New-York tribune., 1918-02-27
REGULATIONS Provide Tests
to Detect All
Fakers
Divided in 3 Groups
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Study of Evaders Discloses
Clever and Crude
Schemes

Tho mahngerer who tries to eVaoe
military service by feigning disease
In run ND against q stone wall de-
fonco IN the second draft. A study OF
mal;neering in the United states
while the first draft increment was
Aoinq raised is published by the pro
rost marshal general in manual OF
instructions which reached the NEE"
,,al advisory boards here yesterday
"The foreign born are more apI 90
malinger than the native porn & s"S
The report, which covers every pn"So ~
~ +he tactics and mannersms Oh 'ne
s,,ors eastern Europeans are more
Nkelv to malinger than Western huio-
r.'oas There are two main types
somntrv and city. The country types
are foolish and clumsy, often gro
.esol7e. They come for examination
nrovided with recently purchased ap-
narntus such as spectacles, cru'cheS
and trusses, complain OF pam IN the
back. kidney trouble and all the DIS
eases which are the subjects OF quack
advertisements. The city type, are are
familiar with the jargons OF chnl~S
and make their complaints less spe-
ciGc. All malingerers are generally
timid. which makes them fearful OF en-
terlng the army. Mercenary motives
can be claimed in many, for men nate
10 give up good jobs.
Farmers are disinclined to give up
agriculture for military service. But
the largest class of mallngerers are re-
oruited from those who take the same
attitude about military service as they
take toward everything in life which
requires orderliness, obedience and IN
dustry. such as truants. Migrants and
wife deserters. Some are induced TO
malinger for the reason that they nave
friends or relatives in the armies OF
the Central Powers
Malinrcrets, which are persons who
wish to use real or Imaginable physl-
cal defects as avenues OF escape from
the draft, can be divided into three
general groups. the provost marshaIs
Office finds. They are:
Three Classes
I'D Real malingerers with nothing
the matter with them. who inJure
themselves or make allegations regard
ing diseases or such conditions as drug
taking or who counterfeit disease with
full consciousness and rcsponsl lOiilty,
AN for the purpose of oyading military
service. Many Of these have been
coached
90 Psychonourotics, who are nat
ural complainers and try to get out u
every dsagreeablc thing in life. They
are pcrhaps only partly conscious Of
the nature Of the seriousness Of what
they do and only partly responsi Die. In
many cases the motives are not per
s.stont, and they can be made into
good soldiers.
"l3l Confirmed ychoneurotics with
long history of nervous breakdowns
and illnesses who behave like Class
.. bat more persistentlY. and from
whom not much can be expected in the
way Of reconstruc. ion. The Important
question to decide concerning groups
> and - is not oNe Of re spOlsi ti.ity.
but as to whether there is probability
of the man being turned into a good
soldier"
Under the new system Of physical
standards n man VIII no longer be
either accepted or datly rejected. one
of -four possibilities faces every draft
eligible. He may be accepted as phYs-
cally qualified for general military ser
vice; he may be accepted as physically
qualified for general military service
when cured Of a Given remedial defect
lie may be accepted for limited or src-
cal military service IN a named occu-
patton or capacity; or he may be I'M
conditionally rejected.
" tiNl4 a -'l.ti- i'I-J .tNesl SoNc tiOI is
neither up to the standard for uncon-
diuonal acceptance nor deGcien.
enough for unconditional rejection. ac
cording to the regulations he is to b,
held for special military service be
hind The lines
SPECIAL Sery.ce Group
The gro0p held for special service
the Instructions declare, shall inclul;
resls.rauts who are. for example, some
what below the dental requirements
slightly deficient in vision and hearing
men with "anchytosis Of the lower Jaw
perforations Of the hard palate, bu
who are physically qualified in othe.
respects. The degree Of disability take1
i'm reference to the rogistrants presen
ability to work shall decide whether h
should he accepted for limited miltar
service.'
In the manual appears the statcmen
that standards for physical examine
tions Will he the same at the arm,
surgeons Offices and al recruiting sta
tions for volunteers as for men VIII
arc held under the selective servlc
law. heretofore there were disparites