CONTENTS — Continued 



Misleading use of army rejection experience under the voluntary 



system 91 



Comparative rejection statistics of life insurance experience 92 



Important changes in the rejection rules under the selective draft.. 93 

 The possible saving in man-power and gain in military efficiency 



under the new regulations 95 



Results of the army rejection experience in the United Kingdom.... 97 

 Urgency of a national anthropometric survey and new physical 



standards 98 



New standards of physical examination 99 



The age period of military service in time of war 102 



APPENDIX A 



Examination blank tentatively recommended by the Committee on 

 ' Anthropology of the National Research Council 104 



APPENDIX B 



Anthropological survey recommended by The Royal Anthropological 

 Institute 105 



APPENDIX C 



Graduated numbers of the male population of the Continental 

 United States, ages 18-49, by single years of life and conjugal 

 condition, estimated for the year 1918 112 



APPENDIX D 



Two letters on unnecessary rejections on account of deficiency in 

 stature (New York Sun) 113 



CHARTS 



Comparative stature of conscripts and recruits 32 



Stature of United States recruits, 1906-1915 36 



Weight of United States recruits, 1906-1915 42 



Chest measures of United States recruits, 1906-1915 44 



