The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-07-25

a ,CATlON6 NECESSARY FOR
: OMISSION INTO THE ARMY.
ew Hen Who Can stand the Tests ne.
CURED by the Regulations Govern
ing Admissions to the Ranks
Of Uncle Sam


tLlhcnnad EaIuiTsrl
A couple Of Notwithstanding dulles varo
feeling each others muscle and dis.1..ino-
5heir own god points, in the hearing Of q
Lhlfd party, at the rooms la Thursday
morning ana after enduring 1t a. long Is he
eouId, the latter paraiyzsd them with:
heI you the cigars neither Of you can
pass inc physical examination Which evary
man IN the United States army ha- to
undergo before he is enlisted in the ranks. %
It's 90, deah boy, it's q 60 But no sto-
gIe55 please, IS thou lowest 1no-genuins
Horny Clays"
An right. We viii walk down 30 tl5 re-
cfultIng Office right now aua sattle ia. mat
ter"
Capt Caliinan, the recrujt.n- officer at
this post is g gentleman and when the 1n7f-
ter was explained to him, he wa PERFECTLY
ready to put the dudes through their PAGES
Before beginning tho examination how
aver, he wanted it distinctly understood that
ne would give his decision 7.actsslv u
Ch'agh the men were genuine applicants
"1Inout bias IN either direction, and hoped
mat Whatever the result might be there
Would be no hard feelings entertained
u.aiust him
Certainly not, my dear caD+aia. car
fanny not We are under obligations to
you, awfully," chIrrupod one Of tie contest.
anCi who was staining in the doorway.
"hero the captain eyed him quizzfcaily for
a minute
i am glad to hear you say that" said the
captain at last, "because-now raF0ar4Iar r
am treating you rs | would bona fila an
pic~hC-1ecauso in your case it is useless for
The examination to proceed further. yoIr
name wJald be entered on my books fol-
lowed by the words, REJECTED. Cause, IN
symmetrical legs"
The statement was u crusher but there
was no appeal from it as the capsain shovel
ny producing the laws Of the United States
governing admissions t. the army that
boW-leg5 are bar against the enlistment Of
a Would-be soldier The laws plainly state
Ihe amount Of curve admissible in q rri-
VaJe's lower limbs, and the dudes tiabt
trousers showed that while he could not
hoid barrel comfortably between his knees
when his feet We're together, the space thara
was altogether beyond the limit set bv law
After satisfactorily passing an examiua-
ton as to the height, weight (Which must
lie 10 pounds the chest measurement mot
less than thirty-threa inches at expiration
the second man was required to tell ths
number OF spots ON a three-incn card held
at a distance of fifteen feet. There yyara
Tour black spots on the card but he calmly
stated that it was an ace.
We'll, tell me how many arc a., This ono - /
and he held up ten-spot This was do
cared to be an ace also; but whom il WIS /
held rectly before his eyes he plainly saw /
"hhJ 1t really was the verdict in his case (
was, OF course rejected; defective vision /
Aou must not be surprised that YOU did +
not pass the examination, said the caD+afn
-Four mon out Of every five are troubled /
with some physical ailment, whether thew
know 1t or not Only short time AFRO 7
was compelled to reject man for color
Guinness, with which he was afflicted to d
very severe extent, although before he came
to mo he had no idea Of bis falling. That
man was railroad engineer, and for alI
know to the contrary he is running an en-
CINE today and yet 10 could not detect
red card from a black one at distance Of
ten feat. 1t Is mystery to me how E4
passed the examination required Of en-
giueors
Stiff joints and defective vision are the
coinmonest causes Of rejection, and aImo.t
invariably the victim has no idea of his
lalhuG until it is proved here by actual to.t
The physical standard for admission to tha
army Is only high enough to insure She GOV
eminent in getting sound mon; but il is far
higher than obtains among the masses OF
II men in Cincinnati to-day. Do not take
my word for 1t, but look at the books Here
IS a record Of ell applicants, together with
'he reJections ant accoptancezn
AT cursory glance the reflections soeme.
o outnumber the others four To one. sona
II the causes being given below just as taav
we're copied from the captains book:
defective vision; varicocela; detective
eeth; weak ankles; under weight; unsvrl-
notrical legs; color blindness: poor pbvs-
que; impaired vision; defective feet: de-
cctlve hearing; stir joints, and SO On for
QUINN after column, proving. couclu.-
Vety, that unsOund men are the rIla
ather than the exception
I'm a community which can BE- consi1e~,7
thoroughly healthy the captain Went ON q
hree-fourths Of the mon should be aba IN .
tand the tests required by our laws. Me- i
ountry born and bred are generally I
ealthy, whiio city men arc s0unI 4
1 about the proportion Of one to
our or five. l sometimes tell my
'H that we viii presently have no
len in our cities, and am especially gloomy "
hen l have examined long list Of appl-
ants and only found two or three good men /
mong them The reason for this deta!anca =
on the surface. 1t Is not necessary to -
udy the subject very deeply in order to :
now that no man can retain his health +
lthout more or less exercise for all his -
luSeies- Able-bodied men who have spent "
10 day seated at their desks pass to and :,
ON their homes seated in street-cars. In =
ngland ana On the continent men plav !,
l'~do2r games when their work is done, In =.
'aerca we pay half dollar to watch our =
'Vorte baseball club play fol us. Com =
lent j. unnecessary" q