The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-10-26

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 first to their economic avail
ability for military service. All who were found
to be available at once were classed 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 3,764,0O0 OF
this group half million, $4,000, were reject
ed by their local boards physically unfit for all
military service OF those considered physically fit,
amounting to approximately 100000 over 27OO,-
600 entraned for the military camps.
1.-THE physical examinations of these Class 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 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 drawn The num-
Der of defective varies by states from "a per
cent in Rhode Island to 35 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
tnls state. NHnSaS, on the OIner nanQ, 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 Island 29.4 per cent.
"Of all Glass men p per cent were found phys
ically unfit for all military service, or a little more
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
he total cases Of reflections; tuberculosis, 90 per
mt; errors Of refraction, S4 per cent; under
weight, 73 per cent; mental deficiency, As per
cent; hernia 43 per cent; fiat foot SO per cent:
defective and deficient teeth 80 per cent. and
oerective speech and hearing % per cent OF
he large class Of diseases the defects Of the bones
ana organs OF locomoton ranked first, 172 per cent
OF the total causes of reflections; diseases of tho
heart and blood vessels second, Is per cent: dis
eases OF the eye third, 126 per cent and tuber.
culosis fourth 90 per cent
Rhode Island, which had the largest number
Of detectives. also had the largest number Of mon
rejected Forty-two per cent, or almost onehalf
OF all between the ages Of q and go who were ex
amined In that state were rejected. In Wyoming
only IL per cent were found to be 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 envronmental
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 was noted In so
per cent Of all men from Rhode Island while those
from Kansas had only a little over half this num-
Der. AZ 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.