Evening star., 1941-04-09
Mental or Physical
Defects Reject 14%
OF DC. SeIectees
Bod Teeth Leod,
With Nervous Ailments
Next in Order

OF the 1884 Washington selectees
sent to the Army induction station
at Baltimore last month. 266, or
14l1 per cent, we're rejected because
of physical or mental defects. 1t.
Col. A. C. Gray, State medical Of
ficer for District selective service,
revealed today.
Dental defects were responsible
for the largest number of rejec-
tions, 55 in all, while mental and
nervous disorders banned 43
Thirty men were turned down be-
cause Of gonorrhea and Is others
were rejected because of syphilis.
Col. Gray explained that in the
majority, perhaps all, these cases
the disease was contracted between
the time of the local board physical
examination here and the appear
ance of the registrants at the in
duction station.
High blood pressure was RESPONSE
BILE for the rejection of 18 WASH
ingtonians during the month, and
musculo- o-skeletal defects resulted in
the rundown of IA men.
Is Have Eye Defects.
Thirteen were rejected because of
eye trouble and seven because of
perforated ear drums. The hearing
of two additional selectees was
found to be defective for other rea-
sons. Ten selectees were turned
down because of hernia and four
because of chronic alcoholism.
Other causes for rejection and the
number of selectees turned down
because of each we're:
Flat feet, two: heart disease. six:
varicose veins, three: lung defects.
nine; endocrine disorder. two,
hemorrhoid fistula, seven; epilepsy,
five: over or under weight, three;
over or under height, one; skin dis
ease, one; albumenorial and pyuria,
IL; nasal and sinus defects. one;
acute illness. four, and other de-
fects, two.
Board No "a. with 20 reflections
during the month: No, IA. with 10,
and No 81, with l8. headed the list.
Total reflections by other boards
were:
Board No l. thirteen; 2, eight; !;
3, four: 4, six; 5, two; 6. seven !;
7, seven: s. six: 9. nine, 10. nine
II, nine; u, fourteen. 13. seven; !;
Is, eight; Is, eleven; II, thirteen;
18, nine; 10, fourteen: 20, thirteen;
%, fourteen; %. thirteen, and Is,
thirteen.
Col. Gray explained that in a
number of "borderline" cases,
whether registrant is accepted or
rejected depends largely on personal
opinions of examining doctors.
Work on Reserve Continues.
More than 500 registrants were
examined at six local hospitals last
night as the Selective service med
ical staff continued to build up a
reserve of class IA registrants. A
similar number of prospective Sc
lectees will be given examinations
tomorrow night at Emergency, Gar
field, Providence, Freedmen's, Sibley
and Georgetown Hospitals.
The man power division at selec-
tive service headquarters today an
nounced the local board breakdown
of the first May quota of 132 Dis
trict men officially requisitioned by
Sd Corps Area authorities last week
end.
Board No. will be called on for
eight white selectees; No. 9, IL
white; No. 10, II white; No. II, five
white and Is colored; No. 13, 10
white; No. IA, six white; No. Is, 10
white; No. 16, two white; No. II, six
white; No. 18, three white; No. 19,
II white and seven colored; No. 23
Is white, and No. 25, 10 colored
Other boards will not be called on
in the first section of the May
reouisition, officials said.
All men will be inducted May g.
the 100 white selectees at the Rich
mond induction station and the 80
colored men at Baltimore. The Sc
lectees will be ordered to report at
the Pennsylvania Avenue Armory
at Ills Am