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The major is making the army his career. He is a regular, having entered the service ten or fifteen- years ago. For several years he was stationed in the Philippines.Major Seeley was one of the first U. S. army veterinarians to perceive the necessity for a reorganization of the army veterinary service of the United States. The need of such reorganization was glaringly emphasized during the late war, when mili-lions were lost in the army transportation service because of inadequate organization of the veterinary service.Helping Reorganize “Yet” Service.-The lessons taught by the war hav| resulted in a movement to reorganise the veterinary, service from tK$ ground up and make it the equal, if not the superior, of that of any other nation. Major Seeley, who left for Washington two weeks ago, is taking a prominent part in furthering this movement, Congress' will. be aspced to adopt the necessary laws and make the required appropriations.During the war the leading O'S. army veterinarians did all they could to put this country’s veterinary service on an efficient footing, and in this work no one was more successful than Major Seeley.Generals Commend Record.■On July 26,. Maj.or-Gen. Geo. NL Bell Jr., commanding,,a| ..Camp. Grari^, 111., spoke of the major as follows?'-in a letter to Col,. Ghas, F. Morsel di-
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Kossuth County Advance
Algona, Iowa, US
Thu, Aug 14, 1919
Page 7
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