The Army Field Hospital, the
‘Medical _ Department’s ‘ingenious

E represénted in an organization
iow being trained at Fort Sill.

_.. This hospital, activated in July
at Camp Barkeley, Tex., is organ-
fized into three platoons, each op-
Ferating a complete hospital unit
| which can function independently.
‘The three hospital units of the
three platoons are organized into
_|the large single hospital -when
“greater capacity is desired in one

 

Field Hospital

‘contribution to military mobility,

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area.

Each of the three units peovides
as widea variety of medical service
under the shelter of camouflaged
tents as can be had at most any’
Station Hospital-at an established
Army post. — .

Yet the-whole Fiéld Hospital can
be disassembled, packed aboard
trucks or other means of convey-
ance and again. unpacked and
made ready for full. hospital ser-
vice in about four hours. Person-

 

nel functions as loaders, packers,

“Portable -gasoline — generators |
‘supply electric current for use in
the surgery tent and to operate
{the mobile x-ray equipment. Gas- |
oline heats the large sterilizers
fand autoclaves for sterilizing in-
rstruments. A refrigeration unit to
}cool certain items in the pharmacy |
tent eperates on kerosene.
FE _Functioning professionally like al
permanent hospital, this Field
Hospital has tents bearing approp- |
riate signs such as “Laboratory,” '
Surgery,” Medical Supply,” ““Den-
tal,” “Pharmacy’ ce even “Tsola_
tion.”
- The Field Hospital is widely
S captable, It can.serve as a Sur-
ical, Clearing, Evacuation, Con-
Iai ae th Station or Field Hospit-
; As the latter it-ordinarily gets
‘patients “from a clearing company
an. a medical clearing battalion. It
lalso could receive walking wound-
eG if necessary. It is prepared -to
take care of-a patient for approxi-
tely two weeks before evacuat-:
‘tion’ fo the rear. Ambulances would |
‘transport bedridden patients,
‘should the. BOE have to move
juickly, -
‘Some of ioe personriel of the
Field Hospital at Fort Sill already
‘nave been overseas in this war,
‘as is true of the commanding offi-
‘cer, Lt. Col. A. R. Mailer, and the
‘executive officer Maj. John M. Dy- |
‘son, both Medical, Corps officers.
Colonel Mailer, Galesburg, II1.,
served in the Field Artillery in
‘World War I from sergeant to bat-
tery commander, and in this war
he already has served-in the Mid-
‘dle East as a medical officer. Ma-_
Jor Dyson, Hazelton, Pa., has re-
‘turned from duty in the Caribbear
area,

 

 

 

Offers Varied Services

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truck Fad and even latrine’
trench diggers as well as skilled
medics, as the need arises.

This organization thus can fol-
low-the combat troops, moving
with the tide of battle It is the
most mobile and-most advance
hospital unit. At .the same time,
the Field Hospital, an innovation
of this war, ingeniously provides
services ordinarily associated with
stationary installations. Nurses
‘are among its personnel.

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