, 1922-10-12

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army. A summary by General Ireland of some or
the interesting facts disclosed by that study In
cludes the following:
During the war over 100000 men were en-
rolled In the military service in the army and
slightly over 100000 In the navy and marine
corps" he said.
After Dec. Is, 1917, the basic classification Of
all registrants was first as to their economic avail
ability for military service. All who were found
TO be available at once were classed as Class l.
The total number of these men of the first and
second registrations, and including all who went to
camp, prior to Dec. ", 1917, was 3,76400O. or
this group over a half mil ion. $4,000, were reject.
ed by their local boards as physically unfit for all
military service. OF those considered physically fit,
amounting to approximately 100000, over 2,T00,.
600 entrnined for the military camps.
1.-THE physical examinations of these Class l
men by the local and camp examining boards
showed that AZ per cent of them had a military
defect OF sufficient importance to note on the re-
port Of the examinations.
"rhe percentage of the defective men varied
materially according To the section of the United
States from which they We're drawn. The num-
her Of defective men varies by states from 81 per
cent in llhode Island to 30 per cent in Kansas.
Rhode Island, the most urban of all states, whose
population Is largely engaged in manufacturing.
stood At the top, largely because Of the defective
and NONRESIDENT stock which has been drawn to
this state. Kansas, on, the other hand, Is largely
agricultural and such Of its population as Is OF
foreign origin Is Of the more robust type. The
percentage Of the native born in Kansas Is 65 per
cent and in Rhode STAND 294 per cent.
"Of all Glass ! men p per cent were found phys.
ically unfit for all military service. or n little more
thHn one In five were physically unfit to perform
any type of military service either mt home or
abroad. The more important causes of rejection
were:
Organic disease Of the henrt. 11.5 per cent OF
the total cases Of reflections tuberculosis. 9.3 per
cent; errors of refrnction, "a per cent. under.
weight, 10 per cent mental deficiency. 40 per
cent; hernia. AZ per cent fiat foot. SO per cent
defective and deficient teeth. 80 per cent. and
defective speech and hearing, &c per cent. OF
the large class Of diseases the defects Of the bones
and organs of locomotion ranked first. 17.2 per cent
OF the total causes Of reflections diseases OF the
heart and blood vessels second. 10 per cent: dis.
enses " the eye third. 1926 per cent. and tuber.
culosis fourth. a3 per cent.
"l,hode Island. which had the largest number
~ DETECTIVES. also had the largest number Of men
Of an between the nges Of 81 md 30. who were ex.
nmined In that state. were rejected. In Wyoming
only ~ per cent were found to he physically unfit
More men from the cities were rejected. % per
cent. than from the rurnl districts and small towns.
condition In the large cities. hut again also to the
character OF the foreign population which had con.
gregntcd In them.
"A defect 81 some character wns noted in 10
per cent OF all men from Rhode Island. while those
from Kansas had only n little over half this mum.
her, ~ per cent. The physique Of the population
~ the various states varied even To as great nm
extent MS the number OF physical defects did.