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MANUAL OF PACK TEANSPOKTATION. 



[First indorsement.] 



FoKT Leavenworth, Kans., March 15, 1905. 



Respectfully forwarded to the Surgeon-General, United States Army, Washington, 

 D. C, recommending that the "Daly" litter frame be subjected to trial with view to 

 its adoption by our service. 



One mule with this appliance and 3 men could each day easily make 5 round trips 

 of 3 miles each from battlefield to an aid station, carrying altogether 10 wounded. 

 Assuming that 3 men alone could make 3 round trips, which would certainly be the 

 limit, they would remove but 3 wounded; in other words, 3 men and a mule would do 

 as much work, and do it better, than 10 men without a mule. 



I have used the litter frame somewhat about the post and believe it to be a practical 

 and valuable military appliance. 



If it is desired to subject it to a trial in Washington, I have no doubt Mr. Daly, who 

 is stationed here, would be glad to forward it or take the litter frame to Washington. 



John Van R. Hoff, 

 Colonel, Assistant Surgeon-General, United States Army, Surgeon. 



Note. — The litter carrier was designed to meet the necessity of 

 the quick removal of the wounded from near the firing line to first-aid 

 station in time of war. For this purpose gentle and easy-gaited mules 

 should be used to carry the wounded. 



While pack service is maintained in the Army there will always 

 be a supply of suitable pack animals to draw from to carry the 

 wounded, and much safer and better than by hand or ambulance; the 

 possibility of jar as transmitted by the ambulance over ugly condi- 

 tions of country is absolutely eliminated by the use of this device. 



For single litter construction, see figs. 127, 128, 129, 130, 131. 



SPECIFICATIONS FOE THE DALY LITTEE CAKEIEE. 



INDEX TO CONSTRUCTION. 



1. Hinges 



2. Staples for hinges . 



3. Tug loops (triangular cockeyes). 



4. Coupling plates 



5. Wooden stiffeners for coupling 



plates 



6. Side plates 



7. Staples for side plates 



8. Swivel clamps 



Bolts for swivel clamps 



Links or loop; for swivel clampo. 



Staples for swivel clamps 



Set screws for swivel clamps 



Box rod nuts for set screws 



Wing nuts for set screws 



Side straps 



16. Quarter straps 4 



17. Guy straps for quarter straps 4 



18. Litter straps for swivel clamps . . 4 



19 . Litter straps for hinges 4 



20. Buckles, 2-inch 4 



21. Buckles, 1-inch 14 



22. Buckles, finch 12 



28. Rings, Ij-inch 8 



24. Rings, iHnch 4 



25. Rings, l|-inch 8 



26. Rings, 1-inch 8 



27. Rings, 1-inch 8 



28. Snaps, double 4 



29. Snaps, single, "Trigger" 4 



30. Leather pockets or pouches 2 



DALY LITTEE CAEEIEE FOE APAEEJO CONSTEUCTION. 



DETAILED SPECIFICATION. 



'Daly^' litter frame. 



1. Hinges for frame (2) . — To be made of soft steel, when shaped to 

 be 6f inches long, from center of bolt at center of hinge to center of 

 bolt at ends, each way, measuring horizontally. 



Take a piece of soft steel 16 inches long, 2| inches wide, and one- 

 eighth of an inch thick (gauge 11), bevel each end, circle piece and 

 weld. 



