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[page 726] command of the superintendent. Ans. Yes sir. Ques. Where the attendants under your command failed to bestow the proper attention, you never ordered them to do differently. Ans. I could not do it, I had no orders; no right to do it. Ques. No right to order an attendant to give more attention to a patient under your charge. Ans. No, I could not detail an attendant to take charge of a patient without orders from the superintendent. Ques. Was it necessary to detail an attendant. Ans. Yes. A good many cases occurred while I was there that another attendant should have been detailed. That is my opinion. Ques. Then the only difficulty under which patients labored was in cases where a special attendant needed to be detailed, was it. Ans. You might say needed more care that way, needed more attendants. Ques. Was that the only difficulty? Ans. No sir, I do not think the food was good enough sometimes. Ques. As a matter of attention I mean. Ans. There was no discipline in the halls. I said to Dr. Oaks once, if you will give me the right to enforce discipline in the halls, I will show you such a hospital as you never have seen. Said the doctor, we can not do that.