Under the terms of the Veterans’ Bureau Act, the Director is charged with the responsibility for proper examination, medical care, treatment, hospitalization, dispensary and convalescent care, necessary and reasonable after care, welfare of and nursing service to beneficiaries of the Veterans’ Bureau, and since he is so charged, the manner in which dispensary and reasonable necessary after care can be afforded is a matter of immediate importance. It is therefore proposed to establish in each District Office and sub-district office a dispensary of standard type which will vary only in size according to the amount of work in the city and surrounding territory which it serves. It is proposed to establish a type of dispensary to be used as a standard which will provide facilities for a medical clinic, a tuberculosis clinic, a neuro-psychiatric clinic, a surgical clinic and an eye, ear, nose and throat clinic. In addition, there will be a dental unit, primarily for the purpose of making accurate dental examinations, and secondarily for the purpose of furnishing dental treatment. It is proposed to establish an X-ray laboratory and a small clinical laboratory and pharmacy. These are the facilities of the standard type of dispensary proposed. In the District Offices, and in a few of the largest Sub-offices, this standard type will be developed to the greatest extent as these offices bear the greatest burden of making examinations and furnishing out-patient treatment. In addition to the clinics above mentioned these Offices will be equipped with complete Physiotherapy Clinics. The initial expense involved in establishing dispensaries will necessarily be large, but once established, will not only furnish medical service of the highest type to patients of this Bureau, but will, it is believed, result in an actual economy when compared with the present method of providing similar medical service practically on a contract basis. X-ray service alone costs the Government large sums annually which, with the establishment of the dispensary, can be practically eliminated. Laboratory service is also an expensive item of out-patient service when performed by contract, which can also be eliminated. Dental treatment to which patients of the Veterans’ Bureau are entitled under the law, is a matter of grave concern as it is handled at the present time on account of the great expenditure involved. This expense can be very materially reduced if the Bureau establishes its own dental dispensaries where careful examinations can be made and definite determination of the dental disability can be made by trained examiners. Treatment to which the patient is entitled can then be furnished either by the dispensary or performed by contract under close supervision.