The standing experiments therefore show conclusively that with the reduced diet there was a decrease in the metabolism per kilogram of body-weight, even when the subjects were standing quietly, which amounted to about 14 per cent with the men in Squad B. This decrease was approximately that found with the same squad lying quietly inside the group respiration chamber.

The standing experiments further show that with Squad B the reduction in the metabolism due to the restriction in diet was experienced by each man in the squad, with a reasonably constant percentage decrease per kilogram of body-weight of about 14 per cent. In other words, there was no marked predisposition on the part of any of the men either for or against this reduction, the decreases ranging from 9.5 to 22.1 per cent. In consideration of the fact that these values were all obtained in experiments made rather rapidly and but few in number, the agreement is somewhat striking, to say the least. The general picture for the squad is perfectly clear, namely, a pronounced reduction due to the diet, even in the standing position, with a fair degree of uniformity for the individual members of the squad.

A comparison of the standing experiments with the results obtained with the subjects in the lying position gives an increment for the standing position over the lying position of 22 to 24 per cent with Squad B and of 20.2 per cent with Squad A, when the basal value used is that obtained with the group respiration chamber. When the average value for Squad A found in the individual measurements with the respiration apparatus in Springfield is taken for the basal lying value, the increment is reduced nearly one-half, i. e., to about 11 per cent.