The American Army Medical Services in the field.

IN 1942 the writer prepared some notes on the American Army Medical Services 'for the Medical Personnel (Priority) Committee on. which he is the Army representative. In 1944, he visited the Third Army by the kindness of Major-General Paul Hawley, Chief Surgeon, European Theatre of Operations,. U.S.A., and this year, thanks to the courtesy of Brigadier-GeReral J. Martin, the Army Surgeon, 5th U.S. Army, he had the privilege of seeing a Medical Battalion in action SOOR after the victorious offensive was launched on the Italian Front in April last. . It has been suggested that some information about the M~dica:l Service of our Great Ally might be of use to officers of the Corps, therefore my original notes ha~e been brought up to date in the hope that they may be of general interest. It will be found that there are great and outstanding differences between the American ' A.rmy Medical organization and our own.