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APPEN= "C" TO REPORT ON OPFUTIORI3 WADQUARTERs II CORPS, 2 NU 1943 . Replacemente by branch received by II Corps units during the period 1 January - 15 March, 1943s OFF. Infantry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 4074 Field Artillery . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., . 34 789 Medical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 193 Dental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 T.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1_15 Engineer . . .6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., . . Q.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 231 199 C .A .- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 52 Ordnance * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .* . . . . EM 107 Armored Force , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 858 Cavalry . . . . . . . . . . . . . .r . . . . . . . . . 12 69 Liilitary Police , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 B Z . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5 23 Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TOTAL 290 6746
1PP_: '.DI :: "D" TO R~,PORT v : OPMATIOIIS, Ifc.ADQUARTZRS II C0 .-Z5 . medical Activities During Period 1 January to 17 .larch, Inclusive . 1 . DurinC the period 1 January to 21 January, corps medical units were concentrated in the Constantine area . These units were the 9th Evacuation Hospital, 77th Evacuation Hospital, 118th Surgical Hospital, 51st Medical Battalion, 2nd Battalion, 16th i.iedical Regiment, and the lst Advance Section, 2nd = :edical Supply Depot . iluring this period, only Brit13h'hospital facilities were available and all hospitalization was in British hospitals . 2 . Upon arrival in the Tebessa area, the 9th Evacuation Hospital was established 12 rules south of Tebessa . The 118th Surgical Hospital establishod one hospitalization section at Feriana, the other section moving to vicinity of Thala . The 77th Evacuation Hospital was held in r:~serve until 111 February, rraen it established lightly 12 wiles south of Tebessa . The 1st Advance Section, 2nd '-edical Supply Depot,, was established 10 miles south of Tebessa . 3 .. During; the period 16 February to 20 February, all medical installations were ti:ithdrwtin to vicinity of Ainc Boida . DurinL this withdrawal it liras necessary to move approxinately 700 patients with the hospitals because of lack of evacuation facilities to the rear . 11 . Supply . The initial medical supplies vrere adequate and there was no difficultyy n int~ainin an adequate supply of class one supplies, that is, t' % so supplies contained in :.icdical maintenance units . It became necessary .:=ray in the op .:ration to :Later the naintenancc unit in order that a pore nearly balaaced stock would be available in the depot . The greatest difficulty in s-pDly was encountered in replacing itcns of organizational equipment for hospitals and field units . It rras necessary to augment the T/B.l equipment of hospitals materially, in order that they night . function c:ificiuntly at ne?r full capacity . . ospitalization . The t'.---o 750-bed evacuation hospitals and the h00- b :d surgicl Lospi a rrc:rc adequate for the troops initially involved . The two 750-bed evacuation hospitals were placed on a 15-day policy in order that as :many patients as possible might b,: r,,turncu to duty in th:: forward ar_e :1 . This policy was abandoned towards t : :e end of the period rrhcn troops in the arcs were incr,;asc:d . The 118th Surgical Hospital rec-ived the ciljority of casualties and r ::n&red tli.: initial operating trcntm~nt . This unit. was on no fixed policy . Clearing platoons of Corps 1~~edical Batt^lions linen: utilized extensively in the forward ar .:as rrith surgical tcons ati.aclwd . These units performed exc ::11,:ntly and filled the gap bctwecn division units and t.hc more fixed :iospit-nls in the rLar . 6. Evacuation . Evacuation fro:: : f-orward units was acconplishec b,; the: 51st .edicalBattalion and the 2a6i Battalion ., 16th I edical RC incnt . T` :is latter unit was placed _ntir .~ly L: sup,rort of the lst U .S . Armored Division, w:_ilc th_ 51st :.:edical Battalion covered L:vacuation from cl, :rin .; platoons to hospitals . Evacuation to the CovLFa -iication Zen ._ 'Was ,:ntir_.ly b:. - -,ir until 16 ' :;bruary, when ::ir evacuation conpletcly f:iil~:d due: to unfavorable flying; con- ditions . The Brltisa =First :Xnr t :L,:n furnish-,d . . f,:ctlon of t : :, 6th i_otor !1~~ulancc Corps for evacuation by road to th :. 61st Station : :ospit -il -L ;. Cl C.itcrrah . T"is unit ri,_-rained rrith the Corps during the r,.:m ::indcr of this period, and covered all r,.an:ard .:vacu-.tigp ~oad~ khi;u" . 5 [r~~ :
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