The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-08-11
National and State Govern
ments Are Now Employing
Thousands Of Graduate
Veterinarians Lives of
Lower Animals Now More
Valuable.

veterinarians
The advances made by science and civil
hzation and the interest displayed In
health and sanitation problems by ma
tonal, State, and municipal governments
have given rise to universal demand for
young men skilled in veterinary medicine.
The work undertaken by the various gov
ernments is of vast scope and vaster i'm
portance and interest, and in an effort to
receive the best possible services and the
most marked talent attractive salaries
are being offered.
Bureau Spends Millions.
The Bureau of Animal Industry, under
the Department of Agriculture, probably
employs the greatest number of skilled
veterinarians. The bureau spends mil.
lions of dollars in its work of safeguard
ing the people of the country by testing
the purity of food and checking the raw
ages of menacing diseases. Young men
receive annual salaries of 81, 400 upon en-
tering this service, and are subject to
promotion for meritorious accomplish
ments.
The State governments likewise are en-
ploying vast numbers Of veterinarians, at
salaries ranging from 81. 200 up to $4,000,
for the purpose of carrying out the COM
. prehensive program of eradication OF
contagious diseases, enforcement of pure
food regulations, and prosecution of sani-
tary work. Then come the municipal
governments, which. almost without ex-
cepton. now are employing experts for
the supervision of their food and milk
supply. Nearly all of these officials re-
ceive salaries ranging from A,200 upward.
The veterinarian also is being brought
TO the front by the increasing care that
is being given to the thousands of cavalry
and artillery horses of the army. Hun
dreds of experts are now being employed
to look out for the welfare of these ami
mails. They have the rank and pay of
lieutenants. but bill is at present before
Congress emitting them to promotion up
TO the highest point attainable by other
officers.
The Philippine service also demands
many skilled veterinarians. at salaries
of from $3.50 TO $500. and there are
nearly always vacancies 20 be filled. This
work frequently appeals to the young
man with a rowing disposition and an
ambitious desire to see the world. and
very often he grasps the opportunity of
taking the position and with it a trip
across the seas at the expense of Uncle
Sam.
The private veterinarian also is pushing
to the front, and his practice is growing.
There was a time when horses and cattle |
and other live stock were cheap and |
plentiful. and it did not matter so very |
|
commercial age. where the cry for |
greater economy and efficiency comes |
from every hand. and where scientific |
methods are being applied to every phase
of business and life it has been found
that the veterinarian is a necessary indi-
vidual.
This is also day when pets seem very |
popular. and as cats and dogs and mon
KEYS are wont from time to time to get
sick the veterinarian finds opened to him .
another field. although. perhaps, not 50 !
extensive some Others
Warrington the Center.
In view of the vast work being under |
taken by the Federal State, and munich |
pal governments, il seems only fitting |
and proper that the National Capital |
should be the center of veterinary learn !
ing. At any rate. so it IS. Situated IN !
Washington are several of the largest |
veterinary colleges in the country, one |
of the best known and most interesting |
of which is the United States College of |
Veterinary Surgeons. From this institu- |
ton are graduated scores of veterinarians |
TO fill the important positions offered by |
the government
There are many features that combine |
to make Washington the ideal center OF |
veterinary instruction. In the first place, |
it is a Mecca of learning, and rapidly Is |
becoming one of the greatest educational |
centers in the world. Located in it are |
the Georgetown University, the George |
Washington University, Howard Cniver- |
sity. the National University. the Cath |
Ollie University CT America, the American |
University, the Episcopal University. the |
United States College of Veterinary Sur |
geons. and scores of other institutions of !
lesser rank and pretensions.
The Congressional Library is Of i'm |
to StIrd fOr N shelves
are to be found more than 100000 volumes !
of books and periodicals. There is a |
wealth of material relating to the veteri-
nary science, which makes the institu-
ton in itself great university.
Of equal, if not greater. Importance is
the Smithsonian Institution, one of the |
most renowned of all institutions of its |
kind, and Astounding in stored-up knowl-
edge of the most helpful nature. There
are numerous specimens of rare animal |
life. so well preserved through the skill
of the taXidermist that they present life
like appearance The library at the instl-
tuition contains more than 5000 volumes.
dealing with every branch Of science
known to man.
much of interest and value for the veteri-
nary student. 1t is the depository of
countless objects of art, of natural his
tory, plants and animals, and geological
and neurological specimens Here can |
be traced down biology in all its manifold
forms The department of osteology Is
Of especial Importance to the student of
anatomy.
Opportunity for Students.
The Army Medical Museum, containing
more than 30,OOG specimens from all parts
of the world, is also of great interest to
the student, showing natural and arti-
fetal specimens of the diseases of both
man and beast. Microscopic slides are
prepared and on exhibition, giving the
student an opportunity 20 see the tissue,
both normal and abnormal, under highly |
magnified power. The library contains
about Us tons of literature, much of
which deals with veterinary medicine.
The National Geological Park, covering
16 acres of land, affords the student
ample opportunity to become familiar
with the form and nature of both wild
and domestic animals. At the Botanical
Garden, near the foot of the Capitol |
grounds, are to be found the flowers and
plants of all chimes and countries CIV
ing the student an unparalleled opportu-
nifty of studying botany Under the most
conditions.
The location of the Department of Ag- [
riculture in the National Capital also ex-
tends to the veterinary student unsur-
passed opportunities The Bureau of AMI 1
NAL Industry has many interesting S
branches, among which are the Inspec-
ton Division, Pathological Division,
Field Inspection Division, Quarantine Dr. Ii
vision, Animal Husbandry Division, Dairy s
Biochemics Division, Zoological I