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EDITORIAL. 
deeply indebted to for valuable contributions and work done 
in the past, of which they have been favored by translations 
and selections by our American veterinary journals. Upon 
some twelve foreign veterinarians was conferred honorary 
membership in the organization, recognizing in this direction 
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Brit¬ 
ain, Holland and Italy, while an honorary membership in the 
Congress was conferred upon some thirty-three members of 
the profession, covering some twelve countries. 
Never, perhaps, in the work of conferring its privileges of 
active membership was there such close scrutiny and great 
care exercised in rendering their decision upon the list of 
those applying for this honor, and it is extremely gratifying 
to note that all of the recommendations of the Comitia Minora 
in this direction were unanimously adopted by the Congress 
in session. Some eighty-five applications were under consid¬ 
eration, over twenty per cent, of which failed to receive fav¬ 
orable recommendation at the hands of the Comitia Minora. 
The Comitia Minora declined recognizing the Detroit Veter- 
inary College and the Ohio Veterinary College. It likewise 
considered that the New York College of Veterinary Sur¬ 
geons during the years of 1892 and 1893 was not properly 
equipped, from a veterinary point of view, in their faculty to 
graduate students sufficiently qualified for membership in the 
United States Veterinary Medical Association. Some others, 
whose application exhibited evidence that they were not in 
accord with the rules of the Association, were likewise de¬ 
clined. 
The adoption of an Association emblem for use by the 
members was considered and adopted, and the form of insig¬ 
nia selected was the seal of the Association. The privilege 
of the use of said seal to be under the direction and regula¬ 
tion of the Secretary. 
The Comitia Minora, rigidly adhering to its rulings of the 
past three years, were gratified to find so few names on the 
list requiring consideration for failure to comply with the 
rules and regulations of the Association in regard to the pay¬ 
ment of initiation fee and dues. The deaths of Drs. F. H. Gage 
