cr«      National  Pharmaceutical  Service  Association.  (An?-  Jour.  Pharm. 
0°  1     January,  19 19. 
from  Washington,  to  speak  in  the  interest  of  the  Corps.  Lieutenant 
W.  T.  Minnick,  Commandant  of  the  Hospital  Corps  Unit,  in  training 
at  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  had  also  consented  to 
speak  in  the  interest  of  the  Corps.  A  number  of  lieutenants,  and 
pharmacists  in  the  Naval  service,  and  also  members  of  the  corps  in 
training  at  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  were  likewise 
present. 
Lieutenant  Minnick  was  called  upon  first  and  presented  a  brief 
statement,  outlining  the  personnel  of  the  corps  as  now  existant,  and 
the  duties  which  the  Naval  Hospital  Corpsmen  are  called  upon  to 
perform. 
Lieutenant  Commander  Cottle  then  illustrated  the  work  of  the 
Corps  by  a  number  of  lantern  slides  and  drawings,  showing  the 
possibilities  for  advanced  rating  offered  to  members,  by  the  present 
Naval  regulations,  and  also  the  enormous  growth  of  the  organiza- 
tion during  the  present  war.  He  also  spoke  of  the  splendid  service 
rendered,  under  many  trying  conditions,  by  this  branch  of  the 
service.  The  work  of  the  Corps  and  its  future,  also  the  possibility 
for  future  recognition  of  members  of  this  organization  was  dis- 
cussed by  Messrs.  Howard  B.  French,  Dr.  D.  Samuel  Stout,  Dr. 
C.  B.  Lowe,  Prof.  Gershenfeld,  Dr.  F.  E.  Stewart,  Prof.  J.  W. 
Sturmer,  and  others. 
Dr.  Cottle  in  subsequent  remarks,  in  answer  to  some  of  the  com- 
ments, set  forth  the  spirit  which  should  animate  those  who  seek 
service  in  the  Corps  in  war  times.  The  essence  of  his  statement 
was  that  every  American  citizen  undoubtedly  wished  to  serve  his 
country  in  some  capacity  during  such  a  time  of  struggle  as  that 
which  we  have  passed,  and  that,  if  his  opportunity  came  through 
service  in  this  Corps,  then  the  question  of  mere  personal  advantage 
or  rating  rightly  took  a  second  place  as  compared  with  service  to 
be  rendered.  He  stated  that  it  could  not  be  expected  that  men  with- 
out proper  military  training  should  immediately  be  given  high  rat- 
ings; that  efficient  Naval  service  required  extensive  military  train- 
ing, and  that  the  opportunity  to  do  one's  bit  in  an  honorable  way 
had  been  welcomed  by  many  men,  and  should  be  gratifying  to  the 
young  men  of  a  country.  He  called  attention,  however,  to  the  fact 
that  for  men  qualified  both  in  professional  and  military  subjects, 
there  was  provided  abundant  advancement,  recognition  and  pay  in 
the  Hospital  Corps,  and  that  for  men  who  had  been  in  the  service 
and  had  been  prepared  to  assume  the  increased  responsibility,  recog- 
