C. U. C. R (LAlumni J ournal 



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QUID PRO QUO? 



There has been introduced in the House of Representatives a bill to amend 

 section ten to thirty-seven of the Act entitled. "An Act for making further and 

 more effectual provision for the national defense, and for other purposes." 



This bill, H. R. 9389, introduced on January 30, by Mr. Hicks of New York, 

 provides for the reorganization of the Medical Department of the Army. Sec- 

 tion 6 reads as follows : 



"That there shall be established a department of pharmacy with a commis- 

 sioned officer at the head, who shall rank as colonel, and with such number of 

 commissioned subordinates with rank of majors, captains, and lieutenants, as may 

 be determined by the Chief of the Medical Department and the Secretary of War, 

 all of whom must be graduates of some recognized college of pharmacy. 



"This department shall be charged with the purchase and distribution of all 

 medical and hospital supplies, the care, preservation, and preparation of medicine, 

 dressings, books, and appliances, and the sterilization and care of all instruments. 

 It shall also be charged with the clerical work, the maintenance of records, and 

 correspondence relating to hospitals and their inmates, the rendering of returns, 

 reports and records pertaining to the sick and wounded." 



The introduction of this bill has been a great disappointment to many friends 

 of the Edmonds Bill, many of the latter fearing that this duplication of bills 

 would retard the creation of the much needed and desired pharmaceutical corps. 



Naturally there will be a difference of opinion as to which of the two bills 

 possesses the most merit. However, we feel that when all is said and done that all 

 believers in the need of the "putting of pharmacy" in the Army will agree that 

 what is most important for the members of the Army as well as pharmacy is the 

 recognition of pharmacy as such. If this object is once obtained, then it will 

 make little difference whether it was brought about by the Edmonds Bill or the 



