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SOCIETY MEETINGS 
The Board of Censors reported progress. 
The Committee on Army Veterinary Legislation made the following report: 
To the President of the Long Island Veterinary Society: 
Your committee beg to report that they have given the matter referred to 
them careful consideration, that they have reviewed all the bills drafted, and 
have corresponded with those interested; and while it has to be admitted that 
many of the proposed bills are, in a measure, commendable, for some reason or 
other they differ in their material points—some of the alterations proposed by 
veterinarians directly interested seem to have more or less a bearing of individ¬ 
ualism. Your committee have, however, discussed and viewed the subject in 
all its lights from a disinterested point, and while the elevation of the profession 
in the army has been our object, yet we have not lost sight of the claims of the 
present incumbents consistent with that desire. 
Therefore, we beg respectfully to submit the accompanying draft of bill, 
with a request that the same be endorsed by the Society ; that copies of it, to¬ 
gether with this report, be printed and mailed to the different veterinary asso¬ 
ciations throughout the States and veterinarians interested, requesting them to 
return, at the earliest possible moment, their endorsement of the same, so that 
your committee can arrange to have the bill, backed by such endorsements, in¬ 
troduced at the opening of the next Congress. 
All of which is respectfully submitted, 
W. H. Pendry, 
Rosooe R. Bell, 
Rod A. McLean. 
AN ACT to Provide for the Organization of a Veterinary Corps, and 
for the Rank and Compensation of the Veterinarians of the United 
States Army. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States 
of America in Congress assembled. 
Section 1. That there shall be established, as a part of the United States 
Army, a veterinary corps, which shall consist of one (1) veterinary surgeon-gen¬ 
eral, with the rank, allowances and pay of a Major of Cavalry, who shall be ap¬ 
pointed by the President of the United States; four {4) veterinarians, with the 
rank, allowances and pay of Captain of Cavalry ; ten (10) veterinarians, with the 
rank, allowances and pay of First Lieutenants of Cavalry, and ten (10) veterina¬ 
rians, with the rank, allowances and pay of Second Lieutenants of Cavalry ; but 
no one shall be eligible for the position of Veterinary Surgeon in the United 
States Army, by examination or otherwise, unless he be a graduate of a legally 
chartered or incorporated Veterinary College or University, except as provided 
for in Section 6 of this Act. 
§ 2. The Honorable Secretary of War shall have power to increase the 
number of Veterinary Surgeons in the Veterinary Corps as may be deemed 
necessary. 
§ 3. The Veterinary Surgeon-General shall be charged, under the Honor¬ 
able Secretary of War, with the administrative duties of the Veterinary Corps. 
§ 4. Within three months after the passage of this Act the President shall 
appoint a Veterinary Medical Examining Board, which shall consist of the Vetr 
