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tion.  Each  member  would  get  only  what  he  wants  and  is  willing  to 
pay  for,  and  the  Association  would  get  what  it  pays  for  the  service 
it  renders  to  its  members ;  and  would  have  a  reasonable  sum  of 
money  for  expense  that  would  permit  an  expansion  of  its  activities 
limited  only  by  the  size  of  its  membership. 
But,  as  you  know,  the  whole  question  of  annual  dues,  finances, 
membership,  etc.,  is  now  in  the  hands  of  the  Executive  Committee 
for  consideration  and  report  to  the  Council  (and  later  to  the  Asso- 
ciation) and  I  feel  that  I  am  but  expressing  the  wishes  of  the  Com- 
mittee when  I  say  that  the  latter  will  gladly  welcome  any  and  all 
suggestions  reflecting  the  wishes  of  the  membership  to  the  end  that 
the  fullest  light  may  be  had  on  the  subject,  and  a  satisfactory  deci- 
sion reached. 
THE  STATUS  OF  LEGISLATION  BEARING  UPON  MILI- 
TARY PHARMACISTS. 
By  E.  Fullerton  Cook,  Ph.M., 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA.,  SECRETARY  N.  P.  S.  A. 
The  Surgeon-Generals  Ask  for  Commissions  for  Pharmacists. 
During  the  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association 
in  New  York,  a  letter  from  the  Surgeon-General  of  the  United  States 
Army,  Dr.  Ireland,  was  read,  in  which  he  announced  his  intention 
of  asking  for  the  organization  of  a  Medical  Service  Corps  for  the 
United  States  Army  and  agreed  to  provide  a  limited  number  of 
commissions  for  pharmacists  in  this  corps.  Carrying  out  this  prom- 
ise, Dr.  Ireland  appeared  before  the  Committee  on  Military  Affairs 
of  the  House  of  Representatives  on  October  3,  and  after  presenting 
the  need  of  a  service  corps,  was  asked  to  draft  a  bill  which  would 
supply  this  need.  In  speaking  before  the  Committee,  Dr.  Ireland 
said: 
"  I  would  like  to  have  a  few  minutes  to  put  up  a  proposition 
which  I  believe  is  greatly  in  the  interest  of  the  efficiency  of  the 
Medical  Department.  This  could  be  accomplished  without  expense. 
For  some  time  we  have  needed  a  service  corps.  During  the  Civil 
War  field  hospitals  and  ambulances  were  authorized  along  about 
1862,  and  at  that  time  by  act  of  Congress  and  by  order  of  the  War 
Department  line  officers  could  be  detailed  to  act  as  our  quarter- 
