Let us hark back to Regulation No. 57 of the old Bureau of War Risk Insurance, which gave temporary total disability to the beneficiary whose disability showed Service connection, together with compensation at this high rate as soon as the man entered the hospital, and which cut down this compensation anywhere from $80 per month to nothing at all as soon as the beneficiary left the hospital. Although this Regulation has been somewhat modified recently, it is still a very strong incentive for men to seek hospitalization. It takes an unusually patriotic citizen to take $30 to $60 a month or less when he can get $80 a month and board and lodging if he can remain inside of a hospital. Apropos of this provision, I recall the circumstances of a young man who came to me quite some time ago, having left the hospital at Fort McHenry. He presented himself in a courteous, dignified way, was perfectly serious and absolutely frank. He began the interview by handing me the card of a U. S. Senator. Then he told me his story, and it was a good story. I shall try to recall it as nearly in his own language as possible. “Doctor”, said he, “I have just left your hospital at Fort McHenry. I do not like it. I realize that the Public Health Service is not to blame for conditions which I found there. It is not suited for a hospital. It is badly located. There are odors which it seems impossible to overcome. The walls and floors are dingy, and while they are clean, they cannot be made to look clean. “I was shot through the stomach by a machine gun. Here are the scars. If I do not work hard I feel fairly comfortable, and yet I am not well, I receive $30 a month when I am outside the hospital, I receive $80 a month and my board and room when I am in the hospital. Personally I would much prefer to remain at home, but when I work hard enough to make a living I break down. I have seen so many men in the hospital who are receiving their board and lodging and their $80 a month who are not as deserving of this as I am that I do not propose to remain at home and work on my present compensation, and I would just like to see you keep me out of a hospital. And furthermore, I demand to be sent to the hospital of my choice. What are you going to do about it?” I replied, “Young man, you have been unusually frank in what you have said. I shall be equally frank with you. If I had been wounded as you have, and if I had the information which you have gained from your stay in different hospitals, I should probably make the same demands. You can have your transportation whenever you want it.” I saw this young man later at No. 38 in New York and he told me that he was about to get what he considered a satisfactory rate of compensation, and that as soon as he could get it he would go home.