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EDITORIAL. 
ution at a meeting they held at the request of the Governor, viz.: 
Resolved , That we heartily recommend the Governor of this Commonwealth 
to accept the co-operation of the national authorities in the investigation of the 
disease known as contagious pleuro-pneumonia. And that we further recom¬ 
mend that the territory for a distance of ten miles in all directions from the City 
Hall, Philadelphia, be placed under a thorough investigation, said limits to be 
under quarantine. 
Rush S. Huidekoper, President. 
W. Horace Hoskins, Secretary. 
Drs. Trumbower and Hose, of the Bureau of Animal Industry, 
have reported to Philadelphia, and are preparing to work in the 
proper direction. 
Army Yeterinary Legislation.— At the request of Dr. 
D. Lemay, of the U. S. Army, we publish a copy of another bill 
which is to be presented to Congress for the reorganization of the 
veterinary service in the U. S. army. Several bills, we believe, 
have already been framed and found their way to the Senate and 
House of Representatives, and all must hope that something will 
be obtained soon, securing a better organization of that import¬ 
ant branch of the military service. We have repeatedly called 
attention to the importance of the subject, and published all that 
has come to us from all interested parties. One difficulty in 
drafting a bill which will command attention too often arises 
from the tendency of those who write them to make them too long, 
and in making provisions in the bill for matters of detail which 
are already provided for by the rules and regulations of the 
service, or already existing laws. This last bill, though quite 
lengthy, seems to have avoided that error, though probably not 
as much as the bill (which we believe is already in Washington) 
recommended by the Committee of the U. S. Yeterinary Medical 
Association. The opinions which accompany the draft of the 
bill show the importance of the subject and from the names of the 
signers, it is pretty evident that our friends of the army are 
justified in the hope of their claim being realized at an early 
date. 
United States Yeterinary Medical Association. —We are 
informed per noticeof Dr. Michener, Secretary, that the semi-annual 
meeting of this Association will take place this year in Baltimore, on 
