Am.  Jour.  Pharm, 
Nov.,  1918. 
Correspondence. 
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And  from  the  Surgeon  General's  office  under  date  of  October  18  has 
come  as  a  response  to  my  letter  the  statement  that  the  Surgeon  Gen- 
eral's office  has  recommended  to  the  Provost  Marshal  that  drug 
clerks  and  pharmacists  be  not  drafted  into  the  Army  during  the 
influenza  epidemic. 
I  feel  that  this  information  should  go  out  at  once  through  all 
pharmaceutical  journals  to  the  pharmacists  of  the  country,  so  that 
they  may  be  benefited  promptly  by  the  decision  of  the  army  chiefs. 
While  I  have  had  no  reply  yet  from  the  educational  committee,  I 
have  heard  that  colleges  of  pharmacy  are  being  taken  care  of  by 
permitting  pharmacy  students  to  join  Army  Reserve  Units  at  educa- 
tional institutions  and  I  hope  that  every  college  of  pharmacy  will 
not  fail  to  use  this  information  to  the  utmost  in  helping  itself  main- 
tain its  position  and  courses  and  induce  young  men  to  continue  to 
pursue  its  courses,  for  provision  for  future  pharmacists  must  be 
made  in  the  interest  of  the  public  health  and  welfare. 
If  we  had  adopted  and  put  into  effect  federated  pharmacy  with 
a  central  office  and  an  efficient  well  paid  publicity  department,  we 
could  have  handled  this  epidemic  and  draft  situation  much  more 
promptly  and  effectively.- 
Our  hope  now  is  that  pharmacists  will  realize  the  value  of  co- 
operation and  federation  and  not  let  the  narrow  views  of  a  certain 
few  men  high  in  authority  in  certain  associations,  prevent  the  ac- 
complishment of  a  much  needed  federated  effort  and  organization 
in  pharmacy. 
I  am  also  informed  that  many  of  the  pharmacists  in  the  army 
camps  among  the  drafted  men  have  been  returned  to  their  homes 
for  service  in  this  epidemic  emergency ;  at  least  that  is  the  case  at 
Camp  Meade  here  near  Baltimore. 
Very  truly  yours, 
A.  R.  L.  Dohme. 
ON  THE  ADULTERATION  OF  SWEET  MARJORAM  WITH 
CORIARIA  MYRTIFOLIA. 
Glory,  Honor  and  Gratitude  to  the  Americans  ! 
41  bis,  Rue  de  Paris,  Colombes  (Seine),  France, 
October  4,  19 18. 
My  dear  Sir  and  very  esteemed  Colleague: 
In  the  No.  8  issue  (August,  1918),  of  the  American  Journal 
of  Pharmacy  I  have  read  the  interesting  article  you  published  on 
