CAPTAIN BLACKWOOD: stated, in addition, that he considered the matter of dispensaries a very good one.
He also recommended that the amount of paper work for medical office be reduced, as it seemed that the work they are trying to do in medical way will be subservient to the clerical work. He stated that he had reference to both Navy and Veterans’ Bureau papers.
COL. FORBES: asked for his recommendation in this connection.
CAPTAIN BLACKWOOD: replied that he could not make any sweeping statement.
COL. FORBES: called upon Colonel Kennedy, U.S.A.
COL. HANNER: represented Colonel Kennedy.
COL. FORBES: inquired as to the number of patients at Letterman Hospital.
COL. HANNER: answered that they have 84. He inquired concerning a few patients sent to them by the proper authorities, where the disability has no connection with the service.
COL. FORBES: inquired as to what had been done in such cases.
COL. HANNER: replied that the men had been taken in and that some of them had been hospitalized and some not—pending authority from the District Manager to discharge them from the hospital.