General Hospital No. 17 was closed as an Army hospital on March 27, 1919, the Public Health Service having stated that it did not desire this hospital. Later on, however, this hospital was taken over by the Public Health Service. Hospitals abandoned by the Medical Department, U. S. Army, and available to the Public Health Service, but not occupied by that Service because they were not located where additional hospitalization was needed. General Hospitals Capacity Abandoned GH #1, New York City 1258 Oct. 15, 1919 GH #3, Colonia, New Jersey 1650 Oct. 15, 1919 GH #8, Otisville, N.Y. 1000 Nov. 15, 1919 (tuberculosis) GH #9, Lakewood, New Jersey 986 May 31, 1919 GH #11, Cape May, New Jersey 750 July 20, 1919 GH #18, Waynesville, N. C. 600 June 30, 1919 (tuberculosis) GH #22, Philadelphia, Pa. 450 June 10, 1919 GH #23, Hot Springs, N. C. 600 Mar. 15, 1919 GH #35, West Baden, Ind. 800 June 30, 1919 GH #36, Detroit, Michigan 900 Aug. 10, 1919 GH #38, East View, New York 850 July 15, 1919 GH #39, Long Beach, L. I. 550 May 21, 1919 ————— Total 10394 Base (Camp) Hospitals Capacity Abandoned BH Camp Wadsworth, S.C. (GH #42) 1000 October 10, 1919 BH Camp Bowie, Texas 1000 Subsequent to Mar. 3, 1919 BH Camp Custer, Michigan 1500 Subsequent to Mar. 3, 1919 BH Camp Gordon, Ga. 1500 Subsequent to Mar. 3, 1919 BH Camp Greene, North Carolina 1000 Subsequent to Mar. 3, 1919 BH Camp McArthur, Texas 1000 Subsequent to Mar. 3, 1919 BH Camp McClellan, Alabama 1000 Subsequent to Mar. 3, 1919 BH Camp Shelby, Mississippi 1000 Subsequent to Mar. 3, 1919 BH Camp Sheridan, Alabama 1000 Subsequent to Mar. 3, 1919 BH Camp Taylor, Kentucky 1500 Subsequent to Mar. 3, 1919 BH Camp Upton, L.I., N.Y. 1500 Subsequent to Mar. 3, 1919 BH Camp Wheeler, Georgia 1000 Subsequent to Mar. 3, 1919 ————— Total 14000 Port Hospitals Capacity Abandoned EH #1, (St. Marys) Hoboken, N.J. 500 Oct. 31, 1919 DH #3, (Greenhut Bldg.) New York 3100 July 15, 1919 City DH #5, (Grand Central Palace) 2700 June 30, 1919 N.Y.C. BH Camp Merritt, New Jersey 2000 Dec. 15, 1919 BH Camp Mills, L.I. N.Y. 2000 Sept. 18, 1919 BH Camp Stuart, Newport News, Va. 2000 Sept. 10, 1919 —————— Total 12300 Total 36694