474  Annual  Meeting  of  the  {Am6ct°obrerP^9™' 
the  United  States  Army,  to  provide  a  Pharmaceutical  Corps  in  that 
department,  and  to  improve  the  status  and  efficiency  of  the  pharma- 
cists in  the  Army"  (H.  R.  5531). 
Xo  doubt  the  experience  of  other  nations  will  be  duplicated  in 
that  the  duties  assigned  to  the  Pharmaceutical  Corps  will  rapidly 
increase,  and  with  such  increase  of  duties  the  corps  will  grow  in 
usefulness  and  importance.  Eventually,  it  may  be  placed  in  con- 
trol of  not  only  the  providing,  manufacturing  and  distributing  of 
pharmaceutical  and  hospital  supplies,  but  also,  as  in  foreign  coun- 
tries, of  the  various  hygienic,  chemical,  analytical  and  research 
laboratories  of  the  Army. 
Xo  Radical  Reorganization  Contemplated. 
The  formation  of  a  Pharmaceutical  Corps  in  the  Army  Medical 
Department,  as  provided  for  in  H.  R.  5531,  does  not  contemplate 
any  radical  changes  or  reorganization  of  the  Department.  By  a 
readjustment  of  the  regulations,  the  Medical  Corps  can  be  relieved 
of  its  burden  of  non-medical  duties,  records  and  accountings.  The 
Pharmaceutical  Corps  should  be  promptly  organized  to  take  up  its 
various  duties  and  to  coordinate  its  work  with  that  of  the  medical, 
dental,  veterinary  and  nurse  corps  of  the  military  service. 
Respectfully  submitted. 
George  M.  Berixger. 
President  National  Pharmaceutical 
Service  Association. 
Joseph  W.  Exglaxd, 
Committee   on   National  Defense, 
American  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation. 
REPORT  OF  THE  SIXTY-FIFTH  AXXUAL  MEETING  OF 
THE  AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION 
By  Prof.  Charles  H.  La  Wall. 
The  Indianapolis  Meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociation, held  during  the  week  of  August  27,  was  one  which 
will  long  be  remembered  for  many  good  and  worthy  reasons. 
It  was  a  meeting  peculiarly  representative  of  all  that  is  good  in 
