The Bolivar County Democrat., 1922-10-14

army summary by General Ireland of Of
the interesting facts disclosed by that study In
cludes the following:
During the 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. 49, 1917, the basic classification Of
all regstrants first to their economic avail
ability for military service. All who were found
to be available at once were classed as Class 1.
The total number of these men of the first and
second registrations, and including all who went to
camp, prior to Dec. Is, 1917 3,764,0O0. OF
this group over half million, $4,000, reject
ed by their local boards physically unfit for all
military service. OF those considered physically it
amounting to approximately 100000, over 2,70O-
600 entrained for the military camps.
1.-THE physical examinations Of these Glass I
men by the local and camp examining boards
showed that Al per cent of them had 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-
ber Of defective meE varies by states from 81 per
cent in Rhode Island to IS 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-resstant stock which has been drawn to
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 294 per cent.
"Of all Glass 1 men p per cent were found phys
ically unfit for all military service or little more
than one in five were physically unfit to perform
any type Of military service either at home or
abroad The important causes of rejection
were:
Organic disease of the heart, 11.5 per cent of
the total cases Of rejections tuberculosis, 93 per
cent; errors Of refraction, S4 per cent; under.
weight, 7.3 per cent mental deficiency As per
cent; hernia, 43 per cent fiat foot 36 per cent
defective and deficient teeth. 3.2 per cent and
defective speech and hearing. 90 per cent OF
the large class Of diseases the defects Of the bones
and organs of locomoon ranked first 17.2 per cent
of the total causes of rejections diseases of the
heart and blood vessels second, Is per cent: dis
eases Of the eye third, 1875 per cent, and tuber-
culosis fourth, 93 per cent.
Rhode Island, which had the largest number
Of detectives, also had the largest number of men
rejected Forty-two per cent. or almost one-half
OF all between the ages of 81 and 30 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 town
~ 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 80
per cent Of all men from Rhode Island while those
from Kansas had only 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