have just completed their first six months of training. Conscripts with a training of less than six months were regarded by the Group as being generally incapable Of carrying out wartime operations in combat functions. They were therefore treated as a separate item for which there was no corresponding item to be found in those participating countries havinq only enlisted privates. 73. On the basis of this general understanding among the experts about the military comparability of conscripted versus enlisted privates and of the many difficulties involved in such comparisons, the Group proceeded to calculate the / . . . A/40/421 English Page 24 I’ average yearly cost of conscripted privates with more and with less than Six months of service, respectively. AS conscripts are paid according to very different Principles, both within and between countries, there was a need to standardize the calculations which was possible to do on the basis of the information which was received in response to the Group's supplementary questionnaire on conscription. 74. The costs thus calculated for the first category of cOnSCripted privates were used for direct comparisons with the salaries and wages of enlisted privates and those of the second category for comparisons of conscripted privates with Only little training among countries having conscription. Average yearly costs of conscripts as shown in appendix V and yearly salaries and wages for enlisted Privates were entered together with all other relevant price data into the computation of the military purchasing-power parities, the results of which are presented in chapter IV. C. Procurement and construction 1. Collection of data 75. The Group's questionnaire on procurement and construction reflected a different approach than the one on operating costs. This was due to the fact that items procured or constructed in different countries are likely to be much more 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the financial aspects of military forces, specifically the costs of conscripted and enlisted privates, as well as procurement and construction costs. This suggests that the text is related to the economic and financial aspects of a country's military.

**Category**
Employment, Industry