Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-10-12

army A summary by General Ireland of some of
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 to their economic avail
ability for military service. All who were found
to be available at once were CaSsed as Glass l.
The total number Of these men of the first and
second registrations and including all who went to
camp, prior to Dec. -, 1917, 3764,0OO. OF
this group over half million, $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,IOO,-
600 entrained for the military camps.
"The physical examinations of these Glass 1
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
"The percentage of the defective men varied
materially according to the section of the United
States from which they were drawn. The num-
Der Of defective varies by states from GA per
cent in Rhode Island to 80 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 Go per
cent and in Rhode Island 29.4 per cent.
"Of all Glass l men 81 per cent found phys
ically unfit for all military service little
than one in five were physically unfit to perform
any type of military service either at home or
abroad. The more important causes of rejection
were
Organic disease of the heart lis per cent of
the total of reflections; tuberculosis, 93 per
cent; errors of refractOn, S4 per cent under
weight, 73 per cent; mental deficiency, 4.5 per
cent; hernia, 4.3 per cent; fiat foot SO per cent;
defective and deficient teeth 80 per cent and
defective speech and hearing 90 per cent. OF
the large class Of diseases the defects of the bones
and organs of ocomotion ranked first, 172 per cent
Of the total causes Of reflections; diseases of the
heart and blood vessels second, IS per cent; dis
eases of the eye third, 1875 per cent and tuber-
cuoss fourth, 9.3 per cent.
"Rhode Island which had the largest number
Of detectives, also had the largest number Of men
rejected. Forty-two per cent, almost one-half
OF all between the ages Of 81 and 80, who were ex-
amlned in that state were rejected In Wyoming
only IL per cent were found to he physically unfit
More men from the cities were rejected, % per
| cent than from the rural districts and small towns
20 per cent, due not only to the environmental
condition in the large cities but again also to the
character Of the foreign population which had con-
gregated in them.
"A defect of some character noted in so
per cent Of all men from Rhode Island, while those
from Kansas had only n little over half this num-
her, ~ per cent. The physique Of the population
Of the various states varied even to as great an
extent as the number of physical defects did.