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approval of this plan, to their local boards for induction into the enlisted reserve corps of the medical department (either 

 medical or sanitary service) in order that they may be ordered to Fort Oglethorpe for special training in psychological 

 examining. A list or lists of such men will be supplied to The Adjutant General, in advance of action by the regis- 

 trants, with requests that he instruct the proper local boards to have the men report direct to the commandant of the 

 medical training department, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., instead of to the nearest mobilization camp. 



Before, during, or after the special course of training for psychologists at Fort Oglethorpe it is desired to recom- 

 mend men within the draft age as well as those above that age for appropriate commissions in the Sanitary Corps. 

 Unless it is permissible so to recommend professional psychologists between the ages of 21 and 31 , the psychological serv- 

 ice will be seriously hampered, if not rendered practically ineffective. 



2. Provision of proper buildings for psychological examining: 



(a) General plan. — It is deemed essential, in view of the relatively complex character of the work and the need of 

 the rapid examining of hundreds of men per day both by groups and individually, and also because of the large quanti- 

 ties of apparatus, printed materials, and confidential records and report materials to be safely stored, that a special 

 building be provided in each divisional training camp for the conduct of psychological work and for the housing of the 

 psychological staff. 



The psychology building should be located conveniently near or in connection with the proposed group of quar- 

 antine barracks or tents in which for a period of two weeks after their arrival at camp men are to be held under medical 

 observation. So far as possible it is desired that the building be in proximity also to either the base hospital or division 

 headquarters. 



The building should provide, as per rough sketch attached 1 — (1) On the first floor, (a) an examining hall, approx- 

 imately 30 by 60 feet, for the examining of groups of 150 to 200 men; (6) an examining hall, approximately 30 by 50feet, 

 for the examining of groups of 50 to 80 men; (c) a Btoreroom approximately 12 by 20 feet, for record materials of various 

 sorts. (2) On the second floor, (d) a room approximately 30 by 40 feet, for the scoring of records; (c) a record room and 

 executive office; (/) a storeroom for apparatus and miscellaneous supplies; (g) three rooms for individual examining 

 (h) four rooms for officers' quarters; (i) wash room, toilet, and shower. 



The estimated cost of the required housing facilities, including necessary furnishing of benches, tables, and chairs 

 is $10,000 to $12,000. 



(b) Special furniture and other equipment by rooms — Room (a), plain benches to seat at least 150 men; (6), high 

 work benches or tables to accommodate, standing, at least 60 men; room (c), shelving on two sides; room (rf), tables and 

 chairs to accommodate 30 scoring clerks; other rooms furnished with shelving, tables, and chairs. The building will 

 require approximately 50 chairs and 25 tables. 



3. Materials for psychological work. The following are the chief materials for psychological work: 



(a) Apparatus and materials other than printed matter: Pencils, paper, stop watches, lapboards, blackboards, 

 charts, Stanford outfits, Point Scale outfits, performance outfits, stencils, Stenquist sets, typewriters, adding machines. 

 Estimated cost of above equipment per camp, $500 to $750. 



(b) Printed materials: Literacy test blanks, alpha examination blanks, beta examination blanks, individual 

 examination blanks, individual record and report blanks, examiners' guides, and miscellaneous blanks. 



Estimated cost of printed material per man examined, if the total number provided for be 1,000,000 or more, 2 to 

 3 cents. 



4. Schedule or program of psychological work: It is provided that men shall be examined at the rate of 400 per 

 day, but if desired that number may be increased to 800 per day without additional space or materials. From the deten- 

 tion quarters men would be reported in groups of 100 to 200 at examining room a, according to prearranged schedule. 

 The following is the examining procedure : 



I. Literacy test to divide the original group reported into (a) men who speak and write English fairly well, (6) 

 those who do not; 5 to 40 per cent of the entire group. Time for this segregational test, 10 minutes. 



II. The a group remains in examining room a for alpha examination, on the basis of which intelligence rating is 

 given. Time for alpha examination, 40 to 50 minutes. 



III. The 6 group, after literacy test of I, is transferred to examining room b, where it is immediately given the 

 beta examination for the purpose of assignment of an intelligence rating. Time for beta examination, approximately 

 60 minutes. 



IV. All individuals receiving intelligence ratings of E (very poor) in either alpha or beta examinations are to be 

 given careful individual examination as promptly as is feasible. 



In accordance with the results of individual examining, E men will be (a) recommended to medical officer for 

 discharge, or (6) recommended for assignment to Service Battalion of the Depot Brigade, because of mental inferiority, 

 or (c) reported as suitable for regular assignment in training organizations. 



In this connection it i3 deemed especially desirable that a service battalion be organized for each division within 

 the Depot Brigade to which, pending individual examination or execution of recommendation, men rated as E in 

 mental ability may be assigned. It is further deemed desirable that service organizations be created for the effective 

 use within the Army of men who by reason of inferior intelligence can not be satisfactorily used in regular training 

 organizations. 



So far as can be predicted at present the average time per man for psychological examination will be about 

 70 minutes, the average time given by psychological examiner to each man will be approximately 5 minutes. 

 This moderate demand is conditioned chiefly by the examining of men in large groups. 



1 These sketches, as revised for constructional use, are reproduced on pp. 197f. 



