STANDARD OF PHYSICAL PROPORTIONS ADOPTED 



MAY 18, 1917 



STANDARD TABLE OF HEIGHT, WEIGHT AND CHEST 

 MEASUREMENTS, UNITED STATES ARMY, 1917 



HEIGHT CHEST MEASUREMENT . 



WEIGHT At Expiration Mobility 



Feet Inches Pounds Inches Inches 



5 1/12 61 118 31 2 



5 2/12 62 120 31 



5 3/12 63 124 31 



5 4/12 64 128 32 



5 5/12 65 130 32 2 



5 6/12 66 132 32^ 2 



5 7/12 67 134 33 2 



5 8/12 68 141 33^ 2^ 



5 9/12 69 148 33^ 2y 2 



5 10/12 70 155 34 2*/ 2 



5 11/12 71 162 34}4 2^ 



6 72 169 34^4 3 

 6 1/12 73 176 35^ 3 

 6 2/12 74 183 36^ 3 



6 3/12 75 190 363/4 3*/ 4 



6 4/12 76 197 37^ 3^ 



6 5/12 77 204 37^ 3# 



6 6/12 78 211 3Sy 4 4 



It requires to be explained that the following variations below the 

 standard are permissible when the applicant for military service is 

 active, has firm muscles and is evidently vigorous and healthy. 



PERMISSIBLE VARIATIONS IN PHYSICAL PROPORTIONS 

 UNITED STATES ARMY, 1917 



Height, Inches Inches Weight, Pounds 



61 and under 64 1 8 



64 and under 68 2 10 



68 and under 69 2 12 



69 and under 70 2 15 



70 and under 73 2 20 

 73 and upward 2 24 



It is quite probable that these variations are only tentative and that 

 further and possibly even radical modifications may be introduced by 

 the military authorities during the examination of the men called out 

 in response to the Second Selective Draft. 



ANALYSIS OF FOREIGN RECRUITING STATISTICS 



For a considerable number of foreign countries in which the system 

 of conscription prevails, more or less trustworthy statistics of recruit- 

 ing are available, although in each and every case extreme care is 

 required in the use of the data for comparative purposes. The 

 terminology employed frequently does not permit of precise translation 

 and occasionally it is impossible to determine whether the rates of 



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