no. 3.] PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINING IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY. 795 



Table 340. — Percentage distribution of whites and negroes, by mental age, according to venereal and nonuenereal diseases. 



Table 341, which gives the years schooling of the total Army and of this low-grade group, 

 shows the decided lack of education of such men. Thirty-nine per cent of the whites and 59 

 per cent of the negroes did not even reach the first grade. The medians of the different recom- 

 mendations show up the years schooling in a definite manner (table 342). 



Table 341. — Percentage distribution of years schooling for total draft and for low-grade group at Camp Sheridan. 



Number of years schooling. 



20 



19 



18 



17 



16 



15 



14 



13 



12 



11 



10 



9 



8 



7 



6 



5 



4 



3 



2 



1 







Total number of cases 

 Median 



Total draft, 

 white. 



0.01 

 0.01 

 0.04 

 0.10 

 1.03 

 0.7 

 1.3 

 1.6 

 3.7 

 2.5 

 4.5 

 5.8 

 23.8 

 13.9 

 10.5 

 9.7 

 7.7 

 4.7 

 2.7 

 1.8 

 3.3 



69, 748 

 7.7 



Total draft 

 negro. 



.01 



.02 



0.4 



0.3 



0.5 



0.4 



1.4 



1.1 



2.0 



2.1 



8.4 



7.2 



8.3 



12.5 



14.2 



11.7 



8.3 



7.7 



13.4 



,192 

 4.6 



Sheridan 

 group, 

 white. 



Sheridan 

 group, 

 negro. 



0.3 

 0.2 

 0.6 

 1.6 

 1.5 

 5.1 

 5.9 

 11.5 

 12.1 

 9.6 

 12.7 

 39.0 



655 

 1.8 



0.2 



0.2 

 0.2 

 1.2 

 3.5 

 5.3 

 7.5 

 10.8 

 12.2 

 59.0 



484 

 0.8 



The illiteracy of this group is evident: Seventy-five per cent of the negroes and 49.2 per 

 cent of the whites could neither read nor write; 20.2 per cent of the negroes and 40.7 per cent 

 of the whites could both read and write. In a few cases the men could read and not write or 

 vice versa. Of the whites recommended for regular service 36 per cent could neither read nor 

 write; of the whites recommended for discharge 73 per cent could neither read nor write. 

 With the negroes 64.9 per cent of those in the group recommended for regular service could 

 neither read nor write, while 96.4 per cent of those recommended for discharge could do neither. 



