Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-04
LOWER STANDARD
FOR ORAF TED MEN
GOVERNMENT WILL NOW PUT
MANY IN ARMY WHO HAVE
BEEN PREVIOUSLY REJECTED
CHANGE in WEIGHT, HEIGHT.


OF the national army, by which thou
sands who have been or will be re-
| jected under the first regulations can
now be accepted for service, have been
announced by Provost Marshal General
Crowder.
The notifications indicate that the
war department is determined to hold
for service-either general military or
special-all men registered except
those whose physical condition can
never be remedied to make them fit
for any kind of service.
Physical defects that can be RENE
died and make the men fit for service
will be remerided or the men put into
some special work, not so rigorous
as trench fighting, Crowder says.
Height and weight requirements
were both lowered and increased. Flat
foot or club or claw foot and several
foot troubles no longer are causes Off
rejection, and local boards are order
ed to reject no foot cases. Any re-
lection for these troubles must be
made by the medical advisory board.
Chances for rejection for eye and ear
defects were greatly lessened and the
dental requirements were modified
Hernia and similar trobles, the cause
o. many reflections under the first
draft, must be very serious to win
repection. Only complete nasal OBJ
structions will reject, which means
that adenoids and enlarged tonsils are
no cause for rejection.
The minimum height for men Of
the new army was lowered from 81
to So inches by the new regulations,
although all the cases of men be-
tween So and so inches must be re'
ferred to the medical advisory board
by the local physicians.
Practically all the maximum height
restrictions were removed. indicating
that Uncle Sam sees no reason why
the giants should not fight. The old
regulations placed the limit at feet
inches, but the new order provides
that men above feet, 6 inches may
be accepted if they are we'll proper
toned.
The weight minimum was lowered
from 10 to 100 pounds. although
those whose weight is less than 100
pounds, because of illness, are to be
held for service pending better health.
Only extreme cases of obesity are to
to cause overweight rejection. Regis
trants in good physical condition, but
under the weight requirements for GER
tain heights, are to be tccepted.
With the exception of those hope
lessly crippled of foot troubles, such
as hammer-toes, buinons, and the vari-
Gus types of f1at-feet that do not in
terfere with the wearing of an ordi-
nary shoe, Their egistrant is to be ac-
cepted All doubtful cases go to the
medical advisory board.
Spinal troubles must interfere seri-
ously with weight-bearing power to re-
ject it, and the wearing of a plaster
jacket will not of itself disqualify the
registrant.
Those who can hear with one ear,
spoken words at distance of ten feet,
will be accepted, only complete deaf
ness being a ground TO rejection by
local physicians. Deafness in one ear
is referred to the advisory board.
Color blindness no longer will be a
cause for rejection and those whose
eye troubles can be we'll corrected
with proper glasses will be accepted.
If man has six good teeth on each
jaw he will be taken. Formerly if
three were missing the man would be
rejected.
Only irreducible cases of hernia
will keep man out of the service un-
der the new regulations. Local ply
sicians are not allowed to reject alb
dominal cases.
Venereai diseases will be rejected
only when they make man perma-
nently unfit for service. Other regis
trants with these defects will be adj
vised to accept treatment pending re-
ceipt of orders to report for duty.
A strict and careful examination of
the lungs is ordered, with view OF
keeping to minimum the number of
pneumonia and tubercular cases in the
camps. Conditions at camps now
indicate physicians should be most
careful in the respect, Crowder says.
Extreme cases of chronic alcoholism
will be rejected
Under the new regulations the power
OF the local examining physicians is
greatly restricted Local boards can
rennct or accaDf fo,. nI,xvs;ooI .y;.o,,o1s