ARMY VETERINARIANS. 
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was then reorganized by the appointment of seven Chief Veteri¬ 
nary Surgeons, with the rank and pay of captains. 
In 1871 the Chief Inspector was selected from among the 
army veterinarians. 
With the reforms due to General Ricolti, in 1873, the Chief 
Inspector was raised to the rank of lieutenant colonel, the Veter¬ 
inary Chiefs to those of majors and captains. 
In 1877 the number of Veterinary Surgeons ranking as cap¬ 
tains was increased. 
The organization to-day is as follows: One Veterinary Lieu¬ 
tenant Colonel Inspector, attached to the Minister of War; seven 
Veterinary Majors, attached to the seven corps d’armee; three 
Veterinary Captains, attached to special corps d’armee; to each 
regiment of artillery forming the corps d’artillery, one Captain, 
two Lieutenants and two Sub-Lieutenants; one Lieutenant each 
for the two regiments of the engineer corps; one Captain and two 
Lieutenants to the Military School of Piperole; one Captain to the 
School at Moden, one to that at Turino, and one Lieutenant to 
that at Cagliari; three Captains and three Lieutenants for the 
breeding establishments, or remontes. To resume, there are— 
1 Lieutenant Colonel, 
with a salary of 
5,600 
francs. 
7 Majors, - - 
u « 
1,000 
u 
39 Captains, - - - 
i « 
2,800 
u 
59 Lieutenants, - - 
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2,000 
« 
39 Sub-Lieutenants, - 
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1,800 
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ARMY VETERINARIANS. 
LETTER FROM THE ADJUTANT GENERAL. 
Washington, January 3, 1880. 
Dr. A. Liautard, 
Amer. Vet. College, N. Y. City. 
Sir. —In reply to your letter dated Dec. 22, 1879, I have to 
inform you that each regiment of cavalry in the service of the 
United States is allowed one veterinary surgeon, at a salary of 
