Number.

Percent of Percent of examined partial disqualifications.
-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, colored and white examined Dec.

15, 1917, to Sept.

11, 1918 3,208,446 100.00 -- --- Group A 2,259,027 70.41 -- --- Disqualified partly or totally 949,419 -- --- 100.00 Group B 88,436 2.76 9.31 Group C 339,377 10.58 35.75 Group D 521,606 16.25 54.94 Total, colored examined 458,838 100.00 -- --- Group A 342,277 74.60 -- --- Disqualified partly or totally 116,561 -- --- 100.00 Group B 9,605 2.09 8.24 Group C 27,474 5.99 23.57 Group D 79,482 17.32 68.19 Total white examined 2,749,608 100.00 -- --- Group A 1,916,750 69.71 -- --- Disqualified partly or totally 832,858 -- --- 100.00 Group B 78,831 2.87 9.47 Group C 311,903 11.34 37.45 Group D 442,124 16.08 53.08 The percentage of Negroes unqualifiedly accepted for service, was 74.60% of the number examined; the white men accepted numbered 69.71% of the number examined.

The Negroes it will be seen rated about 5% higher physically than the whites.