The plan operated to the benefit of the individual in several ways. It saved him his employment; it saved his family from humiliation and disgrace; better than all, it saved his self-respect. _3. Drunkenness and the Pledge System._ No unfortunates appeal more strongly to the court than the victims of the liquor habit. In all cases of first offenders charged with being drunk, and where the defendant had others dependent upon him for support, the court made it a condition on withholding judgment or suspending the sentence that the defendant take the pledge for a period varying from six months to one year. Three hundred and eighty-two pledges were taken, all of which were kept faithfully but 27. When the family or relatives could afford it, persons were sent to institutions for treatment, and the records show but one failure. Where the financial condition of the defendant was such that he could not pay for the treatment, arrangements were made for the payment of the money into the probation department in weekly installments, thus assuring the defendant the benefit of the treatment and the institution the satisfaction of its debt. With the assistance of W. H. Roll, a volunteer probation officer, supervision was successfully provided for 136 men charged with drunkenness who had reached the down-and-out stage. Without friends or relatives, and in many instances unemployed, these men were drifting into a condition where they would soon become public charges. The reports furnished the court show that this timely help and assistance was the means of saving these men to useful citizenship. In the severe cases, where the defendant was bordering on delirium tremens, he was committed to the workhouse and the superintendent informed of his condition. While there were no special arrangements for the treatment of inebriates at the workhouse, the superintendent successfully provided a separate department in the wing formerly used as the woman’s prison. These cases were thoroughly examined by the physician in charge, and such medical and special attention was given to them as the circumstances seemed to justify. While these facilities were inadequate, yet a splendid work was done among this class of unfortunate and harmless offenders. _4. Medical and Surgical Treatment._ It was not an infrequent experience for the court to find persons charged with offences of a character that disclosed physical or mental defects. Arrangements were always made for medical care and treatment. In meeting the problem presented by such conditions the court had the co-operation and assistance of the superintendent of the City Hospital, as well as some of the best known physicians and surgeons of Indianapolis. _5. Imprisonment of Minors._