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FM 42-414
Processing Finished Organizational Laundry. When a laundry section/team handles laundry
for only one unit, its personnel are not required to sort the finished laundry. They check the laundry for
quantity and place it in containers marked with the unit name. If unit "lots" of less than a washer load are
washed together, the checker must sort the items carefully so that each unit receives the same items it
turned in initially.
Processing Finished Bulk Laundry. Resizing is the only processing needed for finished bulk
laundry. Methods for resizing clothing are given in Appendix G. Resizing is needed only when a laundry
section/team is supporting a clothing and textile maintenance or hospital facility.
OPERATING SUPPLIES AND SPECIAL SUPPLIES
Appendix E describes supplies kept on hand at the SLCR section/team site, especially the laundry
element, and special supplies needed to decontaminate radioactive clothing, treat clothing for water, or
mothproof woolens. Requirements for operating supplies is based on --
NOTE: Mesh bags have been added to CTA 50-970 and can be procured for laundry use. The purpose of
the mesh bag system is to allow a more sanitary means for handling soiled laundering and to reduce the loss
of individual laundry.
Determination of Supplies Needed. The quantity of supplies needed for the mobile field laundry
services is based on the quantities used in past operations or missions. These vary according to the local
conditions. If there are no production records for laundry personnel to use, then they use the number of
persons or units that the laundry is to support with laundry service to estimate the supplies they need. A
mobile laundry element that handles four washer loads an hour uses 11 ounces of detergent and 2 ounces of
sour per washer load. If the SLCR section/team operates in two 10-hour shifts each day, it will require the
following supplies for 15 days of operation:
• Detergent, laundry powder -- 825 pounds.
• Sour, laundry -- 150 pounds.
Establish Laundry Records and Reports. A mobile field laundry element in a combat zone must
send information to its higher headquarters on its operations. Use the following forms to report this
information.
• DA Form 2886, Figure 3-8, is used for laundry done on an individual basis.
• DA Form 1974, Figure 3-14, is for organizational or bulk laundry service.
• DA Form 4765-R, Figure 3-15, is used to show the daily, weekly, or monthly activities of a mobile
field laundry section or team. The report gives the following information on laundry operations:
•• Total man-hours worked.
•• Operation data on each shift and total production of the SLCR section/team.
•• Data to provide supply personnel with information they need to keep enough repair
parts and operating supplies on hand to ensure efficient laundry operations.
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