C2 RE-EXAMINATIONS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 147, 11 March 1918, Page 6

C 2 RE-EXAMINATIONS

Sir,—Can you give me some information on a union-vexed question relative to the re-examination of U5 reservists? If t-iio purpose of Hie U Uamp is to make unht men into tit, then 1 cannot understand the following position: A irienu of mine, rejectee; for shoit sight, has been nolilied that he is to be examined again. Now, what does this mean? bhort sight or any other eye detect cannot ba cured in a' (Ji (Janip any more than another leg can be made to grow on a man there it he is minus one; that is, on entering the CI Camp! Has the eyesight test been largely reduced; it' so, how much, fur all details worn surely taken at the. lirst examination when tlio reservists were drawn in tlio ballot, and tlmref.ure iS|hy a. reexamination? Is it intended to put suclil eyesight men into CI Campr' I liavo been seeking in vain lor full details of the position, but cannot obtain any authentic information, and so ask your valued good offices, as the position to me seems inexplicable. An early full statement in your columns would'oblige.—l am, etc., B.V.S.

March, 1018. [A reservist who was rejected on account of short sight may V> called for re-examination in order to determine if his sight has improved. Defects of the vision are not necessarily permanent. The medical officers state that in their experience men with short sight, if the defect is not serious in degree, may ha benefited materially by military training. The building up of the physique and the freedom from the strain of office work, may strengthen the eyes quickly. The' medical officers, in '.linking the re-examination of reservists, originally rejected on account of woalf sight, have to keep in mind the possibility that the men overstated the extent of their disability.]