BODY BUILD IN A SAMPLE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY Part I:Body Build in Relation to Military Function Part II:Measurements of Body Build

摘要

Part I covers:(l) the general distribution of body types classified into 18 groups, as determined from the assessments of individuals by morphological studies of photographs and the use of the stature divided by the cube root of weight index; (2) the military utility of each of the several groups, whether for combat or service, as indicated by the extent to which various body types tended to be concentrated in distinct Army units and specialties; (3) the correlations of the body build groups with all sociological and other data compiled in the survey, such as age, months of service, birthplace, etc.nPart II deals with the more important measurements gathered on indi-vidual soldiers during the course of the survey, as such measurements apply to various body types, previously determined from the photographs.