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a much wider range than the officers, containing representatives in the highest classes of the 

 latter group as well as over an extensive range below their lower limit. 



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r 



a -• 



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5 ■■ 



4 - 



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 C- 



r-r-r 

 150-199 

 C 



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 200-249 250 



c«- a 



Fiq. 15. Percentage distributions in examination a: All four camps. 



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 A iGRAOt 



Officers, 5,563. Enlisted men, 63,647. 



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Candidate officers in officers' training camps. — The group of men picked for officers' training 

 camps presents a situation of rather special interest. Selections for the third series were made 



No. CASES 



3000—1 



2000 



1000 



t— i — r 

 230 - 299|300-349l 350--4I4 {SCORE 

 A 



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Fig. 16. Distributions of officers and of men in examination a. Drawn to numerical scale. Same group as in fig. 14. 



mainly from the body of men already in the Army. They constitute a selection toward the group 

 of officers, but a selection which may vary within wide limits of effectiveness, depending both 



