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[page 661] that question before them and I stated it- that the patients were used well in the hospital During the time I was there the conduct of the officers towards the patients was uniformly kind ^gentle and courteous. I never saw any thing on the part of a single officer that was not what it should be. Q. If any fault ever occurred it was on the part of the attendants and concealed from the supervisors? A. It was. Q. And has it been remedied if brought to the attention of the superiors? A. I think in each and ever case I have stated tonight that Dr. Harlow would have discharged those attendants if reported to him. By Mr. Hall" Q. And if the abuses occurred it was through lack of proper discipline was it not? Lack of attendance. Keeping the attendants just as a general keeps his army? A. If they had happened into the halls oftener than they did they would probably have seen more than they did; it would be a benefit to the institution for them to do so; because attendants then would be looking out for themselves.