20 HOPS ON EACH FOOT.

Mataura Ensign, 25 February 1918, Page 6

20 HOPS ON EACH FOOT.

MEN FOR THE TRENCHES. The recruit’s physical condition can ho decided in many cases from his occupation, says a 24-page 'booklet of instructions to the new medical boards (states a London paper). If bo is a blacksmith, a navvy, a • miner, or if he plays football, cycles, or walks a considerable distance, there , will bo proof that he “will bo aide to i do the physical work of Grades' 1. or ! II.” (general service and service at ' home or garrison duty abroad respect- , ively). Other cases must be tested, and the test recommended is as follows: iTho rate of tbo pulse is taken, and then the recruit is directed to hop 20 times on each foot, raising the other foot 9in. At the end of this perform--7 anco “in health there should Tpo no 3 noteworthy breathlessness and no pnl--8 lor or anxiety of expression.” Too min--1 utes later the pulse should not be more * than five beats more frequent than it r was before the exercise.