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amended by another of July 28th, 1S66, by which a Veterinary Surgeon is to be at¬ 
tached to each regiment, with a compensation of one hundred dollars per month. In 
th-e army register it is erroneously stated that the veterinarians are reckoned amongst 
the enlisted men, and not amongst the officers. Veterinary Surgeons are appointed by 
the Secretary of War, and I am informed by the Chief Clerk of the War Department 
are considered civilians. 
There are ten regiments of cavalry and five of artillery in the United States Army, 
and still only nine Veterinary Surgeons are on duty. 
Now, to finish, one word as to the literature of American Veterinary Medicine— 
we are told that at Washington, in the Agricultural Department, many Works are 
found relating to the Veterinary art. But we know those to be mostly of European 
origin. Amongst the American Works of more or less value, we find that of James 
Carver in 1818, of R. H. Budd in 1831, of Dadd in 1856 ; his Anatomy, his Veterinary 
Journal, his Modern Horse Doctor. Besides these, we have the publications of R. 
Jennings and McClure on practice ; the American Farrier of W. C. Holme in 1S52. 
Hints to Breeders by Herbert in 1859; the translation of Geunon Milch Cows, by 
N. P. Trisk in 1862; the American Farmer’s Horse*by Robert Stewart, M. D. V. S. 
in 1866 ; the Percheron Horse by Chas. Du Hays in 1868 ; the American Cattle, Plis- 
tory, Breeding, etc., by L. F. Allen in the same year ; the Appendix to Stonehenge 
by A. Large in 1S69 ; J. Harris on the Pig, 1870 ; J. A. Reason on the Hog about 
the same time ; Hanover on the law of Horses in 1872 ; with a second edition in 
1S75 ; Bouley's Hydrophobia, translated by A. F. Liautard in 1874; and last, but 
not least, the Farmer’s Veterinary Adviser by J. Law in 1876. 
Probably many others have been printed and may be collected in the library of 
Agricultural investigations. 
Now gentlemen I have done; I tried in this paper which I regret to say has kept 
your attention longer than I expected, to show you the progress of Veterinary 
Medicine in the United States, and to impress your mind with what little changes 
have taken place since Independence day. 
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Still we must be satisfied ; by degrees, the Veterinarian of education comes ahead, 
and though it may be many years yet before the “ Professional Veterinarian and the 
Veterinary Professor,” the “ Homeopathic Veterinary Surgeon,”—“ the one who 
trains colts ”—“ the Homeopathic Mesmeric and Psychological Veterinary Surgeon,” 
“the Alopathic and Homoepathic Veterinary Surgeon,” “the Voluntary Ediclemo- 
Zoological Missionary,” “ the Horse Dentist,” who performs dental operations on 
horses satisfactory to horse and owner—before all these unscrupulous empirics are 
prevented from prostituting our noble profession ; there is for us but one thing to do, 
look, keep up to the work, watch, and remain united, as we are to day. 
If Union Means Strength, the influence that a meeting such as the one held now 
in this room by the United States Veterinary Medical Association must be of a great 
weight in the future advancement of Veterinary Medicine in the United States. 
