Part 5

Hospitals on Leased Properties transferred to Public Health Service.

Name Bed Date capacity transferred

O’Reilly Gen. Hosp., Oteen, N.C. 1300 Oct. 15, 1920 Hoff Gen. Hosp., Staten Island, N.Y. 1468 Oct. 15, 1920 Gen. Hosp. #10, Boston, Mass. 700 July 1, 1919 Gen. Hosp. #12, Biltmore, N.C. 450 Sept, 1, 1919 Gen. Hosp. #13, Dansville, N.Y. 288 April 2, 1919 Gen. Hosp. #15, Corpus Christi, Texas 262 May 31, 1919 Gen. Hosp. #16, New Haven, Conn. 500 Sept. 1, 1919 Gen. Hosp. #17, Markleton, Pa. 187 Mar. 27, 1919 Gen. Hosp. #24, Parkview, Pa. 700 July 30, 1919 Gen. Hosp. #32, Chicago, Ill. 550 May 15, 1919 Gen. Hosp. #34, East Norfolk, Mass. 340 June 24, 1919 Gen. Hosp. #40, St. Louis, Mo. 530 June 12, 1919 Emb. Hosp. #4, (polyclinic) N.Y. 374 Aug. 15, 1919 Norwegian Lutheran and Deaconess Home, Brooklyn, 250 May 15, 1919 N.Y. Post Hosp., Q.M. Terminal, Sewell’s Point, Va. 250 May 27, 1919 Nitrate Plant, Perryville, Md. (approx) 150 Oct. 1, 1919 ———— Total 8299

Camps and Cantonments taken over by Public Health Service.

Name Bed Date capacity transferred

Camp Beauregard, Louisiana 2144 Mar. 18, 1919 Camp Cody, New Mexico 1289 Apr. 14, 1919 Camp Hancock, Georgia 1604 Mar. 27, 1919 Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Florida 816 July 17, 1919 Camp Logan, Texas 1156 Mar. 12, 1919 Camp Sevier, S. Carolina 1396 Apr. 5, 1919 Camp Fremont, California 1156 Mar. 20, 1919 ———— Total 9561 = Total 21,460

Footnote 1:

Indicates buildings constructed by the Army on leased ground.

Footnote 2:

General Hospital No. 17 was closed as an Army hospital on March 27, 1919, the Public Health Service having stated that it did not desire this hospital. Later on, however, this hospital was taken over by the Public Health Service.

Hospitals abandoned by the Medical Department, U. S. Army, and available to the Public Health Service, but not occupied by that Service because they were not located where additional hospitalization was needed.

General Hospitals Capacity Abandoned

GH #1, New York City 1258 Oct. 15, 1919 GH #3, Colonia, New Jersey 1650 Oct. 15, 1919 GH #8, Otisville, N.Y. 1000 Nov. 15, 1919 (tuberculosis) GH #9, Lakewood, New Jersey 986 May 31, 1919 GH #11, Cape May, New Jersey 750 July 20, 1919 GH #18, Waynesville, N. C. 600 June 30, 1919 (tuberculosis) GH #22, Philadelphia, Pa. 450 June 10, 1919 GH #23, Hot Springs, N. C. 600 Mar. 15, 1919 GH #35, West Baden, Ind. 800 June 30, 1919 GH #36, Detroit, Michigan 900 Aug. 10, 1919 GH #38, East View, New York 850 July 15, 1919 GH #39, Long Beach, L. I. 550 May 21, 1919 ————— Total 10394

Base (Camp) Hospitals Capacity Abandoned

BH Camp Wadsworth, S.C. (GH #42) 1000 October 10, 1919 BH Camp Bowie, Texas 1000 Subsequent to Mar. 3, 1919 BH Camp Custer, Michigan 1500 Subsequent to Mar. 3, 1919 BH Camp Gordon, Ga. 1500 Subsequent to Mar. 3, 1919 BH Camp Greene, North Carolina 1000 Subsequent to Mar. 3, 1919 BH Camp McArthur, Texas 1000 Subsequent to Mar. 3, 1919 BH Camp McClellan, Alabama 1000 Subsequent to Mar. 3, 1919 BH Camp Shelby, Mississippi 1000 Subsequent to Mar. 3, 1919 BH Camp Sheridan, Alabama 1000 Subsequent to Mar. 3, 1919 BH Camp Taylor, Kentucky 1500 Subsequent to Mar. 3, 1919 BH Camp Upton, L.I., N.Y. 1500 Subsequent to Mar. 3, 1919 BH Camp Wheeler, Georgia 1000 Subsequent to Mar. 3, 1919 ————— Total 14000

