no. 3.] PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINING IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY. 863 



The following figures make possible comparison of the intelligence rating of students in 

 the officers' training group with enlisted men and with officers. 



According to these figures the average intelligence of the students in the third series of 

 officers' training schools is considerably lower than that for officers in the four National Army 

 divisions which had been examined at the time when these figures were obtained. According 

 to the figures in table 415 the median score for the officers in the National Army divi- 

 sions is exceeded by the median score of only 3 out of the 22 officers' training school 

 groups, namely, those at Devens, Wadsworth, and Grant. This seems to indicate that the 

 student officers in the third series of training schools are inferior to the first and second training 

 schools in intelligence. However, since the men in the training schools were not all given 

 commissions, it may be possible that the intelligence of the group which is successful will be 

 as high as that of the groups already commissioned. 



The results obtained in the examination of the fourth series of officers' training camps 

 are set forth in tables 416 and 417 and in figure 64. In examining these camps examination 

 alpha was used and the results were expressed in weighted scores. These examinations were 

 also given after the adoption of the C+ and the C— grades. 



The range of differences between camps is even greater in the fourth series than in 

 the third. In Camp Lewis nearly twice as many men made grades A and B as in Wheeler 

 and the number of As made at Lewis is three times as great as the number made at Wheeler. 

 There is still present the tendency of the southern camps to stand low in the list. 



Table 416. — Distribution of letter grades in the individual officers' training camps of the fourth seriet. 



Table 417. — Percentage distribution of letter grades and median alpha scores in the individual officers' training camps of the 



fourth series. 



