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Bill  to  Improve  Status  of 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
July,  1919. 
traits  of  character.  Many  and  interesting  are  the  anecdotes  and 
other  pleasing  experiences  with  him  which  might  be  recorded  if 
space  would  permit. 
Professor  Good  is  survived  by  a  sister  and  a  married  daughter, 
the  latter  now  Mrs.  T.  Conzelman,  who,  as  a  child  and  young  lady, 
attended  many  meetings  of  the  A.  Ph.  A. 
A  BILL  TO  IMPROVE  THE  STATUS  OF  THE  HOSPITAL 
CORPS  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  NAVY. 
On  June  4,  Congressman  George  P.  Darrow,  of  Philadelphia, 
introduced  a  bill  designed  to  effect  a  commissioned  organization  of 
the  Navy  Hospital  Corpsmen  which  was  referred  to  the  Committee 
on  Naval  Affairs.  During  the  war  the  ability  of  the  naval  hospital 
corpsmen  was  tested  in  many  ways  and,  in  the  opinion  expressed 
by  many  of  the  naval  officials  who  were  in  a  position  to  observe 
the  results,  they  acquitted  themselves  very  well.  The  navy  has  for 
many  years  been  developing  a  plan  for  better  hospital  service  and 
for  gradually  securing  in  this  service  a  higher  grade  of  young  men 
whose  personnel  and  attainments  would  justify  advancement  to 
commissioned  rank. 
Under  the  provisions  of  the  war  measure,  providing  for  the  en- 
larged navy  contemplated,  a  number  of  the  chief  pharmacists  of 
experience  in  this  branch  of  the  navy  were  temporarily  commis- 
sioned. The  purpose  of  the  proposed  enactment  is  to  make  the 
ratings  then  granted  permanent  and  to  establish  an  efficient  Hos- 
pital Corps  as  a  recognized  branch  of  the  Navy  Medical  Depart- 
ment and  under  conditions  that  would  induce  men  of  education  and 
ability  entering  this  necessary  line  of  the  service. 
Pharmacists  in  civil  practice  should  give  this  measure  their 
whole-hearted  support  and  endeavor  to  secure  the  passage  of  this 
bill  as  an  encouragement  to  those  who  are  endeavoring  to  serve 
their  country  as  pharmacists  in  the  navy  hospital  corps  and  often 
under  very  trying  conditions.  The  pharmaceutical  organizations 
and  the  pharmaceutical  journals  will  doubtless  energetically  support 
the  measure,  which  is  reprinted  in  full  as  follows.  The  American 
Journal  of  Pharmacy  unqualifiedly  endorses  the  bill  and  hopes 
for  its  early  consideration  and  passage. 
