. Preventive medicine and hygiene. Normal colorsense. Teeth.—The teeth must be serviceable and should be reasonably freefrom peridental trouble which may lead to secondary and serious infec-tions. The actual number of teeth is less important than good occlu-sion. Unless four pairs of teeth oppose, it is a cause for rejection. Itmust be remembered that the field service ration is apt to be not wellcooked. False teeth may be lost or broken. Caries should be cor-rected before enlistment, for the Army dental surgeons are overworked.^Jour. A. M. A., March 17, 1917, LXVIII, No. 11, p. 841. 1190 MILI
. Preventive medicine and hygiene. Normal colorsense. Teeth.—The teeth must be serviceable and should be reasonably freefrom peridental trouble which may lead to secondary and serious infec-tions. The actual number of teeth is less important than good occlu-sion. Unless four pairs of teeth oppose, it is a cause for rejection. Itmust be remembered that the field service ration is apt to be not wellcooked. False teeth may be lost or broken. Caries should be cor-rected before enlistment, for the Army dental surgeons are overworked.^Jour. A. M. A., March 17, 1917, LXVIII, No. 11, p. 841. 1190 MILITARY HYGIENE Records.—As a protection to the Government in the future, and alsoas a matter of justice, it is important that all findings of the recruitingofficer be made a matter of permanent record, even to the smaller defects may become the basis for future incapacity, and it is oftenimportant to know whether disabilities were contracted in line of duty—particularly with reference to pensions and Fig. 169.—Making Plain Impression op Thumb. (Physical Examination of Recruitsfor Enlistment in the Navy and Marine Corps, Gov. Printing Office.) As soon as the recruit has passed his physical examination he issworn into the service by the recruiting officer. At the same time ablank, called the physical examination for enlistment, is filled in. Thispaper contains a record of his complete physical examination, and alsoany information in regard to the previous life of the recruit which canbe obtained from him. The enlistment paper, which is made out and signed by the recruit EECEITITS AXD RECRUITING 1191 at the time he is sworn into the service, is principally the oath whichevery one takes on entering the military service, and is signed in thepresence of witnesses. A designation blank is also filled in and signed by the recruit. Thisis in reality his will, and he designates in this paper his heir or case of his death during service, besides hi
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