{"value"=>"<p>In the summer of 1864, the total number of examiners was increased to twelve and examinations were conducted at locations throughout the country, including camps, Navy yards, and recruiting offices, mostly in the Northeast.</p> <p>Harvard and Yale students were examined when opportunities to measure soldiers in the field were lacking. This provided the opportunity to collect data of men of the same age as the general soldier population. Only students of the junior and senior classes, as well as the scientific schools of each college, were measured.</p> <p>The examination form was expanded and revised to include more questions and more specific instructions, to ensure the collection of accurate measurements by each examiner.</p> <p>On the newly revised form, “Form EE. Individual Inspection”, the same number was given to any question as had been given to it on Form E. Any new questions which were introduced were interspersed throughout the examination and given letters or fractional numbers, or were added at the end. Questions’ numbers which are not present on these forms are for those which appear on the “Form E. Individual Inspection II. Social” forms.</p> <p>Each “Form EE. Individual Inspection” contains fifty-eight questions and responses which pertain to physical attributes of the subject, and a description of the purpose of the examination. Filled in on each form is the subject’s name and regiment, the examiner's name, and the place and date of the examination. One form may have more than one examination recorded on it.</p> <p>Once completed, each form was given two sets of numbers. First, each examiner numbered their completed examinations individually, beginning at 1. They would then send completed forms, usually 100 or more at a time, back to the Statistical Bureau office to be tabulated while they continued conducting examinations. As forms were received, they were then given a “U number\" (presumably representing a “universal number”) numbering all forms consecutively, regardless of the examiner. Form EE’s are arranged numerically by U number.</p>"}