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take  advantage  of  the  experience  of  our  English  friends  who  have 
passed  through  this  same  situation,  and  learned  that  there  is  a  large 
class  of  men  who  can  do  more  valuable  work  behind  the  lines  than 
they  can  in  the  trenches  ?  " 
MEETING  OF  THE  NATIONAL  PHARMACEUTICAL 
SERVICE  ASSOCIATION. 
Three  hundred  and  forty-five  new  members  were  added  to  the 
roll  of  the  National  Pharmaceutical  Service  Association  at  its 
seventh  monthly  meeting  held  at  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy,  Tuesday  evening,  December  n. 
Dr.  Henry  P.  Hynson  of  Baltimore,  who  had  been  invited  to 
speak  on  the  organization  of  a  Pharmaceutical  Corps  in  the  Army, 
stated  that  there  were  two  ways  open  to  pharmacists  for  securing 
such  a  corps.  One  was  to  induce  the  medical  profession  and  the 
Surgeon-General's  office  to  favor  such  a  measure,  and  the  other 
was  to  have  a  bill  similar  to  the  Edmonds  Bill  passed  by  Congress 
over  the  head  of  the  Surgeon-General.  Dr.  Hynson  told  of  his 
connection  with  the  Rotary  Clubs  and  of  the  cooperation  that  could 
be  afforded  the  movement  for  the  passage  of  the  Edmonds  Bill  by 
Rotarian  pharmacists.  Dr.  Hynson  said  that  he  would  make  it  his 
first  "  order  of  business  "  to  secure  the  cooperation  of  Rotary  Clubs 
throughout  the  United  States  in  behalf  of  the  Edmonds  Bill.  He 
also  mentioned  the  desirability  of  having  the  support  of  the  Na- 
tional Drug  Trade  Conference  in  pushing  this  measure  through 
Congress. 
Mr.  Caswell  A.  Mayo,  of  New  York,  who  had  also  been  invited 
to  speak  on  the  Edmonds  Bill,  made  a  very  interesting  address 
based  on  his  experiences  in  the  various  camps  which  he  has  had  an 
opportunity  to  visit.  He  declared  that  it  was  absolutely  necessary 
for  the  welfare  of  our  Army  to  have  adequate  pharmaceutical 
service  and  urged  that  subscriptions  be  asked  for  so  as  to  swell  the 
funds  of  the  N.  P.  S.  A.  sufficiently  to  be  able  to  carry  on  an  active 
propaganda  in  behalf  of  the  measure.  It  was  moved,  seconded  and 
carried  that  the  secretary  send  out  letters  asking  for  contributions 
for  this  work  and  it  was  also  decided  that  the  Executive  Committee 
be  instructed  to  prepare  literature  telling  of  the  work  of  the  N. 
P.  S.  A. 
