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fessional examination and a physical examination as to fitness for mounted 
field service, or in the case of veterinarians of the Subsistence Department, 
if their services have been satisfactory to the Commissary General. That 
the veterinarians with fifteen years of service be reappointed and com¬ 
missioned as veterinarians with the rank, pay, and allowances of captain, 
mounted: Provided, That they pass a prescribed practical professional exam¬ 
ination and a physical examination as to fitness for mounted field service, 
and that they shall be entitled to credit for all honorable prior service in 
the Army as veterinarians or veterinary surgeons in determining their status: 
Provided further, That veterinarians now in the Army, who fail to pass the 
prescribed physical examination, due to disability incident to the service, shall 
be retired with the rank, pay, and allowances corresponding to length of 
service as prescribed herein. 
Sec. 5. That the Secretary of War, upon the recommendation of the 
chief veterinarian, with the approval of the Quartermaster General, may 
appoint such number of reserve veterinarians as may be necessary to attend 
public animals pertaining to the Quartermaster’s or other departments and 
corps, who shall have the pay and allowances of second lieutenant, mounted: 
Provided, That such reserve veterinarians be graduates of a recognized 
veterinary college or university, and have previously passed such moral, 
professional, and physical examination as may be deemed necessary by the 
Secretary of War for the proper performance of their duties in mounted 
field service. 
Sec. 6 . That the Secretary of War is authorized to appoint boards of 
examiners to conduct the examinations prescribed herein, one member of 
which shall be a field officer, one a surgeon, and two veterinarians. 
Sec. 7. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of 
this Act be, and are hereby, repealed.] 
That the President is hereby authorized, by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate, to appoint veterinarians and assistant veterinarians in the 
Army, not to exceed two such officers for each regiment of Cavalry and 
Field Artillery, fifteen as inspectors of horses and mules and as veterinarians 
in the Quartermaster’s Department, and five as inspectors of meats for the 
Subsistence Department, not to exceed sixty-tzvo in all. 
Sec. 2. That hereafter a candidate for appointment as assistant veter¬ 
inarian must be a citizen of the United States between the ages of twenty- 
one and twenty-seven years, a graduate of a recognized veterinary college 
or university, and that he shall not be appointed until he shall have passed 
a satisfactory examination as to character, physical condition, general edu¬ 
cation, and professional qualifications. 
Sec. 3. That an assistant veterinarian appointed under section two of 
this Act shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of second lieutenant, 
mounted; that after five years of service an assistant veterinarian shall be 
promoted to the rank, pay, and allowances of first lieutenant, mounted; 
Provided, That he passes a satisfactory examination under such rules as the 
President may prescribe as to professional qualifications and adaptibility for 
the mounted service; or, if found deficient, he shall be discharged from the 
Army zvith one year’s pay and have no further claim on the Government. 
Sec. 4. That the veterinarians of Cavalry and Field Artillery now in the 
Army, together with such of the veterinarians of the Quartermaster’s and 
Subsistence Departments provided for in section one of this Act, now em¬ 
ployed, zvho at the date of the approval of this Act shall have less than five 
years of service, be reappointed and commissioned as assistant veterinarians 
zvith the rank, pay, and allowances of second lieutenant, mounted; that the 
veterinarians who have over five years of service be reappointed and com- 
