ARMY VETERINARY LEGISLATION. 
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THE ARMY VETERINARY BILL. 
DISCUSSION IN THE HOUSE PRIOR TO ITS PASSAGE—MESSRS. 
HUEE AND MONDEEE ITS WORST OPPONENTS—VALIANTLY 
CHAMPIONED BY MESSRS. BINGHAM, SUEZER, ADAMS, 
AND OTHERS—THE VOTE : AYES, 80 ; NAYS, 72. 
[From the Congressional Record , Dec. 6 , 7900 .] 
Mr. Bingham. I desire to offer as an amendment a provi¬ 
sion which appears on pages 7 and 8 of the present bill, being 
paragraphs of the Senate bill which have been struck out in the 
preparation of this bill. I see in the report no statement of 
reasons why the Veterinary Corps, as established by the Senate 
bill, has been excluded entirely from this bill. I am desirous, 
however, to have an expression of the judgment of the House 
upon this question. I therefore offer as an amendment the 
provision beginning on line 21, page 7, and covering the whole 
of page 8, relating to the Veterinary Corps. 
Mr. Hull. I object to going back now. We had better 
finish the bill. 
Mr. Bingham. There is no going back. 
Mr. Hull. We are considering the bill by sections, and we 
have passed over those sections which the gentleman now pro¬ 
poses to take up. 
Mr. Bingham. We have not passed over these sections. 
They are parts of the Senate bill which have been excluded 
from this bill. 
Mr. Hull. We have passed over those sections. If the 
gentleman desires to amend our bill by putting in those pro¬ 
visions, he can do that, I suppose, when we get through regu¬ 
larly with the bill. 
Mr. Bingham. Why should not these provisions go in now 
as independent paragraphs the same as any other amendment? 
Mr. Hull. Unless the gentleman proposes to offer his 
amendment to follow the provision in regard to the Nurse 
Corps, I object to going back, because I am anxious to get 
through with the bill. 
Mr. Bingham. I cannot understand why there is any go¬ 
ing back. The provisions which I offer have never been read. 
Therefore there is no going back. I claim that this amend¬ 
ment is fairly eligible for position in any part of this bill. 
Mr. Hull. But the amendment, in my judgment, is not 
germane to the part of the bill we are considering. The gen- 
