General administrative instructions.
Paras. 17-21.
for general use by the army, including the veterinary service are enumerated
in I. A. F. Z-2001.
The books to be maintained in veterinary units and hospitals are specified
in Appx. IV.
17. Veterinary arrangements on the line of March.—Instructions,
regarding the veterinary arrangements to be made for troops on the line of
march are contained in A. R., I., Vol. II.
The D. A. D. V. S. of a district whence troops move to another district by
road, will forward a copy of I. A. F. V-1755 to the O. C. veterinary hospital
at the station to which the troops are proceeding, through the D. A. D. V. S.
concerned, together with a copy of the last monthly return (I. A. F. V-1760).
Should the monthly return fall due while troops are on 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.
18. 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.
They will, therefore, familiarize themselves with the contract, specifications
of forage.
19. Store Accounts.—Veterinary hospitals, class I and II, will maintain
an equipment ledger (I. A. F. 0-1347) under the following heads:—
(a) Medical store department supplies.
(b) I. A. S. C. supplies.
(c) Ordnance equipment.
(d) M. E. S. supplies.
(e) Stores purchased locally.
Clothing will be accounted for on I. A. F. 0-863, forage by hospitals class I
only on I. A. F. S-1672 and rations on I. A. F. S-1519.
20. Veterinary Medicines and Expendable Stores.—(i) V. Os. or veteri-
nary assistant surgeons commanding hospitals, class I and II, including
those in remount depôts, are alone empowered to submit indents for veteri¬
nary medicines and expendable stores.
Such indents will be submitted in accordance with Appx. II 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, or in the case of the Burma District and Aden
Independent Brigade, by the D. V. S. Particulars regarding the compila-
tion of indents are given in I. A. F. V-1765 and V-1766. The submission of
emergent indents is to be avoided.
Veterinary medicines and expendible stores for the use of units, other
than veterinary hospitals class I and II are to be provided by the veterinary
hospital on which the unit is dependent.
(ii) Expendible veterinary stores, including medicines, maintained in
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 to other veterinary hospitals, or, if they cannot
be utilized in the command, returned to the supplying department; they
must on no account be retained until they become unserviceable.
21. Supply of Sera to Military Farms Department.—The cost of sera,
vaccines, other biological products, and veterinary medicines obtained
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