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M of 7 tli the Light Artillery. There will also be about ioo 
horses belonging to the Quartermaster’s Department on board. 
Upon arriving at Manila I will join my regiment (the ist Cav¬ 
alry). If during my stay abroad I can be of any service to vou 
by forwarding items, articles, etc., will be pleased to do so.” 
Hauptner Receives Paris Prize. — The International 
Jury of the Paris Exhibition, in the class of “ Medicine and 
Surgery ” of the German department, have granted the sole 
Grand Prix of this class to the veterinary instruments manu¬ 
factured by Messrs. H. Hauptner’s instrument works at Berlin. 
The granting of this prize will be of great interest to veteri¬ 
nary experts, especially if it is considered that the international 
jury of this class consisted of 12 physicians, 1 dentist, 1 veteri¬ 
nary surgeon, and one manufacturer, and that Hauptner’s vet¬ 
erinary instruments were standing in competition with the 
surgical instruments manufactured by the most renowned 
firms. Besides the above, Messrs. Hauptner were granted the 
golden medal in the class of “ agriculture ” for apparatuses for 
the breeding and nursing of animals. 
The Iowa Agricultural College. —We regret having 
been led into the error of announcing in last month’s number 
the acceptance by Dr. M. H. Reynolds, of St. Anthony Park, 
Minn., of the deanship of this well-known institution. The 
mistake was not one of our making, however, as the information 
came to us from two sources, both of which were considered re¬ 
liable. The facts in the case are that negotiations had proceeded 
so far as to have resulted in the election of Dr. Reynolds by 
the Board of Trustees of the College, but when the details of 
consummation were reached a hitch occurred which culminated 
in the subject being side-tracked. The college has, however, 
we are glad to learn, materially strengthened its working faculty 
by the election of two veterinarians, and there is every evidence 
that the school is destined to be at the very top of the advanced 
veterinary schools of the continent. John H. McNeall (Uni¬ 
versity of Pennsylvania, class of ’98) has been elected to the 
position of Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Surgery. He 
has been on the staff of the Bureau of Animal Industry since 
his graduation, located at Boston and Buffalo, but more recently 
he was assigned to field duty in the investigation of sheep scab, 
with headquarters at Shoshone, Idaho. The other excellent 
appointment is that of Dr. Louis A. Klein (University of Penn¬ 
sylvania, class of ’97), who assumes the position of Assistant 
Professor of Practice and Meat Inspection. Dr. Klein was en- 
