The Directorate General of National Mobilization of Chile (DGMN) is an advisory body of the Ministry of Defense of Chile in all matters and activities related to the recruitment and military mobilization, control of weapons and explosives, control of martial arts , the control of citizen shooting and the control of chemical and biological weapons in Chile. His current national director is Brigadier General Esteban Guarda Barros. History The first National Junta of Government of Chile promulgated January 14, 1814 the first call to the Military Service in Chile, although the first law in this respect was Law No. 352 of February 12, 1896, called "Servicio of National Guards, "which divided them into active, passive and sedentary, being mandatory for all Chileans between the ages of 20 and 40. In 1900, 1912, 1920, 1921, 1925 and 1931 a series of laws were dictated that regulated and perfected the Military Service Obligatory, being recast and later annulled in the DFL N ° 31 of 1931. In these laws for the first time begins naming this public service entity as "Recruitment Directorate." Later, on April 30, 1953, all the previous reaching dispositions were merged, being changed in the previous name by the one of "General Direction of Recruitment and Statistics of the Armed Forces", whose name was changed by the present one in 1981 , which is the responsibility of the national control of compliance with legislation on recruitment, mobilization, control of weapons and explosives, control of chemical weapons and control of martial arts and citizen shooting. Functions
Within their powers, they are responsible for the recruitment of the quota for the institutions of the FF. AA., As well as the preparation of the mobilization of the human, material and industrial potential of the country in order to meet the requirements of Defense. It should also carry out national controls on weapons, explosives, chemicals and martial arts. Finally, the DGMN advises the Ministry of Defense in matters of citizen shooting and civil defense.
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