Order 59 is magnificent in this, if it works out: that no man will be transferred from one hospital to another except upon the recommendation of the medical officer in charge, and you who have had experience in this matter will know what that means. It means that it is not the man with the longest and strongest pull who will be transferred but the man whose transfer is recommended by the officer in charge of the hospital. We are prepared to assist in every possible way in carrying out that order but it is necessary for us to watch the effect from the field and get advices from all hospitals concerned, as to whether this order will not need modification. SURGEON F. H. MCKEON, USPHS: Some have stated that they were in ignorance of the existence of G. O. 27. At Hospital # 64, upon the receipt of that order we immediately had about one hundred copies made and the entire hospital personnel was supplied therewith. After that every man upon admission was furnished with a copy, together with a copy of the rules of the hospital, for which he signed a receipt. I offer that as a suggestion. On Tuesday the statement was made here that a man who is able to take five or six hours prevocational training at a hospital has no place in a hospital and should be in training. I think that statement should be qualified somewhat. It may easily happen that a man who can safely take five or six hours prevocational training in a hospital would soon break down under vocational training, for the reason that while he is in hospital his entire life is supervised; he must take a rest hour; he must turn in at a given time at night; he is assured of three or possibly more proper meals a day. Those conditions do not obtain when that man becomes a trainee and I sincerely hope that the follow-up nursing system which the Veterans’ Bureau is putting into effect now will result in a more careful supervision of the trainee’s life, so that when it is found he is living not wisely but too well he may be given proper advice and be returned to the hospital before the breakdown occurs.