The Section in the Central Office functions under Assistant Director of the Medical Division, and the Inspectors of the District Offices function under the immediate supervision of the District Medical Officer. The Chief of the Inspection Section directs and co-ordinates the duties of all personnel assigned to Inspection Section including those temporarily assigned to it for special duty, for example, various specialists at the Central Office are available to investigate matters pertaining to their specialty, and for this purpose, are temporarily assigned to the Inspection Section and work under the direction of the Chief of the Section to whom their report is submitted. Ordinarily the District Inspectors make all inspections and investigations within their respective districts when directed by the District Manager or the Director of the U.S. Veterans’ Bureau. Only special cases are investigated by the Central Office. In general, the duties of the Inspection Section are to make such inspections and investigations as may be necessary in order to standardize the character of examinations, medical care, treatment, hospitalization, dispensary, and convalescent care, nursing, vocational training, and such other services as may be necessary for the welfare of beneficiaries of the U. S. Veterans’ Bureau. Upon the organization of the Inspection Service in each District, instructions were given from the Central Office, that the work of the Inspection Service would first be to make complete inspections of all Contract Hospitals caring for ex-service men. The inspection of Governmental Hospitals to be delayed until the Contract Hospitals had all been inspected. This course was taken due to the fact, that is was generally known Governmental Institutions were well organized, and had recently been inspected by Officers of their respective services. The inspections of Governmental Institutions made by the Inspection Section of the Bureau are limited to matters which directly concern the welfare of the beneficiaries of the Bureau. Investigations of the official conduct of acts or officers of Governmental Services ordinarily are conducted through the regular agencies of those services which are organized to guide and control their own personnel, and to whom such matters are referred through proper channels to the Director of the Bureau for transmission to the services concerned, for their investigation and administrative action. See General Order No. 28—U. S. Veterans’ Bureau. It is the policy of the Director to cause an investigation to be made of all complaints received which concern the welfare of the ex-service man, although it is realized that often complaints are grossly exaggerated. During the comparatively short period which the Inspection Section has been functioning, the following are a few of the principal complaints received and investigated: