{No. 2.

54TH CONGRESS, Į HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Į DOCUMENT
1st Session.

}

REPORT

OF THE

SECRETARY OF WAR;

BEING PART OF

THE MESSAGE AND DOCUMENTS

COMMUNICATED TO THE

TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS

AT THE

BEGINNING OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOLUME II-IN SEVEN PARTS.

PART 4.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1895.

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YRAPELI GROTNATZ

CONTENTS.

[Alphabetical index will be found at the end of each part.]

PART I.

OFFICERS OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

STATUS, changes, and distribution of officers of corps, 3; officers detached, 4.

FORTIFICATIONS.

PROJECTS and estimates, 4; appropriations, allotments, 5; Portland Harbor, Me.,

Boston Harbor, Mass., 6; Narragansett Bay, R. I., New York Harbor, N. Y., 7;

Philadelphia, Pa., 8; Washington, D. C., Hampton Roads, Va., sewerage system

and water supply at Fort Monroe, Va., 9; Wilmington, N. C., Charleston, S. C., 10;

Savannah, Ga., Pensacola Harbor, Fla., Mobile, Ala., New Orleans, La., San Fran-

cisco Harbor, Cal., 11; gun and mortar batteries and platforms, 12; preservation

and repair of fortifications, 13. Sites for fortifications: Portland Harbor, Me.,

Narragansett Bay, R. I., 13; Fort Wadsworth, N. Y., Baltimore, Md., Charleston,

S. C., 14.

SEA WALLS AND EMBANKMENTS.

SANDY HOOK, N. J., 14; Bedloes Island, N. Y., Davids Island, N. Y., Fort Schuyler, N.Y.,
Fort McHenry, Md., 15.

ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FORTIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR
1896-'97 ....

THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS.

CONSTITUTION of Board, 15; summary of reports rendered, 16; personal inspect.

made, additional duties of members, 17.

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POST OF WILLETS POINT, NEW YORK.-U. S. ENGINEER SCHOOL.-BAT-
TALION OF ENGINEERS.-ENGINEER DEPOT.

OFFICER IN COMMAND, LIEUT. COL. W. R. KING, CORPS OF ENGINEERS—

Post of Willets Point, U. S. Engineer School, Battalion of Engineers, Engineer Depot,

18; estimates, 19.

RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS.

GENERAL STATEMENT, 19; removal of wrecks, establishment of harbor lines, exam-

ination of bills for bridges, construction of bridges across navigable waters, bridges

obstructing navigation, occupancy and injury of public works, engineer divisions,

South Pass of the Mississippi River, 21; survey of canal routes from Lake Erie to

the Ohio River, 22.

ATLANTIC COAST AND GULF OF MEXICO.

IN THE CHARGE OF LIEUT. COL. D. P. HEAP, CORPS OF ENGINEERS-

St. Croix River, Me., 22; Lubec Channel, Me., Moosabec Bar, Me., 23; Narraguagus

River, Me., 24; breakwater from Mount Desert to Porcupine Island, Bar Harbor,

Me., Bagaduce River, Me., 25; Penobscot River, Me., 26; Belfast Harbor, Me., 27;

Camden Harbor, Me., 28; Rockland Harbor, Me., 29; Kennebec River, Me., 30; Har-

raseeket River, Me., 31; Portland Harbor, Me., 32; channel in Back Cove, Portland,

Me., 33; Saco River, Me., 34; Bellamy River, N. H., 35; Cocheco River, N. H., 36;

harbor of refuge at Little Harbor, N. H., 37; examinations and surveys, 38.

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