The District Adviser was troubled because this enabled members of the NLF to wander through the hamlet freely on several occasions.1 Even more serious. the BSDF is thought to be a security hazard. Time magazine reports: "They are assumed to be so infiltrated by the VC that many ... outposts will not allow PSDF troops in after dark."H There are disadvantages in keeping onethird of the South Vietnamese population under military discipline. Soldiers and veterans. like the uprooted and homeless peasants sent to refugee camps. must rely on the regime for their livelihood. Disabled war veterans who cannot even work are especially dependent on government benefits to keep from starving. When these benefits have not been forthcoming. mobs of disabled war veterans have rampaged through Saigon streets. sometimes beating up government officials." Even for active duty soldiers. the pay Is not enough to live on.