Evening star., 1917-11-04

quartermaster department is known as
the embarkation division, and it has
| and supplies from points inland to the
cities of embarkation and thence across
| the Atlantic, presumably to France.
It is obvious that little can be said
, ing, for that would be telling. and that
| is one thing that division refuses to do,
! but something may be told of its OBJ
1ects and organization.
general staff. is the assistant chief Of
embarkation and chief of the embarka-
| ton staff. which means that under
| Gen. Baker he Is in charge of the troop
Coates Is IN charge OF water trans
portatfon-that Is, of the transporta-
tion of men and freight on inland
| waterways and of the requisition and
handling of ocean transports and their
loading: for that is where the Army
leaves off and the Navy takes charge.
side Maj. +. C. Morse has control Of
all troops on the rail and is respon-
sible for the arrangements with the
railroads for their movement: Thus
far he has moved over a million men
without serious mishap to any of them:
Capt. w. c. koenig is the adjutant OF
the embarkation service. and in this
clerical force Of the division. Capt.
J. T. Wilcox and Capt. ]. j. Farrel are
the respective assistants to the water
and the rail sections.
1t is generally supposed that thls
division will have to transport at leass
a million men in the near future, All
their supplies and munitions. besides
! nearly half million mules ana horses. s:
with their equipment. This work must
be accomplished with SAFETY ana
promptness, and at the same time IN
such a way as to create the least o1s-
turbance with war 1relSnt Heeueo oH
the other side.
The report that a great base hospital
Of 100000 beds would be erected IN
wounded of the American Army can
hardly be accepted as literally true
for such a concentration would be ex-
tremely inconvenient and not conducive
to favorable results Tor the pa1len.s nus
But it is certain that there will be full
provision for all who need 1t IN the
hospitals that the medical department
of the Army is now preparing.
It will equip four b base Gno hospltals 10, ies
thirty-fve operating surgeons: two
evacuation hospitals and each with six
teen surgeons, and four field hospitals.
each with seven surgeons, who accom-
pany the fighting line and clear the
flelds Of the wounded. sending them as
soon as they can to the evacuation hos
pitfalls, where IL the operation can be
performed within twelve hours the
chances of a good recovery are very
planned on the basis of a thousand beds
to the unit, but this may be made
larger or smaller to At the case. Be.
sides these there are the hospitals OF
special type for the treatment OF the
head, eye, face and jaw.
On this side of the Atlantic the divi-
sion has provided the necessary hos
pitals for all the camps and cantonments;
Il has prepared hospitals at all the ports
of embarkation and has inventoried all
available hospitals and their reserves. It
has planned to take over certain hotels
and other buildings along the sea coast
and elsewhere that may be made available
for hospital uses if it becomes necessary
The staff officer of the Medical Corps
in charge of hospitals is Col James D.
Glennan, and his aids are Maj. Lloyd
L. Smith, for base hospitals; Maj. How
ard H johnson. for camps and canton
ments; Capt. Clark L. Brown, for field
evacuation hospitals. and Maj. Lauren
|S Eckels. in charge of all data for hos
pitals and hospital construction.