MORE ABOUT OUR ARMY VETERINARIANS. 
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MORE ABOUT OUR ARMY VETERINARIANS. 
larks by Dr. Wm, Herbert Lowe, of Paterson, N. J., State Veterinary 
Inspector. 
itlemen of the Veterinary Medical Association of New Jersey: 
In view of some correspondence I have had as Secretary of 
society, I am desirous of asking your attention to a subject 
ich I trust you will deem of sufficient importance for consider- 
>n. 
The leading editorial in a recent number of the American 
terinary Review (presumably by Professor Liautard), is en- 
3d : “Army Veterinarians.” That article, and some correspon- 
ce with which I have been favored by a member of the Royal 
lege of Veterinary Surgeons who is now in the service of the 
ited States forces, have directed my attention to the present 
us of our army veterinarians. 
It appears that their standing, professionally and socially, is 
trange contrast to that of veterinary surgeons in the leading 
lies of Europe, where they hold the rank of commissioned 
•ers, and enjoy such social relations as are usually accorded to 
fessional men who respect themselves. Army veterinarians in 
own service show an anomalous condition of affairs, which 
irally awakens inquiry, not alone regarding their standing and 
ibers, but also concerning the treatment which cavalry horses 
other animals receive in the service. 
If I am correctly informed, the British War Department em- 
/s about two hundred veterinarians for thirteen thousand ani- 
s, whereas the U. S. War Department employs only about 
.’teen veterinarians for over fifteen thousand animals. What, 
•efore, must be the loss of property for want of proper treat- 
it ? And how much is the efficiency of the force lessened as 
•nsequence ? It may be said that troop horse-shoers and far- 
3 are detailed for such services, but their materia medica and 
peal qualifications need hardly be discussed on this occasion, 
ough, according to Act of Congress, “ each cavalry regiment 
1 have one veterinary surgeon,” it is said that the 4th Cavalry, 
ig to personal whims, has been without a veterinarian for some 
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