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the march from one district or independent brigade to another, it will be
forwarded to the D. A. D. V. S. of the district or independent brigade to
which they are proceeding.
21. Technical advice regarding slaughter stock and forage.—V. Os.
and veterinary assistant surgeons will inspect, and render professional advice
on questions connected with slaughter stock and forage, when required to
do so by the responsible authority.
22. Store Accounts.—Military veterinary hospitals, class I and class II
and M. V. L. where applicable, will maintain the following Ledgers :—
(a) I. A. F. M.-1227 for expendable Medical Store Depot supplies.
(b) I. A. F. O.-1347 for Medical equipment other than expendable
stores mentioned at (a) above.
(c) I. A. F. S.-1519 for all R. I. A. S. C. supplies including rations and
forage.
(d) I. A. F. O.-1347 for all Ordnance equipment and clothing.
(e) I. A. F. W.-1814 for M. E. S. supplies.
Any stores purchased locally will be accounted for in, the respective-
ledgers of the department of supplies concerned.
23. Veterinary medicines and expendable stores.—(i) V. Os. or veteri-
nary assistant surgeons commanding hospitals, Class I and II, including
those in remount depots, are alone empowered to submit indents for veteri-
nary medicines and expendable stores.
Such indents will be submitted in accordance with Appendix B and
must be approved by the D. A. D. V. S. of the district and by the D. D. V. S.
or A. D. V. S. of the command/western (I) district. Drugs and medical
and surgical supplies authorised for military veterinary hospitals and
available from turnover stocks in Medical Mobilization Stores may be issued
to military veterinary hospitals. The administrative Veterinary Officers of
commands and western (I) district will therefore ascertain from the local
medical authorities what articles can be supplied from Medical Mobilization
Stores and suitably amend or endorse the indents before forwarding them
to the Medical store depots for compliance.
The stores specified above will be indented for yearly, on I. A. F. V.-
1765 in accordance with instructions on the form, supplemented when
essential by demands on I. A. F. (Medical)-24, and in urgent cases by tele-
gram. When stores are demanded by telegram, formal covering indents
on I. A. F. (Medical)-24 will not be submitted but the receipted copies of
the issue vouchers on which the stores have been supplied, will be counter-
signed by D. D. V. S. or A. D. V. S. Command/western (I) district (in the case
of Remount depots, Mona and Sargodha, by D.V. S. in India) before being
returned to the medical store depot of supply.
Veterinary medicines and expendable stores for use of units, other than,
military veterinary hospitals, Class I and II, are to be provided by the mili-
tary veterinary hospital on which the unit is dependent.
(ii) Expendable veterinary stores, including medicines, maintained in
military veterinary hospitals, Class I and II, are to be stored under lock and
key in a bulk store and issued as required to the hospital expense store,
pharmacy, or the units dependent on the hospital for such supplies.
Issues from the bulk store are to be accounted for in the appropriate
ledger.
Surplus stocks are. to be transferred under the orders of the D. D. V. S.
or A. D. V. S. of the command/western (I) district to other military veterinary
hospitals, or, if they cannot be utilized in these areas, returned to the
supplying department; they must on no account be retained until they
become unserviceable.