Abstract
Abstract This article analyzes the stature of volunteers to the Polish Army in France examined in Recruitment Center no. 2 in Chicago in 1917 and 1918. The authors divided the sample according to place and time of birth and compared the statures of volunteers with heights of Polish draftees measured by conscription authorities in Poland. The investigation arrives at two main conclusions. Firstly, Poles born in the US were considerably taller than both volunteers born in Poland and draftees living in the native country. Secondly, the comparison of immigrants and those who remained in Poland shows that people who migrated were taller than those who remained, although the difference diminished over time. Since human stature is positively correlated with length of life and work capacity, we can conclude quoting the opinion of the Dillingham Commission: Although drawn from classes low in the economic scale, the new immigrants as a rule are the strongest, the most enterprising, and the best of their class.
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