Lectures on military sanitation and management of the sanitary service by Army Service Schools (U.S.)

Author:Army Service Schools (U.S.)
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fort Leavenworth, Army service schools press
Published: 1917-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

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and will there be taken over by field wagons of the ambulance company and field hospital companies, which will issue to the organizations, as required. Requisitions for supplies required, will come from the chief surgeon of the units requiring these supplies and probably they will be issued under his direction. This matter of issue under the new conditions has not been worked out as yet, but the method given, follows the former method. Issues to regimental sanitary service can be made by using the regimental pack mule as transport, or by the camp infirmary wagon attached to each brigade. The technical supplies required consist of medicines, dressings, and hospital stores, such as arrow-root, chocolate, extract of beef, spices, soap, candles, evaporated milk, tinned soups, etc., all packed in convenient standardized containers; the medicines and foods in tin, whenever their chemical properties permit. Shipments of supplies of this character, on account of the urgent need for them, usually will be accompanied to the distributing point by a noncommissioned officer of the sanitary service of the advance group, in order to insure rapidity and certainty of delivery.

The service of the evacuation of the disabled sick of the march in the campaign, will be organized on the same basis as that for those resulting from combat. The daily increment of sick for trained troops in campaign as given by Straub, will average about one per cent, divided in to the following classes :

f (a) Able to do duty (light) 0.3% 1. Sick in Quarters ]

[ (b) Unable to do any duty 0.3%

f (c) Slight _________ P _____

2. Sick in Hospital^

[ (d) Severe ______________ 0.15%

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