There shall be a medical officer skilled in Physiotherapy designated as Chief of Physiotherapy for each district. He may be a part-time or a full-time man, as the necessity requires. His duty shall be to supervise and direct the installation of the equipment in the District and Sub-District Offices, and, upon request from Central Office, to visit and report upon the work in any hospital in his district. His line of communication will be through the District Medical Officer and the District Manager to Central Office; and Central Office’s line of communication will be to the District Manager—Attention, Chief of Physiotherapy. _FOLLOW-UP NURSING_ Field Order No. 18 covers the entire matter of Follow-Up Nursing. [Illustration: C. R. Forbes. Director, U. S. Veterans’ Bureau. ] EXHIBIT C File No. U.S. VETERANS’ BUREAU October 19, 1921. _FIELD ORDER NO. 18_ Subject: STATUS AND DUTIES OF NURSES WORKING IN THE PHYSICAL RECONSTRUCTION SECTION OF THE MEDICAL DIVISION, U. S. VETERANS’ BUREAU. The following Field Order is hereby promulgated, effective this date, for observance by all officers and employees in the District Offices of the United States Veterans’ Bureau: 1. Appointment of Nurses. All appointments will be made by the U. S. Veterans’ Bureau on the recommendation of the District Medical Officer with the approval of the District Manager under the regulations of the U. S. Civil Service Commission. Preference will be given to nurses who have had at least three years’ general nursing experience outside of an institution, particularly to those who have had experience in tuberculosis, neuropsychiatric and Public Health Welfare nursing. 2. Administration. Nurses on duty in the districts will be carried on the District pay-rolls and will be responsible to the Chief Nurse of the District, who in turn will be responsible to the District Medical Officer under the District Manager. The work of all nurses in the various districts not on duty in hospitals will be directly supervised by the District Medical Officer who will be responsible through the District manager to the Medical Division; U. S. Veterans’ Bureau (Physical Reconstruction Section), to whom communications on matters in connection with their work should be addressed. 3. Chief Nurse.