Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 166, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1918 — DRAFT WEIGHT REQUIREMENT REDUCED TO 110 POUNDS [ARTICLE]

DRAFT WEIGHT REQUIREMENT REDUCED TO 110 POUNDS

Physical requirements for drafted men have been’ amended so as to make the minimum height sixty inches and the minimum weight 11,0 pounds. Instructions have been sent to medical advisory boards throughout the country, authorizing them to certify for general military service all registrants who come within these limits. The minimum requirements asto height for the regular army remains at sixty-two inches.