Total 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 



No. of men 16931 11910 6953 60104 31872 19477 24171 18544 114151 304113 



This table may be compared with the table below for colored recruits 

 or persons of African descent: 



DISTRIBUTION OF STATURE ACCORDING TO AGE OF ACCEPTED 

 UNITED STATES RECRUITS (COLORED), 1906-1915, PER 1000 



Total 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 



No. of men 597 518 327 2334 1608 1166 1344 1052 9056 18002 



The much lesser number of colored recruits precludes a strict com- 

 parison, but in the main the data may be relied on as trustworthy. As 

 will be observed, the total number of white recruits examined was 

 304,113, against 18,002 colored. 



RACE IN RELATION TO WEIGHT 



The distribution of white recruits by weight is presented in the table 

 below. Possibly the grouping of the weights in series of ten pounds 

 each falls short of the required degree of scientific attainment, and 

 five-pound groups would perhaps have been preferable: 



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