EDITORIAL. 
afterward was made professor, a position which he has held up 
to the present time. He has always taken an active interest in 
his profession, was one of the first members of the Veterinary As¬ 
sociation of Manitoba, having been its secretary-treasurer and 
registrar for the past ten years. He is a member of the Interna¬ 
tional Commission on Bovine Tuberculosis, and during the pres¬ 
ent year Dr. Torrance was entrusted by the Minister of Agricul¬ 
ture with an important mission to England, to make an investi¬ 
gation into epizootic abortion of cattle, consulting while there 
with Sir John McFadyean and Dr. Stewart Stockman. For the 
present Dr. Torrance will act as Five Stock Commissioner as well 
as Veterinary Director General, as his predecessor did, but it is 
the intent of the Minister of Agriculture to separate the two of¬ 
fices during the year. The Review congratulates Dr. Torrance 
on the great honor his government has bestowed upon him in 
selecting him for so important an office in its service, and at the 
same time we congratulate the Canadian government upon the 
wisdom of its choice of a Veterinary Director General. 
THE INDIANAPOFIS MEETING OF A. V. M. A. 
Never in the history of the association have so many mem¬ 
bers and visitors congregated at the convention city so far in 
advance of the date of opening as at Indianapolis. Probably 
two hundred had arrived on Sunday; and they continued to pour 
into the Hoosier capital all day Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday 
and Thursday also showed increased registration each day, so 
that by Thursday evening approximately six hundred veterin¬ 
arians and about one-third that number of ladies were in attend¬ 
ance. President Brenton sounded the gavel at 10:30 a. m. of 
the twenty-seventh in the Auditorium of the German House, 
and declared the forty-ninth annual meeting in session. Ex- 
Mayor Brookwater gave one of the most pleasant and cordial 
welcomes to the city that the association has ever received; 
which was responded to by Dr. John G. Rutherford, who seemed 
to be in splendid form, and delighted both Mayor Brookwater 
and his audience. In its election of officers, the association 
chose Dr. John R. Mahler, of Washington, D. C., for its presi¬ 
dent, and expressed its appreciation of the efficiency of the serv¬ 
ices of Secretary Marshall and Treasurer White by re-electing 
them to their respective offices. 
Notes on the Indianapolis meeting will be found on page 739, and a detailed account will 
be published in our next issue. 
