At the end of the year the project was nearly one-half completed. Amount expended during fiscal year ending June 30, 1893, including outstanding liabilities, $39,000. July 1, 1893, outstanding llabilities $2,810.46 July 1, 1893, amount covered by uncompleted contracts... July 1, 1893, balance available...... 30,000.00 Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project. Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1895.. †150, 000.00 (See Appendix E E E) *130,000.00 MILITARY AND OTHER MAPS. 8 The following maps and plans have been photolithographed and an edition printed: Map of that portion of the Department of the Platte and adjacent territory east of the one hundred and third meridian. Map of a portion of Southeastern Arizona. Outline map of the lake front, Chicago, Ill., from Chicago Harbor to Indiana State line, No. 3. Detail drawings of Lock and Dam No. 2, Great Kanawha River, West Virginia, in twelve sheets. Map of modification in the pierhead line for the west shore of Arthur Kill, New Jersey, from Smith street, Perth Amboy, north to Ploughshare Point. Map of modification in the pierhead and bulkhead line around Rikers Island, East River, New York. Map of modification in the pierhead and bulkhead line for the easterly shore of East River at Ravenswood, Queens County, N. Y. RECONNAISSANCES AND EXPLORATIONS. The following officers have been on duty at the headquarters of the military departments engaged in preparing such maps and making such surveys as were required by their respective commanding officers: Lieut. Cassius E. Gillette, Corps of Engineers, at headquarters Department of the Missouri. Maj. Tully McCrea, Fifth U. S. Artillery, at headquarters Department of the Columbia. Capt. Charles A. Worden, Seventh U. S. Infantry, at headquarters Department of the Platte. Lieut. Charles G. Lyman, Second U. S. Cavalry, at headquarters Department of California. Lieut. Cassius E. Gillette, Corps of Engineers, engineer officer, Department of the Missouri, reports that the rifle range at Fort Sheridan, Idaho, was resurveyed and levels were taken for the purpose of improving the grade of the range; that the office work has consisted in the *According to estimate made in 1889, which was too low. $20,000 for repairs and maintenance and $130,000 for construction of new roads. preparation of maps and tracings of original drawings and sketches, mounting and correcting maps, and furnishing blue prints for the ceremonies connected with the dedication of the World's Fair Grounds in October, 1892. (See Appendix F F F 1.) Maj. Tully McCrea, Fifth U. S. Artillery, acting engineer officer, Department of the Columbia, reports that field operations have consisted of surveying and marking the lines of the public land survey through the Vancouver Barracks Military Reservation; maps, plans, tracings, and blue prints have been made and issued and the military maps of the department kept up to date by the addition of all available topographical information. (See Appendix F F F 2.) Capt. Charles A. Worden, Seventh U. S. Infantry, acting engineer officer, Department of the Platte, reports that in August, 1892, he visited Fort Sidney and marked out 20 acres on the military reservation to be used by the city of Sidney, Nebr., as a cemetery, in accordance with the act of Congress of June 10, 1892; that the map of the department and adjacent territory east of the one hundred and third meridian was completed, reproduced, and published, and about 150 copies distributed; that work has been continued on the revision of the map of the western portion of the department; and that numerous maps have been mounted on cloth, tracings and blue prints made, and note books, instruments, and drawings supplied to the various posts in the department. (See Appendix F F F 3.) Lieut. Charles G. Lyman, Second U. S. Cavalry, in charge of engineer office, Department of California, reports that the office work involved the preparation of original drawings, tracing, and blue print of maps, etc., coloring, mounting, and distribution of maps, the care and preservation of surveying and astronomical instruments in store, and issuing the same to the different posts, to troops in the field, and to the quartermaster's department. No field work of any importance has been entered into during the year. (See Appendix F F F 4.) ESTIMATES FOR AMOUNTS REQUIRED FOR SURVEYS AND RECONNAISSANCES IN MILITARY DEPARTMENTS, AND FOR MAPS, INCLUSIVE OF WAR MAPS. For military surveys and reconnaissances and surveys of military reservations by the engineer officers attached to the several headquarters of military departments, being an average of $2,142.86 for each of seven military departments west of the Mississippi River, $15,000; for publication of maps for use of the War Department, inclusive of war maps, $10,000; total, $25,000. Attention is specially invited to this estimate for appropriation and to the important uses for which it is intended. At the headquarters of the military departments west of the Mississippi River there are stationed officers of the Corps of Engineers, or other officers detailed to act, whose duty it is to make reconnaissances for military purposes, to make such surveys and prepare such maps as may be required by their respective commanding officers. In recent years no appropriations have been made for these purposes, and, consequently these officers have been very much cramped for lack of the necessary means, and the usefulness of their offices has been very much reduced in consequence. The maps of these departments are constantly in need of revision and additions, which the officers make so far as possible, but with no means even for the purchase of paper their efforts are limited in results. Paragraph 383 of the Army Regulations requires that the command ing officer of each post where there are fixed batteries bearing upon a channel will call upon the Engineer Department for accurate charts showing the soundings to the extent of the ranges of the guns. Calls upon this department to perform its duty under this regulation can not be honored from lack of means. Interest in the war maps