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§ 6. That promotion below the rank of field officer shall 
be by seniority, but no officer of this corps shall be entitled 
to promotion thereby until he shall have been examined and 
approved by a veterinary examining board; and if any such 
officer fail on examination he shall be suspended from promo¬ 
tion for one year, when he shall be re-examined before a like 
board, and in case of failure on such re-examination he shall 
be discharged from the service. 
The committee on Military Affairs of the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives before whom this bill will be considered is as 
follow : 
Messrs. Cutcheon, of Michigan; Rockwell, of Massachu¬ 
setts ; Osborne, of Pennsylvania; Spooner, of Rhode Island ; 
Williams, of Ohio; Lansing, of New York; Snyder, of Min¬ 
nesota ; Kinsey, of Missouri; 'Spinola, of New York ; Wheeleiq 
of Alabama; Sanham, of Texas; Wise, of Virginia; Robert¬ 
son, of Louisiana; Cary, of Wyoming. 
Every member of the veterinary profession is asked to use 
his aid in placing the importance of this matter before the 
members of Congress and is requested to report all informa¬ 
tion he can obtain to the committee. 
Rush S. Huidekoper, 
D. Lem ay, 
Cooper Curtice, 
Military Committee , U. S. Veterinary Association. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
LONG ISLAND VETERINARY SOCIETY. 
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A regular meeting of the Long Island Veterinary Society was held December 
18,1889, at No. 74 Adams Street, Brooklyn, the President, Dr. George H. Berns, 
n the chair. 
The roll being called the following members were found present: Drs. 
Geo. H. Berns, R. E. Waters, Wm. H. Pendry, Geo. F. Bowers, J. F. Mustoe, 
E. J. Decker, Wm. A. Engeman, Philip Newman, T. M. Buckley, D. S. Bres- 
lin, R. R. Bell, Samuel Atchison. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. 
The Treasurer, Dr. George F. Bowers, made his annual report, in which he 
shows the society to be in good financial condition. 
