ARMY VETERINARY DEPARTMENT. 
THE STATUS OF THE ARMY VETERINARY BILL. 
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The bill, H. R. 16843, was amended and favorably reported 
by the House Military Committee on April 26, and provides, 
briefly, as follows: For the appointment, by the President, of 
veterinarians and assistant veterinarians not to exceed two for 
each regiment of Cavalry and Field Artillery, fifteen as inspec¬ 
tors of horses and mules and as veterinarians in the Quarter¬ 
master’s Department, and five as inspectors of meats for the 
Subsistence Department, not to exceed sixty-two in all. A can¬ 
didate for assistant veterinarian must be a citizen between the 
ages of twenty-one and twenty-seven years, a graduate of a 
recognized veterinary college or university, and shall pass re¬ 
quired examination. Such assistant veterinarian shall have 
rank, pay, and allowances of second lieutenant mounted; after 
five years of service be promoted to rank, pay, and allowances 
of first lieutenant, mounted: Provided, That he passes satisfac¬ 
tory examination for mounted service; or, if found deficient, 
he shall be discharged from the Army with one year’s pay and 
have no further claim on the Government. Sec. 4 provides that 
the veterinarians of Cavalry and Field Artillery now in the 
Army, together with such of the veterinarians of the Quarter¬ 
master’s and Subsistence Departments provided for in Sec. 1 of 
this act, now employed, who at the date of the approval of this 
act shall have less than five years of service, be reappointed and 
commissioned as assistant veterinarians with rank, pay, and al¬ 
lowances of second lieutenant, mounted; veterinarians who have 
over five years of service be reappointed and commissioned as 
veterinarians with rank, pay, and allowances of first l’eutenant, 
mounted: Provided, That they pass a prescribed practical pro¬ 
fessional examination and. a physical examination as to fitness 
for mounted field service: Provided further, That veterinarians 
now in the Army, and in the employ of the Quartermaster and 
the Subsistence Departments who fail to pass the prescribed 
physical examination, due to disability incident to the service, 
and who have been incapacitated from rendering satisfactory 
service to the Government, shall be retired from active service 
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