INTRODUCTORY. 



As the volunteer 



conducting the examination was modified to suit the circumstances. As he volunteei 

 .nd r s^b t tute endeavored to conceal a defect to gain admittance to the Arm, o 

 '^^ch fted man frequently simulated a defect or disease that d.d no exist, or undul 

 n :^fi d tW existing, I order to escape from the service. Add..ond rnhn-mation 

 rehxtive to the manner of conducting examinations may be found on P^§« ^V^^^^^ 



^K reports required of examining surgeons were made on blanks fmmshed by 

 the nld^cab mch of the Bureau, and exhibited, in regard to volunteers and substi- 

 u e arr^^^^^ of the examination; (2) the designating number ; (3 tire name o 

 tutes, ^i; I nativity ; (6) his occupation ; (7) his height, m teet 



'"l •"■;■" /s?htZ;iexion (T) the'coll- of his eyes; (10) the color of his hair; 

 '::;^t^o^^:^ \h .l^th of chest at expiration ; (13) whetl^r ma. 

 iedorsino-le- (14) whether white or colored ; (15) his genenxl physical constitution 

 an c;i:S?on Ur the general term ''physique ;" (16) f^^^J^^^^^ --.t 

 stitute- (17) the resuh of the examination, whether accepted or rejected (18) spec.h 

 I on 'o/ the disease or disability for which he was rejected, or,_m case of -cep^n . 

 ^ note of any distino-uishing natural or accidental mark by which he imgh be ident - 

 fied In release of drafted men the record was the same, with the addition of col- 

 nmns for recordiu"" the town and county where drafted. ^ ^, ^ , . 



Th ati Ll table, and chart, which constitute Part. I and II of tins report ave 

 accomnan d by explanatory remarks, and, therefore, requh-e only comments o a gen- 

 ZLter in this introduction. The elementary conditions "'-';"'-■"»-- 

 parison with each other are: height; girth of chest ; .«P»™'»" »' ^ .^' (Taceoftst 

 comnlexion • nativity ; social condition, married or single;) and locaht} , (place 01 . esi 

 dent ) The comparison of each of tlie^ with others, and a ™-<^-'"'" »'*!'' 

 Xi to disease, may be briefly stated as the scope o this rei»r --'l^^-™ 



that statistics, when presented in a fonn requn-mg from the reade, J ^"^rd LSof 

 putation, fail to be interesting or beneficial except to a very few ad a ced students o 

 the subiect- and, in order that this report may be easily comprehended by any one 

 al in Sd, tl,; plan of giving ratios expressing the relation ^!^V'i:rt:.^ 

 to another has been adopted; and again, as these raios are »-' «-'»'; '"'J, ''^X;*^^^ 

 comparable one with another. If it be stated that out of "'■«« ." ™ "' f ^i;™ 

 plein S70 were rejected on aceonnt of chronic rheumatism, and that out " -1^- " 

 if li^ht complexion the number rejected for the same di.,ease was 1,013, no dehnite 

 Mea i eo"iv yed as to whether the men of light or those of dark comp exion we e 

 fid more iected by that particular disease ; ^"^'-^"it^f^^tJ^tZ 

 well as the „uml,or is given-4.871 for the former "."'' "'"^^ f" *«J^ ^ , ''^.f,,^ 

 once clear t« the mind that the men of dark complexion were mo e "«« «» *»" ";° 

 other class. ' Again, if it be stated that on account of the same disease 1,. MO on o 

 3 r« " "a«ve Americans were rejected, and that out of .,4.944 men of «-n- ' 1 

 he number reiected was 287, it is not clear which nativity was lound more affected 



, 1 -ing the respective millesimal r„.ios-4.8fK and 4.313-we arrive a, a » , 



a d undeista°,d that tie ,«,,■ of rejection in the iir.st case was four men and eig ,t liun- 

 dr«l forty-eight thousandths of a man in the tl^on^^nA^^niO^^iO^^^^^^^ 



' Sue Tablo 18. 



