The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-18

II HI q SSANEAdAllAA VI Raaae were stdttalflN put in the Antnw against theiT, will, Then Con- gnesS prolonged the draft period.
 Freih these two factors alone, psy- SiliatGistSs alftipiiea numerous de- sarttpnS, attempted suicides. many eonipRte nfentah hreakdawpa But ufRS dltiiAt deXelpIS with any more trsqltet&Qy than in the last war.
 Rrii1lipal reason there have been no rfQre nRiftal cases in the Amer iRsaah Art9@ may come from the fact tlaA @lfre has been a much closer I RSNeil eiliRtTil examination of men in- datRta1a into service.
 ENer since the lRst war. and par tsrulariN since 1928. there had been gelaaral staff study of the use of sgcifiatri9 examination for drafted man In tho ArfaN's mobilization plans. When SSlRctiHe Service did become & fact in r949, however. teRre weren't enough psychiatrists available to rRaa eEery one of the 851D draAo boards. Preliminary screening tests were of course given 1H ulte neGieal examiners on each board. and the obvious naistits for q9illEagN lEe were culled out.
 A R@ERzE CHECK
 Each quota of drafted men was than re-sNamaed at the induction GeHtRrS of wiairiA there were about 122i5, and hRre the Army did see to ii ttfa1 thRre was a qualified psy- 9laifaurist to doitiele, check the men passed hX tiae lecah boards. Under this 6Qlffla screening, men rejected f9r, RsNclliatrie reasons numbered about fsse or six to the hundred. BcISaS,, utseeg new methods of ex- alRttRatiRia. with only the @pst rudi- 1aRntar% check a9 local draft boards
 1itl with a much more careful check at uisR induction eenterS. the num- hsr of man rejected as mentally or nRrv0isiG unsuitable for army hfe nuns as high as 84 per cent.
 Most solaiers being indGcted into thu ArIrRH have pEoisately not been aware that tiaRg were being psyched- They may haye noted that the man at reR ers6 of the examining TOW. tiaR hast dcetcr' to give, them a go- ing eNer: has been a kindly man who had been ccneen0 no ask a couple os innocent qaRstinnss. This last doctor would of course have the advantage of ReEsiRal examinations made by 0isfaerS at thu head of the hre. and on tiaR mans card would be reports on hRart., hissgs,. refsexes and so on. W.lta titifS data from the regular Riegsinia2s and his own quick check up on thu iGEciGeRce of mental or mRrvoilS disease in the family his- aQry;, tlea Fsgchiatrist might find elexs s9 irSenttNS lksIy psychiatric 9asss, Then would come the e1es- aiieGS.
 Dia risR selaSer hae to go out witih gtrls3 Normal hoEs do. Surprise answers cQ that qHession sometimes gave a eiRw to perversicn.
 Difa aiaR Selilar have any ohjec- ujIzgs to going in the Army? Un- usual reailRS may have given the GlRw u0 psychological nsishts.
 Rad any ef the mans relatives Sfs-A AAAae~ sA AEANGlSsS AAGAA@l&AS Rssc&iR1rte cases sometimes run in i families PRESSING HAD TROUBLE
 Thase a-e rough. hurried tests. but ] uheE have prexented the Army from ! tdfng saGdskd with many future | mRr1an eaSsa, wAfcn is no small sav- ] ing Aatsr u S trocPs get to France i'm the ARsf war. General Pershins 1 tlu1 u0 ealsle tiae War Department [ asking fgr mcre careful psycaiatric l exam nahicm ef nsen sent Gve-SeaS.
 F1Ir" 5fe eErsire u S Army in the i lthsr WIFI. tAzre were some 100 C9O I masn9- --svgisiatric casualties They 1 aRcurrE5 at the rate of g per thou | sanlH tn the u- S. IT per thousand ] Hn aIke A. E. r. That shows if Is es- #nftRl uo eliminate phyehiatric eSEsEg:s
 Tlhe SHxinS fS great Prom 1s23 to l H9aD uihe VsterGESs Administration l IEnia GEEr neRrlv sI hIllion for the 4 GHge Gf uRrrG-pEEehiatrie eases re- ! sIIs6ng frum the Iass war. Of the 90 l TeteramES Administration facilities \ HrainnaigEeG today TT are e1-i1lSive- IN finn mEu1an ea<es-a3 GOO of them | TIhe gsEr fur eneh case has been IshaG1 gaNaGGA
 Thar's why tMe biz effort is made us1HE u@ harp cut of tine Army men 3lhD nIEv krgak down