Abstract
The physical examinations in connection with the selective draft revealed many thousands of cases of early tuberculosis, not previously recognized, and a large number of other correctable defects. The purpose of the examinations was to exclude from the Army all men physically unfit for military service. The knowledge gained was of a sort to make possible the early treatment and control of a vast number of cases of tuberculosis, and the correction of many disabling physical defects of other sorts. Here was a chance to give to the men rejected for the causes mentioned opportunity to remove their handicaps and to become eligible for the fighting army or more efficient in the industrial army. In the absence of a national plan, the California State Board of Health attempted, in the short time available, to organize a system of follow-up examinations, treatment, and supervision for the men rejected during the first
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