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XIII.
ORGANISATION OF NATIONAL
DEFENCE.
(77) General Dispositions.
Personal military service is compulsory for
every Finnish citizen. The army is composed
of : (1) Active troops on permanent service ;
(2) The reserve, the principal object of which
is to complement the active troops in case of
war ; and (3) The militia or national guard
(landtvärn), composed of all those who have
passed through the reserve.
The annual contingent comprises all young
men who, before January 1st of the current
year, have attained the age of twenty-one
years.
This contingent is distributed among the
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