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one  rating  for  additional  pay  under  the  provisions  of  this  section, 
nor  shall  any  enlisted  man  receive  any  additional  pay  under  such 
rating  unless  he  shall  have  actually  performed  the  duties  for  which 
he  shall  be  rated. 
"  Except  as  hereinbefore  provided,  original  appointments  in  the 
commissioned  force  of  the  Medical  Service  Corps  shall  be  in  the 
grade  of  first  lieutenant,  and  first  lieutenants  shall,  subject  to  the 
prescribed  examination,  be  promoted  to  the  grade  of  captain  after 
five  years'  service  in  the  commissioned  force  of  the  Medical  Service 
Corps :  Provided,  however,  That  the  period  during  which  any  first 
lieutenant  of  the  Medical  Service  Corps  shall  have  served  between 
April  6,  1 91 7,  and  July  1,  1920,  as  a  commissioned  officer  in  the 
Army  of  the  United  States,  shall  be  counted  as  a  portion  of  the 
period  of  service  required  to  make  him  eligible  for  promotion  to 
the  grade  of  captain. 
"  Except  as  hereinbefore  provided,  the  laws  governing  promotion 
in  the  Medical  Corps  shall  so  far  as  applicable  govern  promotion  in 
the  commissioned  force  of  the  Medical  Service  Corps. 
"  Officers  of  the  Medical  Service  Corps  shall  exercise  command 
■only  in  their  own  corps  :  Provided,  That  nothing  in  this  act  or  any 
other  law  shall  be  held  to  deny  or  abridge  the  right  of  officers  of 
the  Medical  Corps  to  exercise  command  in  and  over  the  Medical 
Service  Corps." 
It  is  understood  that  Dr.  Ireland  also  presented  this  plan  to  the 
general  staff  and  received  their  approval  and  it  is  confidently  be- 
lieved therefore,  that  it  will  be  embodied  in  the  bill  for  Army  reor- 
ganization when  that  is  presented  in  Congress. 
The  Surgeon-General  of  the  Navy,  Dr.  Braisted,  has  also  strongly 
-endorsed  the  principles  embodied  in  the  Darrow  Bill,  which  is  to 
provide  permanent  commissions  for  members  of  the  Hospital  Corps, 
tip  to  the  rank  of  Lieutenant  Commander.  A  committee  from  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  one  from  the  National 
Pharmaceutical  Service  Association,  presented  this  bill  to  Secretary 
Daniels  in  October  and  it  is  known  that  he  has  given  it  careful  con- 
sideration and  has  been  in  conference  with  the  Surgeon-General. 
The  Army  and  Navy  officials  are  endeavoring  to  cooperate  in  the 
establishment  of  these  organizations,  and  the  Hospital  Corps  of  the 
Navy  and  the  Medical  Service  Corps  of  the  Army  would  practically 
embrace  the  same  class  of  activities. 
Pharmacy  proper  would  be  but  one  phase  of  the  various  duties 
