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Show TO RAISE STANDARD OF MEDICAL DEPARTMENT "WASHINGTON. April 21. The conference con-ference report on the bill to increase the efiieiency of the medical department of the army was agreed to in the Senate Sen-ate today and the bill now goes tei the President. The effect of the measure is to place, the medical corps, the meelical reserve corps, the hospital corps, the mirso corps and the dental surgeons under un-der one head, to bo known as the mcdi--cnl department. A new feature is (lie provision for a medical reBcrve corps fer the purpose of securing an additional addi-tional force of surgeons and physicians that may bo called upon in the event of war. |