American Veterinary Review, 
JANUARY, 1890 . 
EDITORIAL, 
Army Veterinarians—Army Legislation.— Confidence in the success of the 
present effort—Congress will most certainly grant our request—the profession 
awake—subscriptions increasing—objections from some—danger of too many 
bills—separate efforts, laudable as they may be, should be stopped—let the motto 
“ all for one” be ours—let the United States Veterinary Medical Association go 
ahead—the Chairman of the Committee, Dr. Huidekoper, will leave no stone un¬ 
turned to succeed. Health Veterinary Officers. —The next question of im¬ 
portance—State and City Boards of Health can no longer ignore veterinarians— 
few now are appointed, but more are bound to follow. Veterinarians as 
Judges and Inspectors. —The request for their appointment made by one of our 
best agricultural papers—it wants veterinarians appointed to horse shows as judges 
and inspectors—all those official appointments will have their drawbacks—official 
decapitation—Dr. J. F. Winchester one of the last victims—Massachusetts moves 
backward—these appointments will have to be made life positions. Professor 
Huidekoper and the Veterinary Department of the University of Penn- 
sylvania. —His resignation—he retires to private practice and assumes the editor¬ 
ship of the Journal of Comparative Medicine and Veterinary Archives. 
Army Veterinarians—Army Legislation. —Revert-, 
ing to our remarks touching the status of veterinarians in the 
army, in previous numbers of the Review, and reflecting 
further upon the conclusions we had formed, we have become 
more than ever confident that the result which we have 
hoped for and anticipated is nearly sure of ultimate realiza¬ 
tion. We feel in a good degree assured that the session of 
Congress now in progress will not close until a better recog¬ 
nition of the claim of our army brethern has been secured 
and established. The entire profession may be said to have 
become at length interested in the subject, and every one 
