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, ARMY VETERINARY DEPARTMENT. 
allied forces into one organization. At the present time the 
quartermaster-general has two or three, and possibly five, veter¬ 
inarians, who are attached to the subsistence department. These 
are well-paid men, who devote their entire time to supervising the 
meat after it has been inspected by the agricultural department. 
The Chairman —Are they not detailed from the agricul¬ 
tural department? 
Dr. Turner —No, sir; they are attached to the subsistence 
corps. 
Mr. Slayden —Then they have a double inspection of meats, 
first by the inspectors of the Department of agriculture and then 
by the veterinarians of the subsistence department? 
Dr. Turner —Yes, sir. 
Mr. Anthony —But these inspections are not had for the de¬ 
tection of the same imperfections, are they? 
Dr. Turner —No, sir. 
The Chairman —Why should a veterinarian be an inspector 
of meat? Does his education qualify him for that service? 
Dr. Turner —Yes, sir. 
The Chairman —Are the inspectors of the agricultural de¬ 
partment veterinarians ? 
Dr. Turner— Yes, sir; every one of them, and they specify 
that they shall come from certain regular colleges. 
Mr. Slayden —If this plan was adopted, then we might dis¬ 
band that force of animal inspectors in the Department of Agri¬ 
culture. 
Dr. Turner —No-, sir ; I should not think so. 
Mr. Slayden— The veterinarian who is supposed to keep the 
animals alive is also supposed to examine them after they are 
dead to see if they are fit for food. 
Mr. Anthony —All meat purchased for the army must first 
have been inspected by the inspectors of the Bureau of Animal 
Industry of the Department of Agriculture at the packing houses. 
Are not these meats afterwards inspected by the veterinarians of 
the army? 
Dr. Turner —At the present time the veterinarian at the post 
has nothing to do with the inspection of meat. 
Mr. Anthony —What would be the more important duties 
of these veterinarians in the garrisons? 
Dr. Turner — : They could see that the meat supply at the post 
was in proper condition; that the milk supply at that post was 
wholesome and furnished from healthy animals—in fact, the 
