At a 1922 Washington conference of officials overseeing government hospitals for World War veterans, General Charles E. Sawyer and Colonel Charles R. Forbes set out a forceful vision of a unified federal system. This is not a ceremonial gathering but a tightly run working session, governed by strict rules of attendance, timing, documentation, and professional conduct, as leaders from the Army, Navy, Public Health Service, Veterans' Bureau, St. Elizabeths Hospital, the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and the Interior Department gather to coordinate care. The conference reveals the immense scale of the postwar hospitalization crisis: thousands of veterans already in government and contract facilities, rapid expansion of bed capacity, and persistent shortages for tuberculosis and neuro-psychiatric patients in key locations such as California, Chicago, Memphis, New York, and Walter Reed. Beyond treatment, the speakers stress rehabilitation through work, education, and early cooperation with vocational agencies, while also insisting that social service, Red Cross support, recreation, and family outreach are essential to recovery. In this new federal mission, hospital officers are called to serve with skill, loyalty, and moral purpose. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.