When application for treatment is made by an ex-member of the Canadian
forces, the medical representative of the U.S. Veterans’ Bureau to whom
such application is made will communicate with the District Manager in
order to obtain particulars regarding the man’s military or naval status
and medical history, and the District Manager will communicate with the
Bureau (Assistant Director, Medical Division, Attention Foreign
Relations Section), which will obtain from the Government of Canada the
necessary information. If additional information is required, the
District Manager, if speed be necessary, will request such additional
information by telegram. In no case should treatment be undertaken
pending receipt of authority from the U.S. Veterans’ Bureau, unless the
call be one of emergency, and in all emergency cases the medical officer
in the field is authorized to give prompt service.