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[page 581] Q. Do you not judge that the United States is able and willing to take care of its insane soldiers promptly if you give them notice? A. Yes, sir; but they kept them there until enough can be collected to go on to the government hospital at Washington. Q. How many do they consider enough? A. 3 or 4, 4 or 5. Q. Is that to save some, large expense to the United States government? A. I don't know how that is. Q. They are not willing to take one insane soldiers alone? A. I don't know. Q. But such have been kept when you have been in a very crowded condition? A. No, sir, not on the male side of the house. Our male side of the house has not been crowded so much as the female side. Q. You have room for them? A. Yes, generally. It is in accordance with a part of the law; the certificate of the two physicians is in accordance with the law. Q. How many in all have you had? A. Possibly from the beginning 30 or 40, at different times; there may have been more, I