MEDICAL  PURVEYING  DEPARTMENT  OF  U.  S.  ARMY.  93 
in  New  York  and  Philadelphia,  each  depot  having  connected  with 
it  a  laboratory,  where,  as  far  as  possible,  the  supplies  required 
are  manufactured,  and  put  up  for  issue.  The  other  depots  are 
divided  into  Department  and  Field  depots;  the  former  being 
located  at  the  most  central  point  of  each  military  department, 
the  latter  being  in  close  proximity  to  the  scene  of  active  opera- 
tions ;  and  drawing  their  supplies  from  the  former,  who,  in  their 
turn,  are  supplied  from  the  principal  depots.  Like  ever  thing 
else  connected  with  the  army,  its  medical  supplies  are  on  the  most 
liberal  scale. 
"The  standard  of  medical  and  hospital  supplies  for  the  Army  is  the 
Supply  Table.  It  is  not  the  design  of  the  Department  to  confine  medical 
officers  absolutely  to  that  table,  either  in  variety  or  quantity,  but  only  to 
establish  a  standard  for  their  guidance  in  making  requisitions  for  supplies, 
leaving  individual  preferences  to  be  indulged  at  the  discretion  of  the 
Medical  Director  or  the  Surgeon  General.  Neither  is  it  supposed  that 
the  quantities  of  the  table  will  always  meet  the  necessities  of  unusual 
emergencies,  as  during  epidemics,  or  in  unhealthy  seasons  and  localities  ; 
and  medical  officers  who  allow  their  supplies  to  be  exhausted  through  any 
such  contingencies,  without  timely  notice  of  their  approaching  necessities, 
will  be  held  to  a  strict  accountability." 
The  Supply  Table  is  as  follows : — 
Standard  Supply  Table  for  Three  Months. 
(1.)  For  Hospital  of  100  Beds. 
(2.)  For  1000  men  in  the  field. 
Quan- 
ARTICLES. 
tities  . 
1. 
2. 
Materia  Medica. 
32 
8 
8 
16 
8 
8 
Phosphoricum  Dilu 
2 
8 
Aromaticum, 
oz. 
16 
8 
4 
1 
32 
iEther  Fortior  
64 
32 
iEtheris  Spiritus  Compositus  oz. 
16 
16 
Nitrici  
48 
32 
Alcohol  Fortius  bott. 
24 
6 
Aloe 
2 
16 
8 
16 
8 
Aqua  
.oz. 
96 
32 
ARTICLES. 
Ammoniae  Murias  oz. 
Spiritus  Aromaticus,  oz. 
Argenti  Nitras  oz. 
Fusa  oz. 
Arsenitis  Potassae  Liquor  oz. 
Assafcetida  ....oz. 
Bisixmthi  Subcarbonas  oz. 
Camphora  oz. 
Cantharidis  Pulvis  ,..oz. 
Ceratum  oz. 
Capsici  Pulvis  oz. 
Catechu  oz. 
Cera  Alba  oz. 
Ceratum  Adipis  lbs. 
Resinae  lbs. 
Cinchonae  Calisayae  Pulvis....oz. 
Ciuchoniae  Sulphas  oz. 
Chlorinium,   (the  materials 
for  preparing)  in  a  package  no. 
Chloroformum  oz. 
Quan- 
tities. 
1.  2. 
4 
2 
2 
4 
4 
2 
8 
2 
24 
8 
8 
32 
10 
2 
16 
40 
1 
32 
4 
4 
1 
24 
32 
