24 ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION. 



first increased to 1250 and subsequently to 2,000 patients each. 

 From an economic point of view in conserving officer and man 

 power, the larger hospitals are commendable. It is cheaper to 

 add to an existing institution and establishment than to create 

 new units. Military Works Services are simplified, and con- 

 veniences of railways, supply, and transport are the better met. 

 It was found that our Officers, Non-commissioned Officers and 

 men could handle a unit of 2000 sick animals just as easily as 

 a smaller unit, provided the interior economy and working 

 followed definite lines of decentralization of duties, which in 

 all hospitals was adopted to an efficient end. 



The original unit of 250 patients has consistently been 

 preserved by Veterinary Service in its hospital organisation 

 and marks a sub-division of a large hospital, each sub-division 

 in personnel being a small complete unit in itself, capable of 

 being detached if necessary, singly or in groups, to meet 

 varying circumstances of forward movement, etc. The follow- 

 ing table will make this clear : — 



