Such facilities as were in our hospitals and were not required for the care of the sick of the active list of our army were placed at the disposal of the discharged veterans of the World War. This was done mainly in two ways: first, by turning over to the Public Health Service which was charged with the medical work of the Federal Board, many complete hospitals and second, by caring for many of the veterans in our own hospitals after their proper discharge from the service.
_HOSPITALS RELEASED FOR CARE OF VETERANS_
By virtue of Act of Congress in March, 1919, every military hospital, including its supplies, no longer required for the proper care of the sick in the military service was to be turned over to the Public Health Service if the latter service so desired. A detailed classified list of hospitals approximating 2,460 beds turned over under this law follows:
General Hospitals at permanent military stations which were transferred to Public Health Service.
Fort Bayard, New Mexico 1000 June 15, 1920 Fort McHenry, Maryland 200 June 15, 1920 Whipple Barracks, Arizona 600 Feb. 15, 1920 ———— Total 3600
Hospitals on Leased Properties transferred to Public Health Service.
[1]O’Reilly Gen. Hosp., Oteen, N.C. 1300 Oct. 15, 1920 [1]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 [2]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.
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