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BASE HOSPITAL NO. 57d

Base Hospital No. 57 was organized April 2, 1918, at Camp Greenleaf, Ga., from enlisted men of the recruit section of that camp; a majority of these men were from a draft from Oil City, Pa. At Camp Greenleaf, the organization was trained until July 21, when it proceeded to Camp Merritt, N. J., arriving there on July 23. On July 31, the unit embarked on the Madingo;

cThe statements of fact appearing herein are based on the "History, Base Hospital No. 56, A. E. F.," by the commanding officer of that hospital. The history is on file in the Historical Division, S. G. O., Washington, D. C.-Ed.
dThe statements of fact appearing herein are based on the "History, Base Hospital No. 57, A. E. F.," by Col. Edward C. Mitchell, M. C., while on duty as a member of the staff of that hospital. The history is on file in the Historical Division, S. G. O., Washington, D. C.-Ed.

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sailed on August 1, for Liverpool, England; arrived August 15, and the following morning entrained for Southampton, where it spent three days in the rest camp. On August 20 it embarked on the Londonderry and crossed the English Channel; reached Le Havre, France, August 21; left Le Havre, August 23, for Juilly, Department Seine et Marne; arrived on the same date. There, the unit took over the hospital operated by Evacuation Hospital No. 8, which had about 250 patients, mostly French battle casualties. The unit remained at Juilly until September 16, 1918, when it was ordered to Paris to establish a 1,000-bed hospital.

FIG. 141.-Base Hospital No. 57, Paris

In Paris, Base Hospital No. 57 took over a large school building and functioned there as a part of the Paris district. There the normal bed capacity of the hospital was 1,800, distributed in 75 wards; but during October, 1918, as many as 2,000 sick and wounded were in the hospital. This hospital admitted both surgical and medical cases; the total number admitted was 8,505. The hospital also operated a central dental infirmary, which cared for a majority of the dental cases in the district of Paris; 7,292 such patients received treatment during its period of activity.

It sailed from Brest, France, August 13, 1919, and arrived in the United States August 22, 1919, aboard the KaiserineAugusta Victoria, and was demobilized shortly afterwards.

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PERSONNEL

COMMANDING OFFICER

Col. Edward C. Mitchell, M. C., April 2, 1918, to August 22, 1919.

CHIEF OF SURGICAL SERVICE

Lieut. Col. Frank D. Smythe, M. C.
Maj. David M. Henning, M. C.
Lieut. Col. Junius Lynch, M. C.

CHIEF OF MEDICAL SERVICE

Lieut. Col. Theodore L. Boutillier, M. C.

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Henry Frank Lenser - U.S. Army Medical Department, Office of Medical History
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