The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-30
DRAF TEES PASS
 MEDICAL TESTS
 AT RAPID RATE

Sept. 7.-More than 70 physicians and surgeons and perhaps twice that number of enlisted men acting as clerks and assistants operate the medical examination machine here, through which draft recruits began to pour today at a rapid rate The organization so far has not struck its pace" but the corps which ex- amined the California June draft quotas, sent here for training, ex- amined more than 700 men in eight hours and the present unit is ex- pected to do at least as we'll es- pecially as many of it's members served in the former corps.
 The examination was carried on in series of five buildings connected with tents or canvas passages, and in several tents opening off these passages. Except for vital per sonnel work nothing else was done in these buildings. The examina- tion work went on until an early hour tonight, and tomorrow will start early and continue late No rehearsals were held as was the case with the former machine but notwithstanding this, every portion of the organization functioned we'll and today's work went forward rapidly.
 The first step toward the examin- ation was a bath which the recruits took under the showers in their company wash-houses. Then they were lined up in single file at the entrance to the examination build- ings to wait their turn. Each man carried with him all the papers he needed during the examination, clipped together in the order in which they were required. "-:
 The long line of recruits was fed into the examination machine like wire into nail-making apparatus, and after about an hour, the com pleted product began to click forth at the other end. Occasionally a man who failed to meet some stand ard was thrust out at some stage of the procedure
 The first section of the machine was devoted to finger prints. In a tent set aside of them, eight men trained in taking finger prints, operated at as many stands. Print er's ink was usedI
 Then the recruit washed his fin ger tips with gasoline, fastened the tag bearing the camp serial number assigned to him around his neck and stripped. Enlisted men de- i tailed to that duty tied his clothes into a bundle and tagged it with his name. ':
 In small section next to this room groups of enlisted men at scales and height-measuring stands took the weight and height of each recruit which other enlisted men entered on a blank from the re- cruit's bunch of papers. Here also all tattoos, scars and other bodily marks were entered on a peculiar form which showed their exact loca. tion. Each recruit was measured for chest expansion and then he passed on to the skin examiners.
 An optical board tested the re- cruits ability to read letter charts at varying distances. One specialist examined all the recruits ears. He ! worked rapidly, closing one of the mans ears at time and whispering different numbers or phrases at varying distances from the open ear. If the man repeated these correctly he passed; if not, he was recorded as having defective hearing. Often Ia few questions would reveal the cause of the trouble and show the ailment either curable or incurable. Then appropriate notes would be made so that he might have proper medical attention later on
 The orthopedic board examined each recruits feet and joints care fully nOtinp minor dofectS which