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,
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 BOARDa
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.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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
VII. Factors affecting production of supplies
VIII Clearance and priority of materials to be manufactured
XI. Consolidation of procurement
XII. Consolidation of finances
SECTION III. FIELD EQUIPMENT
XIV. Individual equipment
XVI. Field hospital, ambulance company and other divisional unit equipment
XVIII. Litters and litter carriers
SECTION IV. MOTOR VEHICLES
XX. Motor ambulance subdivision, Surgeon General’s Office
XXVI. Consolidation of procurement
SECTION V. CAMP MEDICAL SUPPLY SERVICE
XXIX. Camp medical supply depot
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SECTION VI. HOSPITAL SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT
XXXII. Hospital furniture and equipment
XXXIII. Overseas base hospitals
XXXV. Surgical dressings and sutures
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
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
XLVIII. Activities of intermediate medical supply depot No. 2, Gievres, France
Index [Not included]
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure
1. Medical officer’s belt
2. Medical Department enlisted man’s web belt
4. Showing manner of filling belts
6. Method of packing contents of medical cart
9. Field litter carrier in collapsed form
10. Field litter carrier in use
11. Field litter carrier as a trailer
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
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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
34. Floor plan and side elevation of one of the standard base hospital storehouses
35. Standard sterilizing outfit, with two sterilizers
37. Portable X-ray outfit, model of 1917. Table top removed
38. Standard bedside X-ray unit
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
49. Intermediate medical supply depot No. 2, showing interior of a warehouse
50. Intermediate medical supply depot No. 2, showing issue room
