AKMY VETERINARY MEDICINE. 
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From the standpoint of impartial justice, the services of the 
Surgeon could as well be dispensed with as the services of the 
Veterinarian ; and could the army horse and mule give expression 
to their sentiments they would no doubt protest against being de¬ 
prived of proper medical and surgical treatment, or, being de¬ 
barred from this, refuse to enter the service at all. 
In all foreign countries having any pretensions to a higher 
civilization, in which an army of any consequence is maintained, 
the Army Veterinary Surgeon is a commissioned officer. A sin¬ 
gle illustration in point will be sufficient for our present purpose. 
In the English army “ the ranks and rates of pay of the offi¬ 
cers of the Veterinary Department” are as follows : 
1.—Principal Veterinary Surgeon, per year, inclu¬ 
sive of all allowances. £750 
DAIRY. 
£ s. d. 
2. —Inspecting Veterinary Surgeon.1 5 0 
After 25 years’service.1 7 0 
“ 30 “ “ .1 10 0 
3. — Veterinary Surgeon of the 1st Class.0 16 0 
After 5 years’ service as such.0 18 0 
“ 10 “ “ “ . 1 0 0 
“ 15 “ “ “ .12 0 
“ 30 “ total service.1 4 0 
4. — Veterinary Surgeon on appointment, per year, £250 
The relative rank of the officers of the Veterinary Depart¬ 
ment shall be as follows : 
(a.) Principal Veterinary Surgeon shall rank as Colonel. 
(b.) The Inspecting Veterinary Surgeon acting as Principal 
Veterinary Surgeon in India shall rank as Lieutenant-Colonel. 
(c.) Inspecting Veterinary Surgeon shall rank as Major; but 
junior of the rank, except for choice of quarters. 
(d.) Veterinary Surgeon, 1st Class, shall rank as Captain. 
( e .) Veterinary Surgeon shall rank as Lieutenant. 
5. —“ The relative rank of these officers shall carry all pre - 
cedence and advantages (except as regards forage allowance, and 
in certain cases, choice of quarters), attaching to their correspond- 
