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proper  pharmaceutical  service  in  the  Army,  we  earnestly  urge  the 
immediate  passage  by  Congress  of  the  Edmonds  Bill  (H.  R.  5531) 
creating  a  Pharmaceutical  Corps  similar  to  that  now  in  the  French 
Army. 
Resolved,  That  we  urge  upon  Congress  the  vital  importance  of 
this  Bill,  not  only  because  it  will  insure  the  safe  dispensing  of  med- 
icines in  the  Army,  a  condition  which  does  not  now  obtain,  but  also 
because  thereby  the  medical  units  will  be  provided  with  a  large  num- 
ber of  trained  assistants  or  laboratory  technicians,  who  can  also  aid 
in  enforcing  sanitary  regulations,  and  in  carrying  out  the  innumera- 
ble activities  upon  which  the  health  and  lives  of  our  armies  depend. 
This  class  of  men  require  years  of  special  training  for  such  service 
and  are  now  extensively  used  in  the  army  for  non-pharmaceutical 
work. 
The  Nominating  Committee  presented  the  following  list  of 
nominees : 
For  President,  Chas.  R.  Rhodes,  of  Hyndman. 
For  First  Vice-President,  Ambrose  Hunsberger,  of  Philadelphia. 
For  Second  Vice-President,  James  F.  Kane,  of  Pittston. 
For  Secretary,  Robert  P.  Fischelis,  of  Philadelphia. 
For  Treasurer,  F.  H.  E.  Gleim,  of  Lebanon. 
For  Assistant  Secretary,  Louis  Saalbach,  of  Pittsburgh. 
Member  of  the  Executive  Committee  for  three  years :  William 
H.  Knoepfel,  Scranton. 
Local  Secretary,  C.  Clyston  Jones,  Easton. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
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Chicago,  Illinois,  July  15,  191 8. 
To  the  Editor  : 
It  is  important  that  pharmacists  should  be  familiar  with  the 
official  names  for  synthetic  drugs  so  far  adopted  by  the  Federal 
Trade  Commission.    These  are  : 
Arsphenamine  for  salvarsan,  diarsenol  and  arsenobenzol,  etc. 
N eoarsphenamine  for  neosalvarsan,  neodiarsenol  and  novarseno- 
benzol,  etc. 
Barbital  for  veronal. 
Barbital-sodium  for  medinal  and  veronal-sodium. 
