Medical Depot Information

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1 APPENDIX A Medical Depot Information TABLE I.-Medical sections, general depots and medical depot8, Name or location Date of acuvation storage space Missions (SQuare feet) Atlanta ASF Depot, Conley, Ga.. 1 Nov. 194L 681, Receive and store all supplies for theater-of-operations 2. Assembly of thea.ter-ofoperations 3. In 1945, was changed to distribution to area. served by Savannah. 4. Record repository in July Key depot to receive and store trucks in August Receive and store excess medical depot items in December Columbus Medical Section, Columbus, Ohio. Marietta General Section, Marietta, Pa. Before 1939 December 1941; closed March , Assembly of medical maintenance units for lend-lease. 2. Assembly of civilian aid defense supply (CAD). 175, 400 International Aid Depot. New Cumberland ASF Before , Storage and distribution of Section, New Cumberland, Pa. general supplies for First and Second Service Commands and State of Pennsylvania. 2. Filler depot and general supply for Brooklyn and New York Ports of Embarkation. New York General Section, New York Port of Embarkation, Brooklyn, N. Y. Before , Procured major portion of medical supplies and equipment before World War II and during early part of war. 2. Distribution depot for eastern seaboard. 3. Moved to Bush Terminal in January 1941 and redesignated New York Medical Depot on 1 July

2 564 MEDICAL SUPPLY TABLE I.- Medioal seotions, general depots wnd medical depots, ~Continued N arne or location Date of activation storage space Missions Pueblo Ordnance Depot, Pueblo, Colo. 15 Apr. 1943, and as subdepot of Denver, 20 Sept , 000 Storage depot for reserve medical supplies. Richmond General Section, Richmond, Va. 1 June 194L 350, Port filler depot for Hampton Roads and Charleston Ports of Embarkation. 2. Port filler depot for New York Port of Embarkation for all items, for shipments passing through Philadelphia and all ports south. San Antonio ASF Section, San Antonio, Tex. (was a. quartermaster depot in 1942). Before , 000 Distribution depot for Texas, excluding area by Denver. Savannah General Depot, Medical Section; ASF in 1943, general depot 16 May Jan (subdepot of Atlanta Medical Section, 1945). 670, Distribution depot for Virginia, North Carolina, Sou th Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. 2. Supervising operation of, and furnishing supplies for, Miami Medical Supply Point (Florida). Schenectady ASF Depot, Schenectady, N. Y. Before 1939 _ 227,000 Port filler depot for Brooklyn and New York Ports of Embarkation for drugs, chemicals, biologicals, surgical dressings, and supplies for field equipment and special kits. Seattle ASF Depot, Seattle, Wash. (was a quartermaster depot with Medical Section established in May 1941). August 194L 300, Distribution depot for Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. 2. Also became a key depot for classes IV and V. 3. Built hospital assemblies, 1942 to April Supply to troops in the Pacific.

3 APPENDIX A 565 TABLE 1.-Medica~ sections, general depots and medical depots, Continued Name or location Date of activation storage space Missions Shamokin General De- 19 July 1941; 35,000 International Aid Depot. pot, closed Shamokin, Pa. February Sharonville Engineer 22 Dec ,600 International Aid Depot. Section, Sharonville, Ohio. Utah General Depot, 15 Sept. 194L 294, Assembly, storage, or issue of medical maintenance Ogden, Utah. units for troops of Western Defense Command of various Pacific theaters. 2. A backup depot for San Franciscp and Los Angeles Medical Depots. 3. To act as a collecting point for medical supplies and numbered shipments which, due to shortages, made it necessary to ship from other depots changed to initial issue to Communications Zone of tactical and hospital assemblies and backup for port filler depots. Voorheesville General December 1941 i 43,500 International Aid Depot. Sec- closed tion, Voorheesville, March N.Y. Binghamton Medical 9 Jan , Key depot for special items Depot, Binghamton, (teeth, optical) for all depots N. Y. (see also New and ports. York Medical Depot). 2. Filler depot for Brooklyn and New York Ports of Embarkation. Chicago Medical Depot, April 1942; 576, Distribution depot for Fifth, Chicago, Ill. (Medical Chicago Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Section, Chicago Medical Service Commands. Quartermaster Depot (10 2. Key depot for special items. Depot). Dec. 1940).

4 566 MEDICAL SUPPLY TABLE 1.~M dical sections, general depots ami rnedical depots, Continued Name or location Date of activation storage space Missions Denver Medical Depot, I June , Distribution depot for Rocky Denver, Colo. (in Mountain Area was an ASF, 2. Key depot for drugs, chemi* Branch Medical cais, biological products, Depot, class IV, for surgical supplies; laboratory, Rocky Mountain X-ray, dental, pharmacy, Area). hospital and field equipment and supplies, special kits or assemblies for San Francisco and Los Angeles Medical Depots and Seattle Medical Section. 3. Assembly of Zone of Interior hospitals for western United States. \ 4. Depot for returned material; depot to operate a Medical Depot fifth-echelon shop for reclamation or repair of unserviceable medical depot property. Kansas City Medical I Feb , Assembly of field equipment Depot, Kansas City, for tactical supplies for Zone Kans. of Interior or theaters of operations. 2. Key depot for selected biologicals; unit assemblies for all depots and ports. Los Angeles Medical 1 June , Distribution depot for Depot, Los Angeles, southern California and Calif. California-Arizona Maneuver Area. 2. Filler depot for Los Angeles Port of Embarkation. New York Medical I July 194L 1,964,000 To receive, warehouse, and ship Depot, New York, medical depot supplies (see N.Y. (Brooklyn). Binghamton Medical Depot for changes). Louisville Medical 24 July ,713, Storage depot for reserve Depot, Louisville, medical supplies. Ky. (holding and 2. Storage and issue of medical reconsignment point, supplies for International Aid 1942; war aid depot, (lend-lease). 1942; quartermaster depot, September 1942; ordnance depot, 10 Oct. 1942).

5 APPENDIX A 567 TABLE l.~ji.eaigal scctions, general depots and medical depots, 19S9-46- Continued Name or location Date of activation storage space Missions St. Louis Medical 9 Mar (in 1,766, Distribution depot for Ken- Depot, St. Louis, existence in tucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mo or Mississippi, Missouri, Kansas, before). Oklahoma, and Scott Field. 2. Key depot for medical depot supplies, drugs, chemicals, biologicals; surgical, laboratory, pharmacy, dental, X-ray, hospital, veterinary, and field equipment and supplies, special kits and assemblies, serving Binghamton and Chicago Medical Depots and San Antonio and Savannah ASF Depots of Zone of Interior. 3. Key depot for catalog-selected items, veterina.ry equipment and supplies, serving au depots and ports. 4. Port filler depot, New Orleans Port of Embarkation. 5. Operated training schools (officers and enlisted men). 6. Operated medical depot repair shop. San Francisco Medical 1 July 1942 (in 714, Distribution depot, key Depot, Oakland, existence be- depot for west coast ports Calif. (was medical fore World and filler depot. section of San Fran- War I, about 2. Distribution depot for cisco General Depot). 1917). northern California. 3. Key depot for medical shortages on port requisitions received by Los Angeles Medical Depot and Medical Section of Seattle ASF Depot. 4. Port filler depot for San Francisco Port of Embarkation. Toledo Medical Depot, Before June 854, Receipt, inspection, and Toledo, Ohio (lease storage of medical depot executed 10 supplies and equipment from Dec. 1940). industrial plants and other depots. 2. Export packing, assembling, and shipment of theater-ofoperations