Opening Session Tuesday, January 17, 1922.
At 10:00 A.M. the meeting was called to order by Brigadier-General Charles E. Sawyer.
The roll was called by Dr. W. A. White.
General Sawyer delivered the following address on the subject, “The Present Status of Federal Hospitalization from the Standpoint of the Federal Board.”
“Commanding Officers:
You are here, as your program indicates, by invitation of the Federal Board of Hospitalization. That you may know your host, the following facts are submitted:
The Federal Board of Hospitalization was created by an Executive Order of President Harding. The purpose of the Board is expressed in the Order creating it, which is as follows:
“Circular No. 44.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Bureau of the Budget