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T. B. NEWBY. 
now rarely attempts an issue, by being next to the hearts of 
the people as a mass. With class arrayed against class, it does 
not require an Elijah nor a Daniel to see that this condition 
forebodes no good to our nation. 
I believe this has been the cause of the veterinary profession 
wandering around in the wilderness so many years struggling for 
recognition. We are more or less disjointed with the times. 
We presented just and conservative petitions to the law making 
bodies, relied upon their merits, and believed the men we had 
elected to office would successfully do the rest. 
There were always some men in the profession doing their 
best and spending their money as well to consummate the 
attempted issues; while others, like a team unable to move 
their load, would give a little pull and stop, and some do much 
worse at times by trying to block the wheels entirely. Doubt¬ 
less at times the executive never knew from personal acquaint¬ 
ance or correspondence that there was any veterinary interests 
in his district that he was supposed to legislate in favor of; if 
he did, as was often the case, he failed to render unto Caesar the 
things that were Caesar’s. 
Particularly is this true with the Army Bill. As American 
born citizens, taught to reverence our flag as one of the funda¬ 
mental principles of manhood from our birth, emblazoned with 
our nation’s history, emphasized just now when the world is 
looking upon us with wonder and admiration at the valor of 
American arms in foreign lands, and our navy upon the seas— 
these inspiring thoughts of loyalty intensify our feelings with 
odium, chagrin and mortification, when we remember that the 
much needed rank that our profession symbolizes has been 
ingloriously declined. 
Are our aspirations in our proud army to be nothing more 
than in the dark ages ? Is our profession in the army to be 
relegated far beyond that of less successful or chivalrous 
nations? These are the questions for us to settle. After re¬ 
peated travesty at justice by the United States Congress, our 
efforts have amounted to simply this : A veterinarian appointed 
