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On 2 November 1902 the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery bought of land that was owned by the city of Charleston, South Carolina adjoining the northwest side of the Navy Yard.〔Records obtained from the Court House, City of Charleston, South Carolina, out of Records F 24, page 30 dated 21 November 1902, containing the following record of interest: THE CITY OF CHARLESTON TO UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 12th Day of July, AD 1902 Be it resolved, by the Mayor and Alderman of the City Of Charleston in City Council assembled, that the honorable Mayor id hereby directed, authorized and empowered to execute such deeds as may be necessary to convey to the United States of America such portions of the land, the property of the City of Charleston, now known as “Chicora Park”, at and for the consideration of two hundred dollars ($200) per acre, as may be desired by the said United States of America, for the purpose of establishing a Marine hospital. Total value is $19,300. Plat presented by J. W. G. Walker, Civil Engineer, USN City received said property from: William B. Chisolm on the 5th day of February AD 1895, Helen S. Whaley and Pauline S Heyward on the 11th day of February AD 1895, and Paul S and Joseph J. Noisette on the 31st day of July AD 1899. In witness where I, J. Adger Smyth, the said Mayor of the said City of Charleston, under and by virtue of the Resolution aforesaid, have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the said City Council of Charleston to be hereunto affixed by the Clerk of the said City Council this 20th day of November in the year of Our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and two, and in the one hundred and twenty seventh year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. /s/ W. W. Simons J. Adger Smyth (L.S.) Clerk of the City Council Mayor of the City of Of Charleston, S.C. Charleston, S.C. Signed and sealed and delivered in the presence of: /s/ John G. Capers, U.S. Atty. /s/ E. Longnecker, U.S.N. (Corporate Seal) /s/ J. W. G. Walker, U.S.N. 〕 Later transfers to the Navy Yard reduced the acreage to , the number of acres recorded in hospital records as of 1 November 1949. ==Early years: 1902-1922== After establishment of the Navy Yard in 1902, the Medical Department activities occupied "hospital" tents near the site of the Marine Corps Post Exchange. In 1905 a Marine Sick Quarters was erected in the same place. During this period of time the Medical Officer of the Yard had an office in the Post Office building in Charleston, making a daily trip to the Yard by street car. In 1905, a room in one of the then existing buildings at the Yard was allotted for use as a Medical Dispensary.〔 and (accompanying map )〕 On 26 June 1906, Congress appropriated $12,000 for the building of a Yard Dispensary, but no bids from outside contractors were received on the plans and specifications for the building and it was not until December 1908 that a Yard Dispensary was completed by Yard labor. This wooden building was erected on brick piers near the center of the Navy Yard. Later a basement was constructed under this building which functioned as a dispensary and as a small hospital, with many of its patients in tents. Since its beginning the building had been repeatedly enlarged by additions. In 1917 the west wing was added. With the advent of World War I, this 28-bed dispensary, even with the addition of new buildings, was taxed beyond its capacity, and was entirely inadequate to meet the hospital needs for the Naval Base, and the increased personnel caused by the establishment of the training camp to the capacity of 5,000 men. Emergency facilities in the shape of tents, and temporary beds were established in connection with the Naval Dispensary until a total capacity was reached for 120 patients. This was a temporary expedient to meet the circumstances incident to a sudden influx of men without accommodations for the sick. In view of the necessity for a Naval Hospital in this area, a hospital was authorized to be constructed by the NAVAL EMERGENCY FUND ACT〔"NAVAL EMERGENCY FUND ACT" 1168 Chap 180 An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth nineteen hundred and eighteen and for other purposes. (March 4, 1917. 39 Stats 1168. HR 20632. ) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the united States of America in Congress assembled March 4, 1917.〕 A contract was let with the Charleston Engineering and Constructing Company to build the hospital.〔May 15, 1917 - Charleston News and Courier〕 Work commenced on 1 June 1917, and the hospital was commissioned on 31 July 1917, in spite of many difficulties encountered in obtaining an adequate supply of labor and a strike of minor importance among the carpenters. The hospital was the original Naval Hospital built on the site located on the Medical Department Property that was purchased in 1902. The hospital consisted of 19 temporary wooden buildings with a bed capacity of 250. These buildings included one administration building, one office building, one building for women nurses, nine ward buildings, one galley, a mess hall, garage, laundry, power house, stores house, and recreation hall. These were all one-story buildings, owing to the increased patient load, additional beds were urgently required, and by September 1918〔September 11, 1918 - Charleston News and Courier〕 fourteen additional buildings were constructed which increased the bed capacity to 1000 beds. These additional building were of wooden construction finished in stucco and were erected south of the hospital reservation. The hospital made use of an ambulance to transport the sick〔February 11, 1919 - Charleston News and Courier〕 from outlying stations of the Sixth Naval District and from vessels in the harbor to the hospital. Commander W. M. Garton, MC, USN〔The Sunday News Charleston, SC July 20, 1919〕 was its commanding officer during its construction and until July 1919. In 1922, due to the increasing cost of maintenance and the decreasing number of patients, the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery decided to abandon the World War I Emergency hospital, and the then Yard Dispensary was reoccupied as a combined Naval Hospital and Dispensary. The Yard Dispensary was then designated a Naval Hospital. On 21 December 1922, the emergency hospital was officially closed and the Medical personnel transferred to the dispensary building. Certain of the buildings of the emergency hospital were moved adjacent to the Yard Dispensary and as other buildings were demolished, the materials were used to provide additional facilities at the Navy Yard Hospital. The changes had no other significance other that to return the hospital to a pre-war status. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Naval Health Clinic Charleston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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