The Holly chieftain., 1922-10-12


army A summary by General Ireland of some OF
the Interesting facts disclosed by that study In
cudes the following:
"Durng the war over 100000 men were en-.
rolled In the military service In the army and
slightly over $4,000 in the navy and marine
corps" he said.
AFTER Dec. 15, 1917. the basic classification Of
all registrnnts first as their economic avail
ability for military service. All who were found
to be available ut once were Chased as Class i.
The total number Of these men Of the first and
second registrations. and including all who went to
camp, prior to Dec. Is. 1917, was 3764.000. OF
this group over half mil ion. $4,000. were reject
ed by their local boards physically unfit for all
military service OF those considered physically fit,
amounting to approximately 3.200.OO0 over 2,7OO.-
900 entrained for the military camps.
''The physical examinations of these Glass
men by the local and camp examining boards
showed that AZ per cent OF them had military
defect Of sufficient importance to note the
port of the examinations
I'he percentage of the defective men varied
materially according to the section of the United
States from which they were drawn. The num-
ber of defective men vuries by states from O. per
cent In Rhode 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 non resistant stock which has been drawn to
this state. Kansas on the other hand is largely
aGricuiturtl ana Such or IT'S 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 Class men 81 per cent were found phys
caily unfit for all military service. or little more
than one In five We're physically unfit to perform
any type Of military service either ut home or
abroad. The more important causes of rejection
we're:
Organic disease Of the heart, 115 per cent of
the total cases of reflections: tuberculosis 93 per
cent: errors of refrnction. S.4 per cent under
weight, T3 per cent; mental deficiency As per
cent; hernia, 43 per cent fat foot, 3.6 per cent
defective and deficient teeth, 80 per cent, and
defective speech and hearing. &c per cent or
the large cnss OF diseases the defects of the bones
and organs Of ocOmotion ranked first 172 per cent
of the ota, causes Of reflections: diseases of the
heart and blood vessels second Is per cent dis
eases OF the eye third, 1915 per cent, and tuber
cu'osls 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 NIL between the ages of 81 and 90 who were ex
nmined In that state, were rejected. In Wyoming
only 13 per cent found to he physically unfit
More men from the cities were rejected % per
cent. tlnn te rural districts and small tow ns
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.
gregnted In them.
"a defect Of character was noted In 80
per cent Of all men from Rhode Island, while those
from Kansas had only little over half this num-
her. AZ per cent. The physique Of the population
Of the various states varied even to great an
extent as the number OF physical defects did