ARMY VETERINARY DEPARTMENT. 
BOLD AND LUCID SPEECHES OF DRS. TURNER AND 
HOSKINS BEFORE THE MILITARY COMMITTEE 
OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE 
ARMY VETERINARY BILL. 
The bill to consolidate the veterinary service, United States 
army, and increase its efficiency (known as H. R. 16843 m the 
House and as S. 5792 in the Senate) has attracted such great 
attention by the wide publicity that has been given it in the vet¬ 
erinary press and because of the meritorious nature of its pur¬ 
poses that a word may be printed here upon the reception the 
bill has had from the Military Committee of the House of Rep¬ 
resentatives, together with some reference to the speeches made 
in defense of the bill before that committee. In the April Review 
was mentioned the fact of the patient hearing accorded the de¬ 
fenders of the bill by the members of the Committee on Military 
Affairs. The representatives of the profession spoke out boldly in 
its defense and were satisfied with the full opportunity permitted 
them to enlighten the minds of the committeemen on certain 
features of the bill. 
We strongly advise every veterinarian who has the slightest 
interest in the passage of the bill (and all have really very great 
interest in it) to apply to his Congressman for a printed copy of 
“ Hearings Before the Committee on Military Affairs, House of 
Representatives, ort H. R. 16843.” The statements of Veterin¬ 
ary Colonel Piche, of the Canadian army; of Captain Hull and 
of Dr. J. R. Mohler are fine reading. But we venture the thought 
that the statements of Drs. Turner and Hoskins will, because 
they are mostly in speech form and are not broken up much into 
question and answer, bear reproduction in the Review. All of 
these gentlemen are to be thanked for their lucid remarks as they 
are printed in the hearing, and their act merits the lasting re¬ 
membrance of their confreres in the profession. 
Statement of Dr. John P. Turner, Washington, D. C. 
Dr. Turner —Mr. Chairman, I entered the army shortly 
after graduation at the solicitation of Dr. Huidekooper, who will 
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