REPORT OF REEXAMINATION OF 4,994 MEN DISQUALIFIED FOR GENERAL MILITARY SERVICE

Abstract

The more important results of reexamination of men originally disqualified for general military service require special comment here: <h3>A. RECLASSIFICATION AS 1A 7</h3> (a) General Figures, Comparisons with Introduction and Borderline Cases.—The total number of men resubmitted as 1 A among the 4,994 statistically studied in the five cities was 863, or 17.3 per cent, which includes 103 of the borderline cases already referred to (section 5). If these borderline cases were omitted, the number would be considerably reduced, to 760, or 15.2 per cent. Chicago gave the smallest return of 1A cases resubmitted for military service (only 3.8 per cent) as the result of the procedure developed in that city in the original examinations, whereby cardiovascular experts had been freely used in the decision about doubtful cases. It would appear, therefore, at the outset that Chicago's example might profitably be followed by other examining groups throughout the country. Boston,