SURGEON STITES: stated that the educational director at the Alexandria hospital is kept in constant touch with every patient there, particularly those approaching discharge. He also stated that he was particularly impressed with what was contained in General Wood’s paper with reference to the care and treatment of disabled veterans whose disability is in no way connected with the service; that there are veterans in his community who need treatment, but whose disability is not connected with service. COL. FORBES: emphasized the fact that the law provides that the disability must be in line of duty or during the period of military service. COL. FORBES: in answering a conferee, stated that the law providing for admission to Soldiers’ Homes was amended to apply to veterans of the World War; and that all that is required of the man is to make application to any National Soldiers’ Home and present an honorable discharge from the service. SURGEON MILLER: expressed his interest in Dr. White’s address; that it called to mind a condition which exists at some of the T.B. hospitals. He said that a case of Dementia Praecox is often found with active T.B., and that where such a patient is accustomed to taking convulsions, it is very disturbing to the other patients at the hospital. COL. FORBES: said that the N.P. cases could be sent to Marion, Indiana. SURGEON MILLER: said he had a telegram saying that admittance was refused to active T.B.-Dementia Praecox cases. COL. FORBES: recommended that he take this up with his Surgeon General. SURGEON WILBOR: spoke concerning the patients at Gulfport, and stated that many of these men lack confidence in themselves as regards training and have to be encouraged. He recommended that the men be given a partial course of training in the hospital, after discharge, in order to give them sufficient confidence. COL. FORBES: said that he believed that if a man were able to pursue six or seven hours of educational activity, he should not be hospitalized; that heavy machinery, etc. should not be in hospitals. COL. FORBES called upon Captain Blackwood, U.S.N. CAPTAIN BLACKWOOD: stated that he did not have anything special to say, as he had intended reserving his remarks until later. He said that he was discouraged at hearing so many exaggerated adjectives used by the conferees; that it should be realized that the patients came from all walks of life; that the physical examination upon entering the service was superficial in many cases, and the men are only now being examined as thoroughly as they should have been before; that they are now receiving better treatment than they would in civil hospitals, as the Government is trying to eliminate the possibility of the patient’s having a disease of which he is not aware, and thereby save future trouble and expense for the Government. COL. FORBES: “Would you say that in all cases of medical doubt, a man should be x-ray’d?” CAPTAIN BLACKWOOD: “Yes.”