The Washington times., 1919-03-09

should remember that artillery work has
bean far more highly differentiated in this
war than ever before. Nowadays there
must be railroad artillery with guns
mounted on specially-cOnstFuctsd carsl,
"mOtcFised" artillery, and anti-aircraft
artillery.
N former days a recruit underwent no
examination that extended beyond his
physique. To-day bis msntal equipment is
deemed Of even greater Importance
though, q course, he cannot gain accept
ance as q soldier unless bodily At.
The tests 10 which be Is subjected are
most eiaboFats, and dsteFmlne 10 q nicely
the decree ~ his intelligence and mental
aiePtnesS. Some % them are extremely
simpIe-aa, Tor eEampla, when I've wooden
cubes d equal size are placed before the
man, Thay iook exactly alike, but diner
IN weight, containing more o. less lead.
The man b required % arrange them IN
he order Of their weights, from ilghtest to
hesViest,
There ere also iIgssW puEzies, which the
recruit must ht together. Thsy are simple
ones, but Z Il the time be takes that
SNAANss eAAAA4 HFtAE4A 4A bAIAAOdAu hE6
put before him, The starting point is
marked, and he must follow with a pencil
the way out % the graphic labyrinth.
Mixad-up sentences are referred 10 him.
such e. the following;
Arctic monkeys In I've regions,
FINGERS many toes e. have men as.
Pig less . aix has
Water On Ice Il makes warmer
Nov, the recruit q instructed not TO re-
IFVite these sentences, making sense out
ot them, but merely 10 underline the word
true" Or the word false" printed oppo-
site each.
Thus he would FsaFrIags hs irst one
IN his mind. 80 ss 20 make 4 Rad. Mon
keys live In Arctic Fsgions," and would
underline the word false" opposite. OF
course, men have aE many tees as fingers,
and 50 tor that sshtenee be would under
line the word true
Even simpler d test Eiven With sheet
nf pictuFe-dFaWings, Each drawing lacks
something essential and the problem is to
determine what that something is,
ehtld eating poFTidge out Of q howl has no
spoon, A rabbit has but one ear, violin
has no strings, 4 pistol lacks trigger.
crab Is shy" one leg. The chimney on a
cottage does not come through the roof.
The knavs OF diamonds has no aEure Of q
diamond at one end Of the card 4 woman
Is poWdsFing her Rosa before . looking
giass, but the arm and hand that hold the
powder pun DO, not appear IN the re1ec-
ton. Two cats sighting On Fooftop in
the moonlight look all right at aFst glance.
but presently one notices that only one Of
them throws . shadow.
II is not any single test (which might
give q false impFsssloAl that determines
the recruits degree Of iatelligenee, II is
the sum OF many, differing In kind. and
the result Is Of sure and absolute &C
euraey. Mentally The man b ~siEed up"
For every officer (as Tor every private
soldierl there IL on Gle q card It tells
bis occupation as . civilian, his degree Of
skil, bis military experience and pro-
aeieRey, his schooling, bis acquaintance
with languages and various other things.
IN our service during the war there have
been lst,Ass ehieeFs, every one Of whom
has been freshly rated" four times a
year BY q superior IN rank. This rating
(which appears as q special item on the
cafdl IL based upon q sort OF measuring
scale. It. covers ave primary qualihca-
tona-phystque, intelligence, leadership,
personal attributes and general value as
lighter or worker
The standards by which these uualifca-
tons are measured are Individual officers
OF corresponding rank, recognized as reprs-
seRting different degrees Of usefulness. and
value. These officers are picked out bv ,
superior, and a match" determines the
rating. For each qualification there is a
set OF five officers accepted as standards.
from highest to lowest.
But, obviously enough, the officer chosen
as representing the highest standard of
intelligence may be lowest in respect of
physique or in some other quality. Hence
the arrangement in sets Of FIVE When a
match" is obtained, a numerical rating
is given accordingly, and the sum of the
numbers for the five ratings is the total
rating.
Officers as well as enlisted recruits are
subjected to certain psychologist tests to
determine their intelligence and mental
alertness. The results, as recorded, rate
high intelligence as "a" Superior inteui.
gence is put down as "B.' Average fnteIli-
gence is quoted as &C." and inferior intel
ligence as Cd"