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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
Veterinarians Needed eqr the U. S. Army. —There 
are now twenty-one vacancies in the office of veterinarian, U. S. 
Army, and four more will occur in the near future. Veterina¬ 
rians are required for service in the cavalry and field artillery. 
They are allowed the pay and allowances of a second lieutenant 
of cavalry—$1500 per annum with 10 per cent, increase for 
each period of five years’ service up to twenty years and quar¬ 
ters. They are not commissioned officers, but wear the uni¬ 
form of a second lieutenant without the shoulder straps. It is 
the intention of the War Department to hold a competi ive ex¬ 
amination at an early date for the purpose of filling the vacant 
places, and any one desiring to take the examination should 
make application at once to the Adjutant General of the Army, 
Washington, D. C. Applicants must be citizens of the United 
States, not less than 22 nor more than 35 years of age ; must be 
graduates of some recognized veterinary college; must be of 
good moral character and physically sound. They will be re¬ 
quired to pass a written examination in the following subjects: 
Basis Examination —English grammar, arithmetic, geography, 
history. Subject Examination —Anatomy and physiology, 
pathology, practice of medicine, descriptive and operative sur¬ 
gery, materia medica and therapeutics, sanitary medicine, con¬ 
formation of the horse and examination for soundness, horse¬ 
shoeing, meat inspection, veterinary hygiene, general feeding 
and watering, stabling and care of animals in garrison and field, 
saddling, bitting, packing, etc. 
ALEX. EGER, 34 East Van Buren St., Chicago, Ill., 
Veterinary Publisher, and dealer in Veterinary Books, Drugs and Instruments, is the 
authorized agent of the Review in Chicago and the Middle West, and will receive 
subscriptions and advertisements at publisher’s prices. 
SECRETARIES OF V. H. ASSOCIATIONS 
Can make money for themselves and do much good to their profession by getting up 
Subscription Clubs for the Review. Write us for club rates and full information. 
REVIEWS TO EXCHANGE. 
I have the following duplicate numbers of the American Veterinary Review, 
which I would like to exchange for numbers below Vol. X :—Vol. XI, No. 5 ; Vol. 
XIV, No. 3 ; Vol. XV, Nos. 3 and 5 ; Vol. XVIII, No. 5 ; Vol. XIX, Nos. 11 and 
12; Vol. XX, No. 2; Vol. XXI, No. 2; Vol. XXII, No. i; Vol. XXIII, No. 6. 
Correspondence solicited for earlier volumes. Address Wm. H. Gribble, D.V.S., 
Washington C. H., Ohio. 
AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, 1900, REVIEWS WANTED. 
The publishers will give 5 ° cents each for copies of the above numbers. Address 
Robert W. Ellis, D.V.S., Business Manager, 509 W. I52d St., New York City. 
