'Treaty of Peace with Turkey. Signed at Sévres, August 10, 1920. [With Maps.]' [‎29v] (38/112)

SECTION I.
MILITARY CLAUSES.
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Chapter I.
General Clauses.
Article 152.
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The armed force at the disposal of 1 urkey shall only consist of :
(1) The Sultan’s bodyguard ;
(2) Troops of gendarmerie, intended to maintain order and security in the interior
and to ensure the protection of minorities ;
(3) Special elements intended for the reinforcement of the troops of gendarmerie in
case of serious trouble, and eventually to ensure the control of the frontiers.
Article 153.
Within six months from the coming into force of the present Treaty, the military
forces other than that provided for in Article 152 shall be demobilised and disbanded.
Chapter II.
Effectives, Organisation and Cadres of the Curkish Armed Force.
Article 154.
The Sultan’s bodyguard shall consist of a Staff and infantry and cavalry units, the
strength of which shall not exceed 700 officers and men. This strength is not included
in the total force provided for in Article 155.
The composition of this guard is given in Table 1 annexed to this Section.
Article 155.
The total strength of the forces enumerated in paragraphs (2) and (3) of Article 152
shall not exceed 50,000 men, including Staffs, officers, training personnel and
depot troops.
Article 156.
The troops of gendarmerie shall be distributed over the territory of Turkey, which
for this purpose will be divided into territorial areas to be delimited as provided
in Article 200.
A legion of gendarmerie, composed of mounted and unmounted troops, provided
with machine guns and with administrative and medical services will be organised in each
territorial region ; it will supply in the vilayets, sandjaks, cazas, etc., the detachments
necessary for the organisation of a fixed protective service, mobile reserves being at its
disposal at one or more points within the region.
On account of their special duties, the legions shall not include either artillery or
technical services.
The total strength of the legions shall not exceed 35,000 men, to be included in the
total strength of the armed force provided for in Article 155.
Ihe maximum strength of any one legion shall not exceed one quarter of the total
strength of the legions.
The elements of any one legion shall not be employed outside the territory of their
region, except by special authorisation from the Inter-Allied Commission provided for
in Article 200.
Article 157.
The special elements for reinforcements may include details of infantry, cavalry,
mountain artillery, pioneers and the corresponding technical and general services ; their
total strength shall not exceed 15,000 men, to be included in the total strength provided
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The number of such reinforcements for any one legion shall not exceed one third of
the whole strength of these elements without the soecial authority of the Inter-Allied
Commission provided for in Article 200.