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army veterinary legislation. 
charge of this bill states that he does not desire to mar the in¬ 
tegrity and unity of his bill for the reason that they have 
crossed out all of the Senate bill and snbifiitted this as a 
substitute. He doubtless is as familiar as myself with what 
goes on in the conference committee. I have had some ex¬ 
perience, in common with other gentlemen in the House, and 
it is simply that when a bill is presented, like this bill, a clean 
wipe-out, a clean submission of something new, that it comes to 
a mere barter and trade in conference— u if you will give us 
that, we will give you this,” and you come into the House 
with a mongrel bill. So far as this bill is concerned I do not 
want it to have that form or shape. I want this committee to 
determine the paragraph one way or another and not subject it 
to rejection because some other paragraph may be admitted. 
One word with reference to the statement of the gentleman 
as to the horse doctor, as he designated him, not being a party 
to field action or to the battle. Granted. The surgeon is only 
thus detailed for that special work ; others are back in the hos¬ 
pital. The officers of the Ordnance Corps, a large and one of 
the most intellectual corps of the service, are not in action. It 
is only occasionally that an officer of the Kngineer Corps of the 
Army is detailed to be in a position under fire. 
Mr. Butler. How about the paymasters? 
Mr. Bingham. The paymasters are never in action. That 
does not not make for or against the veterinary surgeon or 
lessen their usefulness. 
As to the objection of the gentleman on the other side who 
says that the establishment will create a bureau in Washing¬ 
ton. The whole cost of these surgeons will be $33,500, an in¬ 
crease simply of $6500 over the current law. If any bureau 
was ever established in Washington, they could have the super- , 
vision of only $33,500. Therefore, I contend that this criticism 
does not bring any strength against-the proposition contained 
in the Senate bill. 
Mr. Chairman, I ask permission to insert at the end of my 
remarks a “ brief in the House of Representatives May 5, 1900, 
of facts in support of Senator Kenna’s amendment to the Army 
reorganization bill, which passed the Senate and goes to the 
House of Representatives for concurrence.” 
The Chairman. Without objection the request of the gen¬ 
tleman from Pennsylvania will be granted. [After a pause.] 
The Chair hears no objection. 
The brief referred to by Mr. Bingham is as follows : 
