We must always be conscious that in caring for patients there is a basic distinction due to the mental depressions resultant from illness, helplessness and dependency, and protracted convalescence. Sick men have distorted judgment, reason illogically, magnify trifles, and acquire a certain degree of negativeness. Their spirit of discipline is stunted. They resent correction and restriction. They must be retrained to think logically and coherently. Each patient must be treated separately, prescribing for his individualism when he is abed and while still unable to attempt a return to group action. The morale of the patient is just as important as the administration of drugs or surgical relief. In fact, I do not believe it too broad a statement to say more so, for every patient must be treated from a morale standpoint. While some patients need medical, others surgical treatment, a great many need neither medical nor surgical attention, but only mental rehabilitation. The last class are not necessarily pathological cases nor psychiatric cases, but a peculiar class demanding careful study and definite prescription usually of a _recreational_ form. We must not overdo the social service for the good of the man himself, his family and his community. The greatest service we can render the disabled ex-service man is to reinstall in him self-reliance. We must keep his morale high, for morale is the perpetual ability to come back.” COL. EDWIN P. WOLFE gave the following discussion on “Hospital Supplies”. “Mr. Spangler has given us a very complete description of the general method of procurement, storage and issue of supplies required in the management of hospitals. It may be permissible, however, to elaborate a few of the details and to call attention to certain common errors on the part of hospital personnel using these supplies. It is a well established principle for the efficient distribution of supplies that the final “break-up” be made as near the ultimate destination of the supplies as is practicable. This requires, of course, a sufficient number of supply depots located in suitable sections of the country from which the individual hospitals can secure their supplies with the least practicable delay. The question of size and location as well as rental cost of warehouses is ofttimes the determining factor in the number of depots from which supplies are to be distributed. From the standpoint of economy in operation, fewer depots of larger size are the more desirable; from the standpoint of prompt distribution, the larger number, more widely distributed are the more desirable. It requires a great deal of study of transportation lines and traffic conditions to decide upon the happy mean between these two.