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Army  and  Navy  Pharmacists. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
July,  1920. 
permit  of  the  making  of  melting  point  and  optical  rotation  deter- 
minations. 
From  the  above  tests  it  was  concluded  that  the  sample  was 
pennyroyal  oil  and  mixed  with  alcohol  to  the  extent  of  50  per  cent. 
ARMY  AND  NAVY  PHARMACISTS. 
By  B.  Fullerton  Cook,  Ph.M. 
During  the  recent  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  in  Washington,  the  subject  of  Army  and  Navy  phar- 
macists received  much  favorable  attention.  The  Navy  was  repre- 
sented by  Lieutenant  P.  F.  Dickens,  who  is  assistant  to  Admiral 
Braisted,  the  Surgeon  General,  and  was  his  personal  appointment. 
Dr.  Ireland,  Surgeon  General  of  the  Army,  detailed  Major  A.  P. 
Clark  of  his  staff  to  tell  the  Association  something  of  the  plans  which 
the  Army  are  perfecting  for  commissioned  pharmacists.  The  special 
committee  on  the  Status  of  Pharmacists  in  the  Government  Service, 
consisting  of  Messrs.  Cook,  Beringer,  Mayo,  Bberle,  and  accompanied 
by  the  Secretary  of  the  Council,  Mr.  Jos.  W.  England  and  by  Mr. 
Leonard  A.  Seltzer,  called  on  Surgeon  General  Ireland  and  Surgeon 
General  Braisted,  and  discussed  the  entire  situation.  It  was  also 
possible  for  this  committee  to  meet  Admiral  Washington,  Chief  of 
the  Bureau  of  Navigation,  and  to  have  an  interview  with  Secre- 
tary Daniels  of  the  Navy. 
Several  days  later,  members  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the 
N.  A.  R.  D.,  including  Mr.  Samuel  C.  Henry,  Charles  H.  Huhn  and 
Theo.  C.  Hagenow,  also  called  upon  the  Surgeon  Generals,  and 
General  Ireland  and  Admiral  Braisted  carefully  reviewed  the  situa- 
tion. The  feeling  expressed  by  everyone  who  has  learned  of  the 
latest  developments  is  one  of  gratification  and  approval. 
In  the  Army,  the  plan  proposed  by  General  Ireland  for  the 
establishment  of  a  Medical  Administrative  Corps  has  passed  both 
the  Senate  and  the  House,  as  a  part  of  the  Wadsworth  Reorganiza- 
tion Army  Bill  and  is  now  in  conference  in  joint  committee. 
Since  the  above  report  was  written,  the  Wadsworth  bill  has  been 
finally  passed  by  Congress  and  signed  by  the  President  of  the  United 
States.    The  Medical  Administrative  Corps,  including  the  Division 
