In January, 1946, I was ordered to Fort Bliss, Texas, as President of an Examining Board to examine applicants for a commission in the Regular Army. This examination consisted, in addition to an examination of the war records of the candidates, of about 15 minutes of questions by the Board.
Over a thousand candidates appeared before the Board. Under such conditions the examinations were necessarily quite perfunctory. The Board, however, made every effort possible to arrive at a reasonable accurate evaluation of the qualifications and potential value of each candidate.