EDITORIAL. 
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commissioned officers with rank equal to that of the dentists, 
whose bill passed a year ago, namely, first and second lieuten¬ 
ancies; (3) the stigma at present marring our profession in the 
army will be removed, and snubbing of our members, in and out 
of the army, because of it will be stopped. 
The bill has very bright prospects of passing the House: 
first, because of its favorable recommendation by the Military 
Committee; second, because the Committee on Legislation of the 
American Veterinary Medical Association reports that a suffi¬ 
cient number of Congressmen in all states of the Union have 
pledged themselves to their constituencies to vote for the bill, 
which should ensure its passage by that body. But its prospects 
in the Senate are an unknown quantity, though certainly far from 
bright. The bill in the Senate, S. 5792, similar to the House 
bill, has been turned over by the Senate Military Committee to 
a sub-committee, consisting of Senators Bristow of Kansas, Jones 
of Washington and Clark of Arkansas. It is of the utmost im¬ 
portance that the profession in those states should exert itself 
to win, first of all, those Senators for the bill. The securing of 
the sub-committee will persuade -the Senate Military Committee 
to favorably report the bill to the Senate. The Senate Military 
Committee consists of Dupont of Delaware (Chairman), Warren 
of Wyoming, Dixon of Montana, Briggs of New Jersey, Brown 
of Nebraska, Guggenheim of Colorado, Bristow of Kansas, Jones 
of Washington, Lorimer of Illinois, Foster of Louisiana, John¬ 
son of Alabama, Clark of Arkansas, Taylor of Tennessee, Cham¬ 
berlain of Oregon, Hitchcock of Nebraska, Williams of Missis¬ 
sippi. On these men our heaviest artillery should be trained. If 
we win them, we win the bill. The stain of distrust, the blockade 
of our progress in the army, the ironclad restraint which has 
hitherto been placed upon us in military circles, will be removed. 
We will banish forever the opinions held in the army that the 
veterinarian is nothing and deserves nothing. We must battle 
our way through the sub-committee of the Senate; then the 
Senate Military Committee and the Senate itself. The goal is in 
sight. Push; press hard; struggle along and we will win. 
