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ARMY VETERINARY DEPARTMENT. 
missioned as veterinarians with the rank, pay, and allowances of first lieu¬ 
tenant, mounted: Provided, That they pass a prescribed practical professional 
examination and a physical examination as to fitness for mounted field serv¬ 
ice: Provided further, That veterinarians now in the Army, and in the em¬ 
ploy of the Quartermaster’s Department and the Subsistence Department, 
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 with seventy- 
five per centum of the pay corresponding to length of service as prescribed 
herein. 
Sec. 5. Thai the Secretary of War, upon recommendation of the Quarter¬ 
master General, may appoint, for such time as their services may be required, 
such number of reserve veterinarians as may be necessary to attend public 
animals pertaining to the Quartermaster’s or other departments or corps, 
who shall have the pay and allowances of second lieutenant, mounted, during 
such period of service and no longer: Provided, That such reserve veteri¬ 
narians be graduates of a recognised 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 per¬ 
formance of their duties in mounted field service. 
Sec. 6. That candidates passing the examinations as prescribed in section 
two of this Act shall be appointed, in the order of merit in which they passed 
such examinations, to vacancies as they occur, such appointment to be a pro¬ 
bationary one of six months, after which time, if the services of the proba¬ 
tioner have been satisfactory, he shall be permanently appointed, with com¬ 
mission antedated to embrace such probationary service. Probationary veter¬ 
inarians zvhose services are found unsatisfactory shall be discharged at any 
time during the probationary period, or at the end thereof, without further 
claim against the Government. 
Sec. 7. That the Secretary of War is authorized to appoint a board of 
examiners to conduct the examinations prescribed herein, one member of 
which shall be a field officer, one a surgeon, and two veterinarians. 
Sec. 8. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of 
this Act be, and are hereby, repealed.. 
D. A. H. 
Dr. Jas. A. Waugh, Pittsburgh, Pa., gave a course of 
lectures at the Cincinnati Veterinary College, and also a course 
at the Terre Haute Veterinary College the past winter. 
Popular Education. —Through the medium of the Farm¬ 
er’s Institutes, 131,078 persons listened to addresses on agricul¬ 
tural topics during the past season in the State of New York. 
New York State Meeting Earlier.— New York State 
veterinarians are reminded of the unusually early dates of the 
New York State Veterinary Medical Society this year. It will 
he held in Utica July 30-31 and August 1. 
