In each district a Chief Nurse will be appointed by the Central Office of the U. S. Veterans’ Bureau through the Assistant Director in Charge of Medical Division upon the recommendation of the District Medical Officer and with the approval of the District Manager. The duties of the Chief Nurses in the districts will be to superintend the activities of the nurses in their respective districts, to visit the local offices when directed by the District Medical Officer, to inspect the work of the nurses, to co-ordinate the work of the nurses in the districts, sub-districts, and local offices and to check up the nurses’ reports. It will also be the duty of each Chief Nurse, through the District Medical Officer and the District Manager, to keep the Superintendent of Nurses in the Physical Reconstruction Section of the Medical Division, U. S. Veterans’ Bureau, informed of the quality of the work performed by the individual nurses under her direction. Reports of especially good work, or unsatisfactory work, should be sent in detail to the Superintendent of Nurses through the District Medical Officer and the District Manager. The Chief Nurse in each district will instruct nurses under her charge as to the proper form for conducting correspondence and of the channels through which the same will be sent. 4. Duties of Nurses. _General Duties._ (a) To assist Medical Officers of the Districts, whenever there is one at their station, in the care of beneficiaries who may require medical supervision and care. (b) To keep contact with claimants and refer possible claimants to the proper authorities for the adjustment of their needs. (c) To conduct medical follow-up work under the immediate direction of the local or sub-district authority where there is no medical officer on duty. (d) At station where there is a social service worker to refer proper cases to them. If no co-operating social service agency is available the nurses will perform such social service duties as time will permit in addition to their regular duties. (e) Whenever the address of a beneficiary is found to be incorrect, nurses will report correct addresses to the nearest Bureau Office immediately. (f) Nurses, when visiting claimants, will give their residence address for emergency calls to each claimant under their care and supervision. _Special Duties._ These may be grouped under three heads: 1. For Tuberculosis Claimants: (a) Ascertain state of health from time to time. Record pulse, temperature, etc., to detect evidence of tuberculous toxemia. Note gain or loss of weight; presence of cough. Amount and character of sputum, etc. (b) Ascertain their state of morale and that of their families. (c) Give simple instructions regarding health and appropriate advice from time to time. (d) Furnish literature of appropriate character when same is available.