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examinations, and 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, and 3 privates for beta examinations; development battalion staff, 1 corporal 

 and 1 private; office staff, 1 sergeant in charge, aided by 16 privates in the scoring section, 3 privates in the stenographic 

 section, 2 privates in the statistical section, 3 privates in the checking section, 1 private in charge of filing and records, 

 1 private in charge of stockroom, and 1 private in charge of mail. In addition, 4 privates are detailed for service in 

 the personnel section, depot personnel office. The chief psychological examiner (a lieutenant) has a sergeant as 



adjutant. 



XI. Miscellaneous lines of service. 



Camp Bowie, July 6, 1918: The psychological service in this station has proved to be of great value in the handling 

 of recruits aside from giving regularly prescribed examinations. The psychological examiners assist in the medical 

 examinations, in cooperation with the psychiatrists during rush work, by aiding in the selection of low grade men for 

 reexamination, and the chief examiner frequently assists in selecting men of superior intelligence for emergency work, 

 special detail, etc. , within the detention camp, as well as in the selection of men for vacancies in different camp 

 organizations. 



Camp Taylor, July 31, 1918: Company commanders now refer to us for examination those men who do not get on 

 well at drill * * * The disability board refers all mental cases to us for mental rating before they act on the 

 cases. Our recommendation usually decides the matter. 



Camp WadsWorth, June 22, 1918: The adjutant of the First Pioneer Regiment says that he has been greatly helped 

 by the psychological grades; that he is now able to pick out any type of man he wants. He has called in all privates who 

 scored A, and selected a number of them for responsible positions. 



Camp Funston, July 15, 1918: On request of the psychological examiner the camp surgeon ordered the psycho- 

 logical grades placed on all service cards. The chief psychological examiner will meet the company commander of 

 each regiment to explain the ratings. The reports to company commanders are delivered in person so that questions 

 may be answered. 



Camp Logan, July 15, 1918: The chief psychological examiner now makes lists of the men examined with score, 

 occupation, education, and wages tabulated opposite the man's name. The officers report that it is the most valu- 

 able data they have. * * * As a result of frequent conferences with company officers, many promotions and 

 transfers have been made. 



Camp Bowie, August 3, 1918: Arrangements have been made with the judge advocate for referring to the 

 psychologist all cases on which special information is desired. 



Camp Bowie, July 20, 1918: Tests will be made of prisoners not already tested. Close cooperation has been 

 effected with the judge advocate. * * * Conference has been held with the camp adjutant on the use of the 

 psychological service in the problems of education, training, and morale. * * * The commanding general desires 

 further help in the development battalion than the routine psychological examinations. The director of the Y. M. 

 C. A. desires the cooperation of the psychological board in connection with his problems. * * * Conference has 

 been held with the prison officer at military police headquarters. In the future all prisoners awaiting trial will be 

 sent for examination, and report will be made on intelligence. 



Camp Jackson, August 17, 191S: The psychological board at this camp has been made the final authority on liter- 

 acy. A new stamp has been made by the personnel officer which shows the psychological grade indicating literacy 

 or illiteracy. The psychological staff has been called upon to mark the psychological grade and literacy or illiteracy 

 on the back of overseas card. 



Camp Bowie, August 17, 1918: The psychological staff in this camp has prepared outlines for psychological service 

 in connection with the following problems: 



(a) Information for the judge advocate on cases referred. 



(6) Information on general and summary court cases. 



(c) Information from company officers on men of high psychological rating who make poor soldiers. 



(d) Information from company officers on men with low psychological ratings who make good soldiers. 



(e) Information for company officers on drill tests on the psychological problems involved in educating and drill 

 ing troops. 



XII. Students' Army training corps. 



The following letter from the Committee on Classification of Personnel in the Army, having unusual significance 

 for psychological staffs, is quoted entire. It emphasizes the importance of securing ratings of all draftees by psycho- 

 logical examining staffs in their respective stations: 



Room 528, State, War, and Navy Building, 



Washington, D. C, August 31, WIS. 

 Maj. Robert M. Yerkes, 



Surgeon General Dept., Washington, D . C. 

 My dear Major Yerkes: At a joint meeting yesterday of the Committee on Classification of Personnel in the 

 Army and of the Committee of the General Staff for Education and Special Training the method of selecting students 

 for the Students' Army Training Corps was discussed. It was decided by a unanimous vote that the psychological 

 tests now being given by you to recruits should be used as a standard in selecting recruits for the schools. The two 

 committees, therefore, urged that you take all necessary steps to see that all the recruits are given the psychological 

 tests as soon as they enter the depot brigade, or other recruiting points from which students are sent to the Students' 

 Army Training Corps institutions. 

 Yours truly, 



Walter Dill Scott. 



