XXVI KXPLANATION OF TABLES. 



If chronic rheumatism be followed to the last series of States, namely, on pages 566- 

 567, it will be seen that' the entire number of men rejected for the disease was 2,479. 

 On pnii-e (J29 of Table No. 22, the ratio of this number to the whole number of men 

 examined, namely, 501,002, is seen to be 4.948 in the thousand. Subdivisions and 

 classes of diseases are to be traced in a similar manner. 



If, in the case of the State of Maine, the relation of the State to disease be exam- 

 ined, the columns must be followed through five consecutive pages, and opposite each 

 disease, and subdivision and class of diseases, will be seen the number of men rejected 

 in each district and in the State. 



At the foot of page 532 Avill be seen the total number of men rejected in the 

 State of Maine for all diseases, namely, 7,893. On the corresponding spot in Table 

 No. 22, (page 582,) it will be seen that the ratio this nvmiber bears to the whole num- 

 ber of men examined from the State, namely, 20,479, is announced as 385.419. The 

 number rejected came from the congressional districts of the State in the following 

 proportions : 



First congressional district - 2, 054 



Second congressional district _ 1, 374 



Third congressional district 1 , 406 



Fourth congressional district 1, 534 



Fifth congressional district 1, 525 



Total number rejected for the State 7, 893 



TABLE No. 23. 



Material. — The men who are represented in this table were 305,608 in num- 

 ber, and consisted exclusively of recruits and substitutes. It will be remembered that 

 by the former term is meant volunteers, so that all of these men were desirous of being 

 received into the Army. The total number rejected was 69,965, or 228.937 in the 

 thousand, leaving the aptitude for service of this body of men at 771.063; a higher 

 rate than that exhibited by the drafted men of the last table, as might reasonably be 

 expected. 



Purpose. — The purpose of this table is to show — 



1. The proportion of the recruits and substitutes of this table which was furnished 

 by each congressional district. 



2. The number rejected for each disease, for each subdivision and class of dis- 

 eases, and for all diseases, in each congressional district, and in each State. 



Construction — The list of diseases extends through five double i)a;jes, and it is 

 repeated twelve times, thus making thirteen such tables altogether. The column headed 

 by a State is subdivided according to the number of congressional districts th# State 

 contained, and to these is added a column for the totals formed by the addition of the 

 numbers of these districts. Each district-column is again divided into two colunuis, 



