In the course of the first twelve months some 400 minor operations were carried out in this theatre by Dr. Brüstlein, who fully justified his reputation as a rising young surgeon. Occasionally operations of a serious character were also performed there, with the assistance of specialists who were called in for the occasion, Dr. Arndt, of Berne, amongst others. The hospital thus served an excellent purpose in relieving the specialized institutions of minor cases, for which the accommodation would have proved insufficient. The nursing personnel consisted of orderlies, both Swiss and British. The latter were untrained, but acquired in the course of time a certain skill and readiness in their duties. As regards women nurses, the doctors at Château d'Oex were firmly opposed to their employment, as being contrary to the usual custom of Swiss military hospitals, and it was only at my repeated instance, after considerable opposition, that an offer to supply Swiss nursing sisters at the expense of the "B.L.R.C.O." was accepted. Another difficulty, and one for which no immediate remedy could be found, was experienced in the lack of properly qualified masseurs. In this respect the Sanitary Service was faced with a very real difficulty. Most of the trained masseurs of the Swedish type had left the country on the outbreak of war, and the number available from all sources for the use of the Interned was totally inadequate. Training schools were at once opened, but it was not until the end of 1916 that the deficiency was made good. Meanwhile the Sanitary Service was subjected to much severe and exaggerated criticism, owing to the refusal of the authorities to accept assistance from outside. The attitude of the "Médecin d'Armée" _vis-à-vis_ of the aid offered by the Red Cross organizations of the Allies with regard to the supply of nurses, masseurs, etc., was influenced in no small measure by the decisive stand taken by Swiss Trade Unions, who were jealously opposed to the employment of foreign labour to the detriment of the Swiss worker. He was obliged to give due consideration to popular opinion on the subject, and to follow the lead of his Government, so that in many cases the acceptance or non-acceptance of the assistance offered was determined _for_ him, and not _by_ him. I may safely assert that his decisions were never inspired by personal prejudice, or based on a narrow or jealous view.