On January 1st, 1922 there had been filed with the U. S. Veterans’ Bureau 81400 claims for compensation. In each and every claim filed it was necessary to request the War or Navy Department for the military or naval record of the person applying for compensation benefits, and in many instances it was necessary to make duplicate requests because of inadequate identification given or of additional evidence which the claimant submitted which would make it possible for the War or Navy Department to make a more exhaustive search of their records. To show the promptness with which reports have been received from the War and Navy Departments for no claim is either allowed or disallowed without a report from the War or Navy Department—out of the 814,000 claims filed, 51% have been allowed, 41% have been disallowed, and 8% are pending awaiting information either from the War or Navy Departments or from the claimant himself. Also to December 15th, 1921, 486,884 former service men had requested vocational training. It was necessary for the Rehabilitation Division of the Federal Board for Vocational Education, (now a part of the U. S. Veterans’ Bureau), to request the military or naval record from the War or Navy Department, and out of that number 299,000 had been declared eligible for training; 135,000 had been declared ineligible for training; and 51,000 cases were pending to determine their rights to vocational training. These figures also represent a tremendous work required of the War and Navy Departments in that the records of each man must be obtained before final disposition was made of the case. When viewed from the stupendous task, the results accomplished are indeed commendable. The great assistance of the War and Navy Departments should also not be overlooked when it is remembered that at the date of the signing of the Armistice there were approximately $40,000,000,000 worth of insurance in force which had been written through the service of the War and Navy Departments in providing insurance officers to make contact with every man who was a member of the military or naval forces. The War and navy Departments have always been of tremendous assistance in the matter of hospitalization of ex-service men and women. On December 1st, there were 1,410 beds occupied in Army Hospitals, and 2,032 beds occupied in Naval Hospitals. Certainly then from this resumé of facts the contact with the War and Navy Departments is most vital.