The out-patient office went through vicissitudes of loca- 
tion during this time, but in September, 1925, was moved 
from the hospital where it had been from November 18, 
1918, back to the Federal building, where newly renovated 
and equipped offices were ready for the purpose. 
UNITED STATES VETERANS’ HOSPITAL 
Pittsburgh may well point with pride to the new United 
States Veterans’ Hospital No. 103, Aspinwall, Pa. It is beau- 
tifully located at an elevation of nine hundred and forty feet, 
overlooking the Allegheny river as it winds its course to the 
Ohio. The advantage of this location is its pleasant isolation 
close to the city, yet removed from the beaten path. One 
feels somehow close to nature, which is a large factor in creat- 
ing contentment. There is a tranquillity, beauty and quiet 
communication in the surroundings of green fields, splendid 
trees with its bird and small animal life, its clear atmosphere 
and sunlight, that combines an environment which promotes 
healthful improvement. 
No other government has provided such splendid system 
of relief and institutional care for its war veterans. This Gov- 
ernment provides hospitals for the care of the tubercular, 
shell shock and mental, for general medical and surgical. In 
fact, institutions for the care of all classes of disabled ex-ser- 
vice men or women of all wars. 
The United States Veterans’ Hospital No. 103 at Aspin- 
wall, Pa., is maintained by the United States Veterans’ Bu- 
reau for the care and treatment of ex-service men suffering 
from tuberculosis. The hospital was formally dedicated on 
July 25, 1925, under the auspices of the American Legion, at 
which time General Frank T. Hines, Director of the United 
States Veterans’ Bureau, United States Senator David A. 
Reed, and many prominent men and women of Pittsburghand 
vicinity, were present. The hospital was opened for the re- 
ception of patients on October 16, 1925. 
The construction itself consists of numerous buildings, 
large and small, of brick, tile and concrete, fireproof, situated 
on a tract of one hundred and forty-seven acres, composed of 
a main building, officers’ quarters, nurses’ home, attendants’