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recommended as noncommissioned officers ; men with mental age above 8 were assigned to com- 

 batant service; men between 7 and 8 years mental age were assigned to labor battalions over- 

 seas, and the men between 6 and 7 years mental age were held for domestic service. Men rating 

 below 6 years mental age were recommended for discharge. Psychological work at Camp 

 Sheridan, begun under unfavorable circumstances, gradually became one of the important 

 activities of the camp. 



A psychological report form (see p. 291) was filled out for every man individually exam- 

 ined in Camp Sheridan, leaving on record a valuable mass of information. At the close of exam- 

 ining an extensive tabulation of the distribution of ratings of all organizations was left on file. 



Number of enlisted men examined, 53,818; officers, 1,347. Total individual examina- 

 tions, 2, 117. 



CAMP SHERMAN, OHIO. 



Capt. George F. Arps was chief examiner at Camp Sherman. He reported in April, 1918, 

 and was followed in April by Lieut. Wylie and in August by Lieut. Murchison, who eventually 

 became chief examiner. Both Capt. Arps and Lieut. Murchison left the staff on appointment 

 as camp morale officer. Capt. Deerwester reported from Camp Grant in September for a short 

 period. Sergts. Wilson and Cotter, Corpls. Bruder and Daj T , and Pvts. Coons, Crowder, 

 McCrady, and Rubins were sent from Camp Greenleaf as assistants. Private McCrady was 

 acting first sergeant in charge of group examining. Sergt. Wilson had charge of individual 

 examining. 



The building for psychological service here was the regular barracks building situated one 

 block from the personnel office. 



Thirty per cent of the men sent to Camp Sherman were negroes. The white draft was of 

 high intelligence, but since the requirements for alpha were set high (whites, completion of fifth 

 grade; negroes, completion of seventh grade), examination beta and the performance scale were 

 extensively used. The psychological was the last examination on the recruit's program. In 

 September intelligence ratings were regularly entered on qualification cards and service records. 



It would be impossible to detail the variety of important psychological services which at 

 Camp Sherman were made a routine part of the work. Beside well-established relations with per- 

 sonnel and medical officers, judge advocate, and commanders of regular and development 

 battalion organizations, examinations were regularly made in the officers' training camp, in the 

 camp of conscientious objectors (where the commanding officer developed an interesting use of 

 the ratings), and among the various welfare organizations. Army nurses were rated. The chief 

 health officer of Chillicothe requested examination of women arrested in and about camp. At 

 request of the intelligence section three tests were worked out to measure discrimination of minute 

 movement, localization of light, and deductive reasoning. Lieut. Murchison was largely respon- 

 sible for an ambitious educational program which was planned and put into effect in the develop- 

 ment battalions and training schools. Statistical work was not neglected; a graphical presenta- 

 tion of comparison between organizations accompanied reports, and an abbreviated point scale 

 was prepared. 



Total number of enlisted men examined 62,968 ; officers, 1,440. Number of individual exami- 

 nations 2,762. 



CAMP TAYLOR, KY. 



Psychological examining began at Camp Taylor in September, 1917. Lieuts. Trabue, 

 Cummings, and Doll were the first officers to report for duty. Lieut. Norton was in charge 

 of the individual examining during the summer of 1918. Lieut. Bare reported for duty in April, 

 1918. Lieut. DeVoss was commissioned in February and reported for duty almost immediately 

 after as assistant examiner. Among the enlisted personnel on service at this camp were Sergts. 

 McWharter, Bowie, Jackson, Uhrbrock, and Denslow and Corpls. Donovan and Parker, trained 

 at Camp Greenleaf. Examining in the fall of 1917 is described on pages 16 and 17. 



A regular supply-company barracks was finally opened for the headquarters of the psycho- 

 logical staff at Camp Taylor. 



