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to adopt is that of harmonious co-operation and concert of 
effort with Dr. Huidekoper and his colleagues on the com¬ 
mittee. The letter of Dr. Griffin is in the right spirit, and 
furnishes a good example for others to follow. 
Health Veterinary Officers. —The question of 
the army service is, perhaps, the most important of 
any which veterinarians are now called upon to con¬ 
sider, but as soon as a satisfactory adjustment of this is 
accomplished, others will present themselves for study and 
settlement. One of these is the position to which veterinary 
surgeons in civil life are entitled, and it is one which cannot 
be practically ignored or overlooked much longer. We re¬ 
fer especially to the status of veterinarians as members of 
State and City Boards of Health, and to the fact that in some 
cities regular graduates are holding positions as veterinarians, 
(under the civil service law, we believe,)—Dr. S. K. Johnson, 
in New York City, and Dr. L. F. Bell in Brooklyn, for exam¬ 
ple. If there are others, we are not aware of the fact, and 
would like to be informed on the subject. But it is not suffi¬ 
cient to point to individuals here and there, or to isolated 
cases, where they may be needed. 
In every State or city where a Board of Health exists, 
they should appear in a conspicuous and influential position, 
and if this were so, the amount of professional services which 
veterinarians thus appointed would render would soon dem¬ 
onstrate to the public the wisdom of utilizing their scientific 
acquirements, and prove the value of their economic labors. 
The result would give prominence to some of the most im¬ 
portant applications of veterinary science, and could not but 
convince the popular mind of the value of the veterinarian to 
the community as a sanitarian and an hygienist. 
Veterinary Judges and Inspectors. —The minds of 
the people are indeed becoming gradually prepared as it is, 
for a new recognition of veterinarian usefulnesss. 
We were strongly impressed by this fact by reading an 
article recentlj’ published in the Breeders Gazette , under the 
title of “ Veterinary Inspection Demanded at Horse Shows.” 
This is a valuable and significant, if somewhat tardy tribute 
