In Table C 31 Schwiening (Veröffentlichungen aus dem Militär Sanitatswesen. 40. Berlin, Hirschwald, 1909) gives the figures of those finally passed as +fit for military service in the Mittelschulen+ (secondary schools), +which are classified according to their nature+. The figures are too optimistic because no account has been taken of those who were found temporarily unfit. The Classical Schools (Gymnasium) give the least satisfactory results. [Illustration: Fitness for Military Service and Secondary Schools. Of every 100 of the pupils of the following Schools Class of School: there were found fit for Military Service: Classical High Schools (Gymnasium) 62,2 Old Scientific & Classical High Schools (Realgymnasium) 64,0 Lower Grade of Classical High Schools (Progymnasium) 64,5 Polytechnics 64,8 Lower Grade of Scientific Schools 66,0 " " " " and Classical High Schools 66,9 Modern Scientific High Schools 66,9 Commercial Schools 69,4 Training Colleges 73,1 Private Schools 74,9 Agricultural Schools 83,4 Average 64,7 Figure C 31.] [Sidenote: C 32] Table C 32 gives the +principal reasons for which students have been rejected as unfit for military service+. [Illustration: Causes of Unfitness for Military Service in the German Empire, 1904-6. Of every 100 permanently unfit. There were rejected on account of: [A] [B] ================================== ====== ====== General debility--weak chest. 36.4 35.4 Diseases of the heart and large blood-vessels. 14.7 5.8 Defects of eyes (error of refraction). 10.9 4.4 Pulmonary defects. 4.5 1.9 Diseases of the nervous system (excl. epilepsy). 1.00 0.33 Obesity. 2.2 0.29 Diseases of the limbs and joints. 5.6 6.1 Rupture. 3.1 4.1 Flat feet. 2.6 4.9 Varicose veins. 1.9 3.9 Deformities. 1.4 3.1 Insanity and Epilepsy. 0.65 2.1 Key to Table ------------ [A] Entitled to one year's service. (Einjhrign Freiwilligen.) [B] Ordinary soldiers subject to full Military Service Figure C 32.] [Sidenote: C 33]