Medical Reserve Corps of the U.S. Army

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The Medical Reserve Corps of the U.S. Army was an early 20th-century organization of commissioned medical professionals that formed the foundation for what became the U.S. Army Reserve’s medical component.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military medical organization
reserve component of the United States Army
associatedWith Army Medical Department
surface form: U.S. Army Medical Department (AMEDD)

United States military medical units
surface form: United States Army Reserve medical units
commandStructure under the U.S. Army Medical Department
composition civilian medical practitioners holding military commissions
commissioned officers
conflictAssociation World War I era
country United States of America
establishedInPeriod Progressive Era
followedBy organized medical units of the U.S. Army Reserve
foundationFor medical component of the United States Army Reserve
function augment the Regular Army Medical Department
provide medical support during mobilization for large-scale conflicts
garrison United States of America
surface form: United States
hasPart commissioned medical officers
dentists
other medical professionals
physicians
surgeons
historicalSignificance early example of formal integration of civilian professionals into U.S. military reserve forces
formed the organizational basis for later Army Reserve medical units
legalStatus component of the Army’s reserve forces
partOf United States Army
precededBy ad hoc volunteer medical officers of the U.S. Army
primarySpecialty military medicine
public health and sanitation in military contexts
surgery
purpose ensure availability of trained medical officers for rapid expansion of the Army
recruitmentSource civilian medical community in the United States
role provide medical officers for the U.S. Army in time of war or emergency
serve as a pool of trained medical professionals for rapid mobilization
serviceBranch United States Army
status historical predecessor of modern Army Reserve medical forces
timePeriod early 20th century
typeOfReserve individual reserve of medical officers

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USAR origin Medical Reserve Corps of the U.S. Army
Surgeon General of the United States Army jurisdiction Medical Reserve Corps of the U.S. Army
this entity surface form: Army Reserve medical forces