CHAPTER 3. 



PERIOD OF EXTENSION OF EXAMINING. 



Section 1 — Official 'plan and its approval. 



In compliance with the request of the Secretary of War, dated December 24, 1917, that the 

 Surgeon 'General submit a plan for the extension of psychological examining, the section of psy- 

 chology prepared the following as the third indorsement on the original recommendation for 

 extension : 



[Third Indorsement.] 



War Department, S. G. O., January 3, 1918 — To The Adjutant General of the Army. 



With a plan for the psychological examining of company officers and all newly drafted and enlisted men as per 

 request of second indorsement. 



PLAN FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINING IN THE ARMY. 



1. Provision of personnel. 



(a) Staff organization. — The following personnel will be required for each divisional training camp or other 

 examining station of equal size. 



(1) Officers in Sanitary Corps, 4 men. Chief of psychological service, captain or major; clinical psychologist, 

 first lieutenant, captain, or major; assistant psychologist, first lieutenant or captain ; assistant psychologist, first lieu- 

 tenant or captain. 



(2) Noncommissioned officers, 4 men. Sergeants, 2; corporals, 2. 



(3) Enlisted men (from medical or sanitary enlisted groups), 20 men. 



All enlisted men will be on psychological duty only during periods of psychological group examining. At other 

 times they will be on regular military, sanitary, or medical duty. The number of enlisted men needed will depend 

 wholly upon the necessary speed of examining. If more than 400 soldiers are to be examined per day there will be 

 needed four additional enlisted men for each additional hundred soldiers examined. 



It is desired that commissioned and noncommissioned officers and enlisted men be specially assigned to psycho- 

 logical duty and be organized as a special psychological unit under the co mm and of the chief of the psychological service. 



Total estimated personnel for 31 divisional training camps and special staff, Office of the Surgeon General, and med- 

 ical training camp : 



Officers, Sanitary Corps, National Army. — Majors, 27; captains, 51; first lieutenants, 54. 



Noncommissioned officers. — Sergeants, 62; corporals, 62; enlisted men, 620. 



Officers, Sanitary Corps, 132; noncommissioned officers, 124; enlisted men, 620. 



(6) Sources of personnel — 



(1) Men over 31 years of age to be recommended for appointment in the Sanitary Corps as rapidly as possible, 50 

 (approximately). 



(2) Men within draft age, qualified by professional training for psychological work and imperatively needed, 75 

 (approximately). 



(3) Men already in the military service especially qualified for psychological examining by their professional train- 

 ing and transferable to the Sanitary Corps, 20 (approximately). 



(4) Existing personnel for psychological service, commissioned officers, 19 (recommendations pending, 3). 

 Totals: Major, 1; captains, 4; first lieutenants, 14. 



(c) Provision for special training of men in military psychology. — It is desired to establish a two months' training 

 course, covering military and psychological topics of importance, under the general direction of a qualified instructor 

 with the rank of captain or major, in connection with the training camp of the medical department at Fort Oglethorpe, 

 Ga. The program of such a course has been prepared and submitted for necessary modification and approval to the 

 training camp division, Office of the Surgeon General. It is provided that approximately one month be devoted to 

 military and military medical training and an equivalent period to psychological methods as applied in the Army. 



It is further provided that at least 150 officers of the Sanitary Corps shall be trained in this course for psychological 

 service during the next six months; that at least 125 enlisted men be similarly trained during the same period. It is 

 further desired that at least 50 commissioned officers be ordered to Fort Oglethorpe for this special course of training as 

 soon as possible. 



(d) In accordance with section 150 (induction into the military service out of order) of the Selective Service Regu- 

 lations, it is desired to have certain qualified psychologists, not to exceed 100 in number, apply immediately, on the 



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