American Veterinary Review, 
FEBRUARY, 1892 . 
EDITORIAL. 
Army Veterinarians. —For some reason there seems to 
have been a lull in the agitation of the question of reform in 
respect to the position and rank of veterinarians in the 
United States army, a matter which at one time appeared to 
be likely to excite much interest in veterinary circles. In 
fact, since the last report of the committee appointed by the 
United States Veterinary Medical Association, which seemed 
to promise some good results, nothing has recently been 
heard on the subject. The matter has not, however, been 
forgotten, nor is all hope to be abandoned, especially in 
view of the great encouragement derived from the officers of 
the War Department, to whom the subject has been pre¬ 
sented, and who seem inclined to entertain rational views 
of the case. The reform is too necessary, and involves too 
much of beneficial change, not alone to veterinarians, but as 
affecting the proper and efficient administration of the details 
of the service, to be ignored, and though it may cost a large 
expenditure of time and patience to secure it, the success of 
the effort is sure to be realized in the end. 
We have received the following communication from a 
committee of army veterinarians, engaged in this effort to 
promote their guild, and it is with great pleasure that we 
lay it before our readers, and bespeak their active co-opera¬ 
tion with the committee in compassing the desired object. 
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