Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-03

! WASHINGTON, D. c., August a.
list Of the disabilities on which a MAJ
should be exempted from the selectiv,
draft army will shortly be in the hands
OF the physicians who are to make tn,
physical examinations.
The rules prescribe that all men pre-
tsenting themselves for examination
must be stripped
A standard height, weight and ches
measurement is first set forth for the
guidance of the physicians. These
| figures range from a height of five
| feet and one inch to six feet and si2
inches The standard weight for q
man five feet and one inch tall is giver
at 1l8 pounds, his chest Debated al
thirty-one inches and inflated at thir.
ty-three inches. For man six feet
siz inches tall the standard weight is
,211 pounds, chest SO IA and expansion
four inches.
Variations in weight and expansion
are permissible for qualification as
follows;
Height, 81 to Ga inches, variation
of pounds and l inch in chest expan-
sion; "a to 68 inches tall, 10 pounds
and inches; So to So inches, u pounds
ard inches; 50 to 70 inches, Is pounds
and inches; 10 to 70, 20 pounds and
inches; 70 inches and over. "a pounds
variation in weight and inches in eX-
pansion,
To be acceptable for military service
q man below 5 feet and 4 inches in
height, the rules direct, must be "oi
good physique, well developed and
muscular.
Unless exceptionally well proper
toned" the rules also say, men above
6 feet and 6 inches in height should
be rejected"
Causes For Rejection.
Causes given in the rules for rejec-
ton of men for military service in
clude the following:
Mental, lack of normal understand
ing
Skin, chronic, contagious and para
site diseases, when severe and exten-
tive; chronic ulcers, deep or extern
'siye.
Head, abrupt depression in skull, the
consequence Of old fracture.
Spine, curvatures, carries, abscess
laterl curvature is cause for rejec
ton when it exceeds one inch to either
side.
Ears, all forms of obitis medis; per.
foration of tympanum.
Eyes, faculty of vision below stand
ardized requirements, conjunctural af
lection, including tracoma and entro
pia, Strabismus and other affection;
affecting clear vision.
Mouth, nose and face, deformaties
interfering with mastication or speech
chronic alterations, assures or per
forations of the hard palate; hyper
trophy of the tonsils sufficient to inter
fere with the respiration or phona
,tion; loss of voice or manifest altera
ton Of it.
Four Good MOlarS Required.
Teeth-At least four servicable
molars required on each side of jaw
two above and two below; good fitting
bridge or plate where not more thai
one-half of the teeth are involved is
not disqualifying.
Neck-Pronounced goitre, great en-
largement or alterations of the cervi
Gil glands.
CHEST All >hronic diseases of lung:
and heart.
abdomen Chronic imitation of the
gastro-intestinal tract, including chron
ic diarrhoea, dysentery and other dis
eases of the contained organs.
All genito-urinary diseases, Lemon
rhoids of pronounced type, prolapsus
fistula and hssurcs
Other ailments included in the lis
are rheumatisrl, { seases of the joint,
of disabling we, irreducible d false
joints, severe sIrains, atrophy raraly
/ sis, permanea' contraction of the mus
cles, etc.
Hands, W, @>@ fingers, ext nsion OF