has passed and it is the intention of this office to change its 
status to that of a station hospital in the immediate future. The 
Base Hospital at Los Banos,Laguna was talien out of this Department 
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January 33, 190.8 by G.0.30,o.s.Hdqrs.Division of the Philippines / 
and its designation changed to that of Division Ho Vtal,the in 
tention being to utilize its hot baths for the treatment of 
special diseases occurring in troops throughout the Division. 
The -present system of nomenclature of the smaller, hospitals 
in the Department is very unsatisfactory. At a station garrisoned 
by the men of one regiment the hospital is called a regimental 
hospital, even though the garrison consist of only a detachment 
commanded by a non-cororaissioned officer. 
On the other hand, 
if a station be garrisoned by a mixed command the hospital is 
called a military hospital ,even though the garrison consist of 
Headquarters and the major portion of a regiment with the mixture, 
of a small detachment of native scouts. It is recommended that 
the terras Regimental and Military,as applied to hospitals,be dis¬ 
continued and that all such hospitals be designated station 
hospitals. 
The medical supplies furnished during the year have usually 
been of good quality and,with the exception of surgical dressings 
and a few drugs for tropical applications, have been sufficient 
in quantity. The Supply Table allowance of gauze,absorbent cotton 
carbolic acid,boracic acid,tannic acid,salol,and vaseline is 
