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<div>'</div><div>FOREWORD</div><div><br></div><div>This historical narrative was prepared in response to the directive, Al2-l(l), dated June 22, 1945, from the Commandant, Third Naval District, to naval establishments within his district.</div><div><br></div><div>Sufficient data are included on organization, function and growth of work load to present the situations and problems, together with their resolution, of World</div><div>War II as relates to U. S. Naval Medical Department's supplies and equipment.</div><div><br></div><div>The frequent revisions of the basic organizations of the supply facilities of the Medical Department are to a large extent the reflection of management studies and surveys made by civilian and naval consultants from the Office of the Secretary of the Navy.</div><div><br></div><div><div>CONTENTS.</div><div><br></div><div>I U. S. NAVAL MEDICAL SUPPLY DEPOT, BROOKLYN </div><div>1 . History </div><div>(a) Precursor </div><div>(b) Establishment and discontinuance of Pharmaceutical laboratory </div><div>(c) The Naval Laboratory and Department of Instruction </div><div>(d) Establishment of U.S. Naval Medical Supply Depot, Brooklyn, New York </div><div>(e) Expansion- 1918-1934 </div><div>(f) Expansion - 1938-1940 </div><div>(g) Expansion - 1940-1943 </div><div>(h) Chronology of the development of U.S. Naval Medical Supply Depot, Brooklyn, New York </div><div>2. Organization </div><div>(a) Functions </div><div>(b) Functional organization </div><div>3. Personnel </div><div>(a) Naval personnel </div><div>(b) Civil personnel </div><div>4. Roster of Commanding Officers </div><div>5. Inspection laboratories </div><div>(a) Establishment </div><div>(b) Current program </div><div>(c) Tests on new and substitute materials</div><div>(d) Tests on faulty materials</div><div>(e) Cooperation with U. S. Army Medical Procurement Office </div><div>6. Medical Stores Requisitions and Invoices</div><div>(a) Decentralization</div><div>(b) Servicing of a requisition </div><div>(c) Progress reports - Control </div><div>(d) Progress reports - Issue </div><div>(e) Progress reports - Shipping </div><div><br></div><div>II MATERIEL DIVISION, BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY,</div><div>BROOKLYN</div><div>1 . Establishment</div><div>2. Management studies and surveys</div><div>3. Functional organization</div><div>(a) Introduction<br></div><div>(b) General</div><div>(c) Office of the Chief of Division<br></div><div>(d) Requirements Branch</div><div>(e) Procurement Branch</div><div>(f) Stores Control and Warehousing Branch</div><div>(g) Accounting Branch</div><div>(h) Washington Office</div><div><br></div><div>III NAVAL MEDICAL MATERIAL BOARD</div><div><br>IV OPTICAL REPAIR UNITS</div><div>1. History</div><div>2. Types of units</div><div>3. Planning</div><div>4. Type of service rendered</div><div>5. Naval spectacle program</div><div><br></div><div>V ADVANCE BASE UNITS</div><div>1. "Roses", "Lions and "Cubs"</div><div>2. Functional G-components</div><div>3. Mobile Hospitals</div><div>4. Fleet Hospitals</div><div>5. Medical Research Units</div><div>6. Corps Evacuation Hospitals and</div><div>Special Augmented Hospitals</div><div><br></div><div>VI ELECTRO-MEDICAL AND DENTAL REPAIR UNITS</div><div>1. Establishment</div><div>2. Catalog of Spare Parts</div><div>3. Schools</div><div>4. Procurement</div><div><br></div><div>VII MISCELLANY</div><div>1. Penicillin</div><div>2. Course of Indoctrination and Instruction</div><div>3. Review and editing of requisitions</div><div>4. Supply Catalog, Medical Department, U.S. Navy</div><div>5. Cost of Medical Department Commissioning Outfits</div><div><br></div><div>VIII SURVEY OF SUPPLY ACTIVITIES, MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, U.S . NAVY Appendix</div></div>
<br>Subjects: Naval Medical Supply Depot; Brooklyn; penicillin; Naval Medical Logistics Command; New York City; World War 2; World War II;</div>
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