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3rd. There will be a new rank of ganized under this act, and if put on a 



"Hospital Sergeants" with $65.00 a war basis for service in Mexico it will 



month and the allowances for food and be much larger, 



clothing of Master Engineers, Junior _ .„ . 



Qj.^(jg It will give a good proportion of the 



present Sergeants First Class a substan- 



4th. The present Sergeants First Class tial advance to the two higher ranks and 



will have $50.00 a month and the same the present Sergeants will have the Ser- 



allowances as Sergeants First Class geants' First Class positions which are 



Corps of Engineers. vacated. There will be improvement in 



5th. Sergeants $36.00, Corporals every direction. 



$24.00 and Cooks $30.00 will have the xhe conditions which have been a dis- 



CoT Tof^ErhTeers ""^ ^'^^ ^'^^^' '" ^^^ ^'^'^ ^"^ pharmacy are now wonderfully 

 '^ ^ ' bettered all along the line by the earnest 

 6th. Original enlistments for the Med- work of thousands of American pharma- 

 ical Department shall be made in the cists in educating Congress and the pub- 

 grade of Privates, $15.00 and allowances, ijc. Many of these pharmacists are not 

 Private First Class $18.00 and allow- ^^^^ers of any pharmaceutical organ- 

 ances. They shall be eligible for addi- . ^- t-l- , , , ,,• 

 ,• , r 11 * J- ization. inis work shows what pulling 

 tional pay as follows: As dispensary , ^ . 



assistant, $2.00 a month ; as nurse, $3.00 together can do. Our Association needs 



a month ; as surgical assistant, $5.00 a y^^ ^"^ ^^^ o^^^ yo" ^ cordial invitation 



month. to become one of us, we need your ability 



-i.u T-u .L ^ 1 J. r 11 and courage and you need our organiza- 



7th. The total percentage of all en- . , , . , ^ , 



listed men in the Medical Department ^^°" *^* y^"'' ^""^^"^ ^"^ ^"^^^ "^^^ ^^ 



shall not exceed 5 per cent, of the total "^^^^ ^""^ recognized as they deserve in 



enlisted army and the grades shall not the further work for the advancement of 



exceed : American pharmacy. Those Association 



8th. Master Hospital Sergeants, /. of "^^"^bers who have worked practically 



I per cent, of the above 5% ; Hospital unanimously in behalf of this good cause, 



Sergeants, >4 of i per cent, of the above ^"d have kept at it so persistently and 



5% ; Sergeants First Class, 7 per cent, so undiscouragedly under many adverse 



of the above 5%; Sergeants, 11 per cent, circumstances have been a splendid 



of the above 5%; Corporals, 5 per cent, nucleus around which all could rally, 



of the above s% ; Cooks, 6 per cent, of Practically every officer down to the 



the above 5%. quietest member has been ever ready 



The peace basis is 175,000 enlisted to help in this good work. To them all 

 men. Not counting certain units, this will "we take off our hat." 

 be about: 43 Master Hospital Ser- This is not the work of one man nor 

 geants, 1162 Sergeants, 43 Hospital Ser- of a dozen men, but the work of us all 

 geants, 437 Corporals, 612 Sergeants pulling together as men should to win. 

 First Qass, 525 Cooks, in this enlarge- and our fellow members must feel more 

 ment of the army to 175,000 there will strongly united then, as they fully com- 

 be 86 of the two new ranks, or more, if prehend how much they have accom- 

 the army shall be larger. The present plished by sticking together and working 

 United States Army is now being or- toward better conditions. 



