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of duties and qualifications of no less than 500 different kinds 

 of officers In the various arms and branches of the service 

 have been prepared, after ascertaining the answer to the 

 question, "Just what does he do?" These commissioned 

 personnel specifications are for use in recruiting officer mat- 

 erial, in selecting men for training as officers, and making 

 assignments. Statistical studies have been made of the rela- 

 tive significance of age, education, civilian earnings, intelli- 

 gence and other qualifications of officers In the different corps 

 and arms of the service. 



''(i) Cooperation with the air service. The methods of 

 selecting aviators were investigated and checked by reference 

 to the actual success or failure of the pilots. An Improved 

 system of tests for aviation candidates was introduced and a 

 new program of examination and selection installed. 



"(/") Cooperation with the Provost Marshal General's Of- 

 fice. Plans for securing classificatory information regarding 

 all registrants were submitted to the Provost Marshal Gen- 

 eral and were partially embodied in the draft questionnaire. 



''(^) Development Battalions. The Committee cooper- 

 ated closely with the General Staff and the Surgeon General's 

 Office in preparing and introducing the plans for segregating, 

 sorting, training, and utilizing the partially fit. 



" (/) Cooperation with the Surgeon GeneraFs Office. Some 

 assistance was given to the Division of Psychology of the 

 Surgeon General's Ofllice in devising and administering the 

 intelligence tests for enlisted men and officers. The psychol- 

 ogists in turn have tested 1,726,000 soldiers and furnished 

 personnel oflScers with their intelligence ratings to assist In 

 making assignments, balancing units, and selecting men for 

 special responsibilities. 



" (w) Cooperation with the Navy. At the time of the armi- 

 stice, representatives of this committee were assisting the 

 Navy and the Marine Corps to prepare and install a complete 

 personnel classification program to correspond with the army 

 system. In addition, one member of the Committee has 

 done valuable work in refining methods of selecting and train- 

 ing men for special duties in the Navy, such as gun-pointing, 



