Now the soldier cannot be turned out of Hospital, and he knows he cannot. It becomes the more important not to suffer an hour’s relaxation of discipline there. If, therefore, such an outbreak, either on the part of patients or orderlies, should happen in a Military Hospital, the Nurse ought to be able to summon at once the proper authority and afterwards to report the whole to the Matron, but first to bring direct the proper authority into the ward. Whether it be the Captain of Orderlies or the Orderly Medical Officer, or, as in case of emergencies, is generally preferable, the Staff-Surgeon himself, she ought to have power at once to bring the proper authority into the ward, to put down confusion and restore discipline at once, and then afterwards to report to the Matron what has passed. It must never be forgotten, that in every Regiment we must calculate upon there being two or three thorough scoundrels, five or six men who are not far off from being so, and an indeterminate number whom discipline saves from ranking after them. One year with another, characters no doubt as vile as the worst that disgrace our gaols pass through the General Hospitals. Another thing to be remembered is, that whatever classification may be carried out, we may be certain beforehand that numbers of patients from a vile cause will be in the ordinary surgical wards of every General Hospital in time of peace. Very severe cases of this sort give heavy work, and little trouble. They suffer much generally, alike from disease and treatment; are frightened, if not ashamed, about themselves; and are generally extra-submissive and quiet. These cases, however, generally would belong to the separated wards; which latter contain usually a large admixture of patients who suffer comparatively little, and who require to be dealt with with unswerving firmness. For reasons somewhat too technical to write, it is to be hoped, upon the whole, that female service will not be, _at first, at all events_, extended to these wards. The disgusting and comparatively painless secondary condition will, I fear, find its way into the ordinary surgical wards, as it does into the equivalent wards of every Civil Hospital. All these things would increase the mistake of laying any bar between the Staff Surgeon and the Nurse. In all matters of discipline, generally speaking, the Staff Surgeon will give much more support than the Assistant Surgeon. A short definite rule should therefore be made, saying whom the Nurse is to summon in the event of disorderliness in the ward. One thing more. There is nothing more dangerous than to undervalue the objections of opponents. Let us give them their full weight, and while firmly holding our course, and trusting to God to guide it, draw useful cautions from the objections which we quietly and steadily confront.