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CAMP HOSPITAL NO. 19p

Camp Hospital No. 19 was established December 23, 1917, at La Courtine, Department Creuse, base section No. 2. The personnel came from the American Expeditionary Forces at large. When first opened, the hospital functioned in three widely separated French buildings, in a training camp. At first its bed capacity was 140; later, when construction was completed, it comprised 8 buildings, with a normal bed capacity of 500. During its existence the hospital cared for 3,025 surgical and medical cases. Camp Hospital No. 19 ceased to function May 31, 1919; its personnel returned to the United States, sailing from Bordeaux, June 20, 1919, on the Canandaigua, and were demobilized at Camp Jackson, S. C., shortly afterward.

nThe statements of fact appearing herein are based on the "History, Camp Hospital No. 14, A. E. F.," Issoudun,by the commanding officer of that hospital. The history is on file in the Historical Division, S. G. O.,Washington, D. C.-Ed.

oThe statements of fact appearing herein are based on the "History, Camp Hospital No. 15, A. E. F.," Coetquidan, by Maj. William L. Edmundson, 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.

pThe statements of fact appearing herein are based on the "History, Camp Hospital No. 19, A. E. F.," La Courtine, by First Lieut. James H. MacDuffie, 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.

Base Hospital Number 19