Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1917 — Lightweight Southerners. [ARTICLE]

Lightweight Southerners.

The average weight of men south of the Mason and Dixie tine is from four to six pofinds less than the average weight of men north of it, say United States marine corps recruiting officers operating in the south. These recruit! ngofflcers haveasked that the nffnimum weight for recruits tn—the -gJoutti be reduced from 124 Jo 120 pounds, stripped. "The large, raw-boned Southerner” is seldom seep, theZrecrulfnig^ _ bfflcefS' aver, and whlle Jim m enZof Jthe -Shuihare as sound and fit as the men of any other section, they are usually small boned and light in weight, i The officers point out fn their recommendation that some of the best “hikers”anil fighters in corps are the lean, Xiry.men from the Southland.