will not be permitted to
send any messages except for commercial purposes.

Air--The armed forces of Germany must not include any military or
naval air forces excep