Thermo-electric Action with Thermal Effusion in Metals: a Correction by Edwin H. Hall Jefferson

Fort Oglethorpe. Up to April 27, 1918, when new methods were put into use, approximately 140,000 soldiers had been examined. On July 1, 1918, 600,000 had been examined. Of this number, slightly more than 0.25% had been recommended by psychological examiners to psychiatrists for discharge because of mental deficiency, and about 0.5% had been recommended for assignment to service organizations for development battalions because of mental inferiority. Psychological examinations which were originally conducted in wards of Base Hospitals, are now made in a psychology building located usually in the Depot Brigade. In this building, drafted men are examined promptly on reporting to camp. Their intelligence ratings are immediately transmitted to the Personnel Officer of the camp. All cases of mental deficiency, or those for which psychiatric examination is indicated as desirable, are referred to the psychiatrist. The aim of the Division of Psychology, Surgeon General's Office, is to develop a psychological center in each military training camp to which all psychological problems of military assignment, training, discipline, morale, and intelligence may be referred by officers of the line or staff. Such a center exists in twenty-five camps, and the service is being extended as rapidly as available personnel permits. (Publication approved by the Board of Publications, Office of the Surgeon General.)