| LC control no. | n 2015180486 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | United States. Army. Medical Department |
| Variant(s) | United States. War Department. Medical Department |
| See also | Successor: United States. Army Medical Service |
| Ending date | 1950 |
| Found in | Annual historical report, 1947: t.p. (Medical Department) p. 1 (U.S. Army) Wikipedia, Jan. 16, 2015: Army Medical Department (United States) page (Congress provided an Army medical organization only in times of war or emergency until 1818, at which point it created in 1818 a permanent "Medical Department." The Army Organization Act of 1950 renamed the Medical Department the Army Medical Service (AMS). On June 4, 1968 the AMS was renamed the Army Medical Department (AMEDD) The Army Medical Department, 1775-1818, 1981: p. 129 (the organization created on paper by the legislation of 1799, a medical department for both Army and Navy ...) p. 148 (was disbanded) p. 149 (March 1813; the Medical Department; unlike the department designated in 1799, this new organization involved only the Army) p. 198 (the establishment of the Army Medical Department on a permanent basis in April 1818) |
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