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MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN THE WORLD WAR

VOLUME III

FINANCE AND SUPPLY

PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
MAJ. GEN. M. W. IRELAND

Surgeon General

COL. EDWIN P. WOLFE. M. C.

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : WASHINGTON 1928

LETTER OF TRANSMISSION

I have the honor to submit herewith Volume III of the history of THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN THE WORLD WAR. The volume submitted is entitled “FINANCE AND SUPPLY.”



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			Books and Documents MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN THE WORLD WAR VOLUME III FINANCE AND SUPPLY PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MAJ. GEN. M. W. IRELAND *Surgeon General* BY COL. EDWIN P. WOLFE. M. C. U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : WASHINGTON 1928 LETTER OF TRANSMISSION I have the honor to submit herewith Volume III of the history of THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN THE WORLD WAR. The volume submitted is entitled “FINANCE AND SUPPLY.” M.W. IRELAND, Major General, the Surgeon General. The SECRETARY OF WAR. Lieut. Col. FRANK W. WEED, M. C., Editor in Chief. Loy MCAFEE, A. M., M. D., Assistant Editor in Chief. EDITORIAL BOARD^a Col. BAILEY K. ASHFORD, M. C. Col. FRANK BILLINGS, M. C. Col. THOMAS R. BOGGS, M. C. Col. GEORGE E. BREWER, M. C. Col. W. P. CHAMBERLAIN, M. C. Col. C. F. CRAIG, M. C. Col. HAVEN EMERSON, M. C. Brig. Gen. JOHN M. T. FINNEY, M. D. Col. J. H. FORD, M. C. Lieut. Col. FIELDING H. GARRISON, M. C. Col. H. L. GILCHRIST, M. C. Brig. Gen. JEFFERSON R. KEAN, M. D. Lieut. Col. A. G. LOVE, M. C. Col. CHARLES LYNCH, M. C. Col. JAMES F. McKERNON, M. C. Col. S. J. MORRIS, M. C. Col. R. T. OLIVER, D. C. Col. CHARLES R. REYNOLDS, M. C. Lieut. Col. G. E. DE SCHWEINITZ, M. C. Col. J. F. SILER, M. C. Brig. Gen. W. S. THAYER, M. D. Col. A. D. TUTTLE, M. C. Col. WILLIAM H. WELCH, M. C. Col. E. P. WOLFE, M. C. Lieut. Col. CASEY A. WOOD, M. C. Col. HANS ZINSSER, M. C. ^a The highest rank held during the World War has been used in the case of each officer. 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION SECTION I. ORGANIZATION FOR ADMINISTERING SUPPLY MATTERS CHAPTER I. In the Surgeon General’s Office II Storing and distributing agencies; using agencies SECTION II. PROCUREMENT III. Estimates and appropriations IV. Requirements V. Advertising for bids VI. Contracts VII. Factors affecting production of supplies VIII Clearance and priority of materials to be manufactured IX. Purchase of supplies X. Inspection of supplies XI. Consolidation of procurement XII. Consolidation of finances XIII. Disbursements SECTION III. FIELD EQUIPMENT XIV. Individual equipment XV. Combat equipment XVI. Field hospital, ambulance company and other divisional unit equipment XVII. Evacuation hospital XVIII. Litters and litter carriers XIX. Surgical dressings SECTION IV. MOTOR VEHICLES XX. Motor ambulance subdivision, Surgeon General’s Office XXI. The ambulance chassis XXII. The ambulance body XXIII Ford ambulances XXIV. Motor cycles XXV. Spare parts; supplies XXVI. Consolidation of procurement XXVII. Overseas shipments XXVIII. Donated ambulances SECTION V. CAMP MEDICAL SUPPLY SERVICE XXIX. Camp medical supply depot XXX. Supplies and equipment XXXI. Special supplies 8 SECTION VI. HOSPITAL SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT XXXII. Hospital furniture and equipment XXXIII. Overseas base hospitals XXXIV. Surgical instruments XXXV. Surgical dressings and sutures XXXVI. Sterilizing apparatus XXXVII. X-ray equipment and supplies SECTION VII. DENTAL AND VETERINARY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES XXXVIII. Dental equipment and supplies XXXIX. Veterinary equipment and supplies SECTION VIII. ACTIVITIES OF DISTRIBUTING MEDICAL SUPPLY DEPOTS XL. New York medical supply depot XLI. Motor ambulance supply depot, Louisville SECTION IX. ACTIVITIES CONNECTED WITH THE OVERSEAS TRANSPORTATION OF SUPPLIES XLII. Port medical supply depots XLIII. Shipping regulations XLIV. Transport unit equipment XLV. Termination of accountability for supplies sent to the American Expeditionary forces SECTION X. MEDICAL SUPPLIES, AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES XLVI. Organization and activities of the supply division, chief surgeon’s office XLVII. Finance and accounting XLVIII. Activities of intermediate medical supply depot No. 2, Gievres, France APPENDIX Index [Not included] LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Medical officer’s belt 2. Medical Department enlisted man’s web belt 3. A pile of filled enlisted men’s belts, representing a day’s work, awaiting boxing for shipment, at the field medical supply depot at Washington 4. Showing manner of filling belts 5. Medical cart 6. Method of packing contents of medical cart 7. Litter with slings 8. Snowshoe litter 9. Field litter carrier in collapsed form 10. Field litter carrier in use 11. Field litter carrier as a trailer 12. Wheeled litter carrier 13. First-aid packet in metal case, and pouch 14. Contents of first-aid packet 15. G. M. C. chassis, model 1916 16. Showing method of boxing G.M. C. chassis for shipment 17. Showing method of boxing G.M. C. chassis for shipment 18. G.M.C. ambulance, model 1916, open type 19. G.M.C. ambulance, model l9l6, closed type 20. Standard G.M.C. ambulance, 1918, with model AA body, side view 21. Standard G.M.C. ambulance, 1918, with AA body, rear view 9 22. Standard Ford ambulance of 1917, side view 23. Standard Ford ambulance of 1917, rear view 24. This and Figures 25 to 27 show the Ford ambulance of 1918 25. Ford ambulance of 1918 26. Ford ambulance of 1918 27. Ford ambulance of 1918 28. Spare parts trailer, side view 29. Spare parts trailer, front view 30. Spare parts trailer, rear view 31. Spare parts trailer, showing equipment carried 32. Spare parts trailer, road side set up 33. Layout of a camp medical supply depot in one of the buildings of the general camp warehouse group 34. Floor plan and side elevation of one of the standard base hospital storehouses 35. Standard sterilizing outfit, with two sterilizers 36. Portable disinfector 37. Portable X-ray outfit, model of 1917. Table top removed 38. Standard bedside X-ray unit 39. Portable dental outfit 40. Veterinary ambulance, side view 41. Veterinary ambulance, front view 42. New York medical supply depot 43. Intermediate medical supply depot No. 2, Gievres, entrance 44. Advance medical supply depot No. 1, Is-sur-Tille, general view 45. Map showing location of medical supply establishments, American Expeditionary Forces 46. Intermediate medical supply depot No. 2, Gievres, main office 47. Intermediate medical supply depot No. 2, showing railroad tracks 48. Intermediate medical supply depot No. 2, showing Decauville track and turn table, as used in all warehouses 49. Intermediate medical supply depot No. 2, showing interior of a warehouse 50. Intermediate medical supply depot No. 2, showing issue room

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