Some men will return infected with social diseases which will
make them unfit to associate with other people. Many will come
back afflicted with mental disturbances which will often be curable
by prompt and efficient treatment, but the success of that treat-
ment will depend upon having first class psychopathic hospitals
ready for their treatment.
From Mr. Stonaker's study it appears that West Virginia is
especially favored in having three state surgical hospitals and five
subsidized hospitals maintained in part at state expense. We be-
lieve that it will be possible to use these hospitals for the benefit
of returning soldiers, increasing their facilities by the use of tents
or by building temporary shacks. It must be borne in mind, how-
ever, that these hospitals are already taxed to the limit of their
capacity and we would suggest that there will be a necessity for



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an immediate increase of hospital facilities, either by enlarging the
existing hospitals or by establishing new ones.