Port Hospitals Capacity Abandoned

EH #1, (St. Marys) Hoboken, N.J. 500 Oct. 31, 1919 DH #3, (Greenhut Bldg.) New York 3100 July 15, 1919 City DH #5, (Grand Central Palace) 2700 June 30, 1919 N.Y.C. BH Camp Merritt, New Jersey 2000 Dec. 15, 1919 BH Camp Mills, L.I. N.Y. 2000 Sept. 18, 1919 BH Camp Stuart, Newport News, Va. 2000 Sept. 10, 1919 —————— Total 12300

Total 36694

In addition to the foregoing the following permanent military posts have been recently acquired by the Public Health Service from the Army:

Post Size of Post

Boise Barracks, Idaho 4 troops cavalry Ft. W.H. Harrison, Montana 4 companies infantry and hdqrs. 1892 Ft. Walla Walla, Washington 4 troops cavalry and hdqrs. 1859 Ft. McKenzie, Sheridan, Wyom. 8 companies infantry & hdqrs. 1898 Ft. Logan H. Roots, Arkansas 4 companies infantry 1892

VETERANS’ BUREAU CASES TREATED IN MILITARY HOSPITALS

“Now, with reference to assistance rendered within our own hospitals, in an interview with the Director of the War Risk Insurance in 1919, I heard the former Secretary of War say that he considered it an obligation on the Army to assist in caring for the discharged World War veterans and that any vacant bed in Army hospitals was always available for the treatment of these men. To carry out this policy, the Bureau of War Risk and later the Veterans’ Bureau was from time to time advised by the Medical Department of the number of available beds in our hospitals in which we could accept for treatment veterans of the World War. The number of beds thus offered has varied slightly from time to time, but has always been on the increase, particularly since last July. Last May 1450 beds were available to the Veterans’ Bureau; in October 1752 beds were available, and by November 24th 2200 beds were available. The following brief table gives the exact status on January 5, 1922:

Hospital │Beds as │ Patients in Hospital │ Total │ Vacant │ signed │ │ Cases │ Beds │ to │ │ Under │ B.V.B. │ B.V.B. │ │treatment.│ │ (1) │ │ │ ───────────────┼────────┼────────┬────────┬────────┼──────────┼──────── │ │ T. B. │ Neu-P. │ G.M. & │ │ │ │ (2) │ (3 │ S. │ │ │ │ │ │ (4) │ │ ───────────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────── Army & Navy │ 150│ 0│ 2│ 85│ 87│ 72 ───────────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────── Beaumont │ 200│ 43│ 5│ 18│ 66│ 134 ───────────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────── Fitzsimmons │ 600│ 787│ 0│ 74│ 861│ 338 ───────────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────── Letterman │ 250│ 7│ 7│ 58│ 72│ 237 ───────────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────── Ft. Sam Houston│ 300│ 139│ 11│ 63│ 213│ 87 ───────────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────── Walter Reed │ 750│ 26│ 24│ 334│ 384│ 366 ───────────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────── TOTAL │ 2250│ 1002│ 49│ 632│ 1683│ 1234 ───────────────┴────────┴────────┴────────┴────────┴──────────┴────────

Within a few days we expect to open up several hundred beds at Fitzsimmons General Hospital for veterans suffering from tuberculosis. This last large increase has been made possible by funds transferred by the Veterans’ Bureau to the War Department for the specific purpose of enlarging this hospital. When the construction and alteration made possible by these funds has been completed (and the completion is expected almost daily) 700 additional beds for the tuberculosis will have been provided in permanent structures for a little over $1000 per bed.

In addition to the buildings turned over to the Public Health, which have already been enumerated, the Medical Department has turned over to that Service supplies approximating a value of $12,336,000.00. It has been a source of gratification to the Medical Department, and I am sure to the War Department, that the Army was in a position to assist in rendering aid to the American soldier disabled in the World War.

The total number of all cases treated in our general hospitals during the last year was approximately 30,000; of these 10,000 were local cases and 20,000 were general cases, and of the latter 15,700 were our own and 4300 pertained to the Veterans’ Bureau.

A brief summary of the Veterans’ Bureau cases treated in our hospitals may be of interest. Of the 4,300 cases treated during the year (October 1, 1920, to October 1, 1921) 180, or about 4% were suffering from either nervous or mental conditions; 2195 or about 51% with tuberculosis; 770, or about 18% with diseases or injuries of the osseous system; 75, or nearly 2% with heart or vascular diseases, and the remaining 25% was made up of all other conditions combined.