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Table 173. — Percentage distribution of negro enlisted men and of white enlisted men (Camp Lee) — Examination a. 



[Literate cases only; 39.6 per cent of total negro group are not included in table because prevented by illiteracy from taking examination a; only 



17.7 per cent of white group are similarly excluded.) 





' Indicates less than 0.1 per cent. 



Table 174. — Comparison of negro enlisted men with white (Camp Lee)— Means and standard deviations — Examination a. 



[Literate cases only; 39.6 per cent of total negro group are not included in table because prevented by illiteracy from taking examination a; only 



17.7 per cent of white group are similarly excluded.] 





An interesting attempt was made at Lee to further distinguish within the negro group on 

 the basis of skin color. Two battalions were classified as lighter or darker on the basis of off- 

 hand inspection. The median score of the darker group in examination a was 40 ; that of the 

 lighter group 51. Two other battalions were classified as black, brown, and yellow on the basis 

 of skin color. The median score of the "black" negroes in a was 39; that of the "yellow" was 

 59; while that of the "brown" negroes fell between these values. 1 



At Camp Dix 106 negro officers of the Three hundred and forty-ninth and Three hundred 

 and fiftieth Field Artillery Regiments were also examined. Table 175 presents data for this 

 group in comparison with white officers at Dix. The percentages distributions of these two 

 groups are show r n in figure 30; a similar comparison of this group of negro officers in comparison 

 with negro enlisted men at Dix is shown in figure 31. Again, the negro group appears markedly 

 inferior to the white, though it is also true that the negro officer group shows a marked supe- 

 riority to the negro enlisted men. 



Table 174. — Percentage distribution of scores by race — Examination a — Officers — Camp Dix. 



' The medians of this paragraph were figured for those who actually took examination a without reference to those eliminated because of illiteracy 

 They are therefore higher than themedian for the total Lee group reported in Table 172. 



