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on the caliber of the specific group from which the men were picked and on the skill and judg- 

 ment of the officers making the choice. We shall see in a later section that there is wide varia- 

 tion between the camps in the general character of their groups, depending, doubtless, on both 

 factors. It should be remembered also that the men here shown do not represent the final 



ENLISTED MEN 

 (65267) 



O. T. C. 

 (|679S) 



OFFICERS 

 (.5363) 



296 



50 100 i>so 200 



MEDIAN SCORE.' 



Fio. 17. Medians for enlisted men, candidate officers, and officers. 



250 



300 



choice. There is further pruning in the schools to bring the groups up to officer level. For the 

 training camps of the third series we have no information regarding the results of such pruning. 

 The data here offered represent results of examinations given to men in the Infantry and 

 Artillery schools at 22 stations and to members of the Engineer officers' training school at Camp 

 Lee, which drew from a large number of stations. 



7-1 



33 



30- 



25- 



20- 



13- 



IO- 



E.NU3TED MEN (65 267) 

 N.C.O (4 39) 



O.T. C (I679S) 



OFFICERS (5.563) 



1 1 1 1 1 1 ■ — 



ILLITERATE 0-49 60-99 100-149 150-199 200-249 250-299 300-349 350-414 



SCORE 



Fig. 18. Percentage distribution of enlisted men, noncommissioned officers, candidate officers, and officers. Note that "illiterates" for whom 

 percentage is given in case of enlisted men do not properly fall on scale of abscissse. 



Table 153 gives the main data necessary for rough comparison of the three groups — enlisted 

 men, candidate officers in officers' training camps, and officers. Figures 17 and 18 present the 

 differences between these groups graphically. 



Figure 17 shows the relationship between the medians of the three groups. According to 

 this it appears that the candidate officers fall between the other two groups, but approximate 



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