American Veterinary Review, 
FEBRUARY, 1894 . 
EDITORIAL. 
Echoes of the Thirtieth Annual Meeting of the 
United States Veterinary Medical Association. —In 
this issue we conclude the publication of the papers read at 
the First Veterinary Congress, with the address of welcome 
offered by ex-President Dr. W. L. Williams. The report of 
the special committee on veterinary education, and that of the 
standing committee on intelligence and education, are here 
presented to our readers. 
While the suggestions offered in both papers differ some¬ 
what, and those recommended by the chairman of the special 
committee are more extensive, they both agree as to the neces¬ 
sity of first obtaining an act of incorporation as the essential 
basis for the accomplishment of the other changes, and to that 
object the main efforts of the Association must now be directed. 
We understand that a committee has already been appointed, 
and it is to be hoped that the gentlemen to whom this work 
has been entrusted will give their serious attention to it. 
It is customary on occasions similar to that of the Veteri¬ 
nary Congress, that all special subjects should receive, when 
brought before the assembly, immediate discussion. But, for 
peculiar reasons, this was not done in Chicago, and the reports 
