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Show TWO PER CENT OF j SUB UNFIT Cannot Meet the New Mental Tests Applied by the Army. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Application Applica-tion of tho now psychological test to all enlisted men aud newly appointed , officers of the army has been ordered by yio war department to nld in the, task of weeding out tho mentally un- i fit and classifying officers and mon for special servico or promotion. Hi was announced today that tho chief of, ptaff had approved tho reconnnenda- tion of the plan by Surgeon General , Gorgas, and that it would be carried j out at once. Special buildings will bo, provided at each of the thirty-one divisional training camps for the psychology experts. ex-perts. The plan Is the outgrowth of psychological examinations conducted 'at Camps Lee and Dovens, whero 80,-000 80,-000 men and 5000 officers wero subjected sub-jected to tests devised by Major Yerkos of the medical corps to dotor-mino dotor-mino their military suitability. Summarizing Sum-marizing tho results the department announcement says: "Approximately 2 per cent of the drafted men as they appear In tho camp are so seriously defectlvo In mental development that they aro either menaces or nuisances In military mili-tary organization. "The Intolllgcnco ratings of thoir men supplied to company commanders command-ers greatly assist tho latter In properly prop-erly placing and effectively using men." |