No.i.] PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINING IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY. 81 



CAMP MCCLELLAN, ALA. 



Maj. Waugh reported as chief examiner in October, 1918; Lieut. Layton reported at the 

 same time as assistant examiner, and Sergt. Lecky, Pvt. first class Hagner and Pvts. Fitch and 

 Feldman as trained assistants. All were transferred from Camp Gordon. 



On October 8 the inspector of psychological examining reported that psychological per- 

 sonnel and authority for the construction of a building for psychological use had been requested 

 by the camp commander. Recruits were expected and the removal of the depot brigade from 

 Camp Gordon to Camp McClellan made it advisable to supply psychological service at once. 

 The mam work of the staff when it reported was, therefore, to examine existing camp personnel 

 and make preparations for the expected draft. Prisoners in camp and depot stockade were 

 examined. 



Number enlisted men examined, 6,566; officers, 21. Total individual examinations, 45. 



CAMP MEADE, MD. 



Capt. LaRue reported as chief examiner and Lieuts. Malmberg and Pedrick as assistant 

 examiners in April, 1918. Lieut. Wembridge reported in November. Lieut. Paterson was 

 assigned in August as special examiner of the development battalion. Sergts. Rich, Fossler, 

 and Dealey, Corpls. Tyson and Morton, and Pvts. Glenn, Perrin, Cutolo, and Grosnickle were 

 assistant examiners. 



The original building assigned the psj'chological staff was a two-story convalescent ward 

 in the base hospital. Later a large two-story barracks building near the receiving offices of the 

 camp was assigned for permanent use. 



Alpha was given to men who professed ability to read and write and who had reached the 

 fifth grade. The psychological examination followed the physical ; this facilitated the operation 

 of a "one examination plan" used in the later examining. This consisted in placing two expert 

 interviewers at the exit from the medical examination board, who examined, each man briefly 

 and decided whether he should report at once for the alpha examination, the beta, or for an 

 individual examination. By this means they prevented repeated examining. 



Reports were made within 12 hours; intelligence ratings were entered on the qualification 

 cards and "illiterate" was checked on cards of all men who were unable to take and pass exami- 

 nation alpha. Recommendations for discharge were few because of the attitude of medical 

 officers. 



The development battalions at Camp Meade were of special interest in connection with the 

 school for development battalion officers. Lieut. Paterson, who was ordered here from Camp 

 Wadsworth in response to a request from the General Staff that psychology be represented, 

 developed the possibilities of psychological service in this connection. He made a complete 

 survey and classification of the battalions, demonstrated the usefulness of intelligence ratings in 

 selecting men for the noncommissioned officers' school, and made recommendations concerning 

 education and training. 



Number enlisted men examined, 64,045; officers, 1,655. Total individual examinations 

 4,013. 



CAMP PIKE, ARK. 



Lieuts. Stone and Manuel reported as chief and assistant examiners in April. Lieut. 

 Manuel was sent to Camp Beauregard in November to organize psychological service there. 

 Lieut. Breitwieser reported in July. Sergts. Swindle, Noble, and Given, and Corpls. Grainger, 

 Schneider, Schoonmaker, Franklin, and Brown, and Pvt. Wade were sent as assistant examiners 

 from Camp Greenleaf . 



A supply company barracks was used as office and headquarters for the psychological staff. 



Camp Pike received very few recruits of foreign birth, but many illiterate Americans. 

 Ability to read and write letters home was made the basis of segregation for alpha. About half 

 the men reported for psychological before physical examination; thus neither had to wait for the 