published by this office and republished by virtue of the sundry civil act of March 2, 1889, continues very active. Of the 1,100 copies of each map printed under the act alluded to, all those not printed in this office (47 sheets) have been exhausted for sometime, and the calls for them can only be honored with sets deficient in that number of sheets. Besides all this, there is much information in this office relative to military geography which could with little expense be made available for the information of officers of the Army; for instance, there are on the office files detailed maps of regions of Europe which may become at an early day the theaters of war, and it would be of great advan tage to the service if such information as these maps give could be made available for the study of officers, especially on the outbreak of hostilities. Were the means provided, this office would be glad to compile and to disseminate the information on its files. It is the policy of this country to keep a standing army small in numbers, but it is its expectation that it should be a highly instructed one, and a small outlay as here referred to will be conducive to that end. Applications from officers of the Army have been received for maps of certain regions of Europe, and it was with great regret that this office could not render this assistance to officers desirous of improving themselves professionally, especially when the material was on its files. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893, the following-named officers were in charge of the several divisions of the office of the Chief of Engineers: FIRST DIVISION.-Fortifications and Surveys relating thereto—Armament of Fortifications-Sites for Engineer Defenses-Boards of Engi neers for Defenses-Military Reservations-Land files-Public Buildings and Grounds-Washington Aqueduct Roads and Bridges in Yellowstone National Park. SECOND DIVISION.-Battalion of Engineers-United States Engineer School and Engineer Depot and Post-Professional Papers and Informa tion-Personnel-Orders. Capt. John G. D. Knight. THIRD DIVISION.-Improvement of Rivers and Harbors and Surreys relating thereto-Bridging Navigable Waters of the United States-The removal of Wrecks Obstructing Navigation. Maj. Henry M. Adams. FOURTH DIVISION.-Accounts for Disbursements-Contracts-Returns of Engineer Property and Instruments-Application for RemittancesAppropriations and Estimates-Blank Forms. FIFTH DIVISION.-Survey of the Lakes-Explorations and SurveysReconnaissances-Maps-Instruments-Claims. Maj. Thomas Turtle. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Hon. DANIEL S. LAMONT, THOS. LINCOLN CASEY, Brig. Gen., Chief of Engineers. Secretary of War. STATEMENT SHOWING THE RANK AND THE DUTIES OF OFFICERS OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1893. RANK AND NAME. DUTIES. BRIGADIER-GENERAL AND CHIEF OF ENGI- Thos. Lincoln Casey.... In command of the Corps of Engineers and in charge of The Engineer Department. Charged with the supervision of such matters connected with construction of jetties and other works at South Pass, Mississippi River, as require the action of the Secretary of War. In charge of the construction of the building for Library of Congress by virtue of act of Congress approved October 2, 1888. Member of Rock Creek Park Commission by virtue of act of Congress approved September 27, 1890. Member of commission on suburban highways, District of Columbia, by virtue of act of Congress approved March 2, 1893. COLONELS. George H. Mendell .... Division engineer of the Pacific division. Member of The Board of Engineers when it is acting upon matters pertaining to the defensive works of the Pacific coast. In charge of the defensive works at Fort Winfield Scott and at Fort Mason, in San Francisco Bay, and of the Battery at San Diego, Cal. In charge of construction of gun and mortar batteries for defense of San Francisco, Cal. In charge of the improvement of Oakland Harbor, Cal. In charge of examination of entrance to harbor of San Franciso, known as Golden Gate, Cal. To act as a judge of the character of the earth discovered by borings being made by the Treasury Department at San Francisco, Cal. Member of boards of engineer officers to consider and report upon the subject of the harbor lines of San Francisco Harbor and adjacent waters, Cal.; at Port Townsend, Port Angeles, Anacortes, Aberdeen, Ocosta, Ballard, Seattle, Edmonds, Sidney, Hoquiam, South Bend, Tacoma, Steilacoom, Blaine, Cosmopolis, Ilwaco, La Conner, Shelton, Marysville, and Snohomish, Wash., and at Flavel, Oregon; upon the change in the project for the improvement of the harbor at Humboldt Bay, Cal.; and upon the improvement of the mouth of Columbia River; of board of engineers upon the obstructions in the Columbia River between Three Mile Rapids and Celilo Falls; and of the California Débris Commission to regulate hydraulic mining in the State of California. Statement showing rank and duties of officers of Corps of Engineers-Cont'd. COLONELS. (continued.) Henry L. Abbot.. Division engineer of the northeast division. Member and president of The Board of Engineers. Member of Board of Ordnance and Fortification. Member of boards of engineer officers to consider and report upon the subject of the harbor lines of New York Harbor and its adjacent waters; and at Oswego, N. Y.,; and to test the working of the mechanism of a 12-inch gun-lift; and of board of officers for the examination for promotion of such officers of the Corps of Engineers as may be ordered before it. Member of court of inquiry convened at Washington on January 5, 1893. William P. Craighill.... Division engineer of the southeast division. In charge of the defensive works at forts Carroll and McHenry, Baltimore, Md. In charge of the improvement of the harbor at Baltimore, Md.; of Patapsco River, Baltimore Harbor, Md.; James River, Va.; and Gauly, Great Kanawha, and Elk rivers, W. Va. In charge of examinations of South and Middle branches of Patapsco River, Baltimore, Md. In charge of removal of wreck of schooner Pinafore, Baltimore Harbor. To exercise supervision over construction of two bridges across Gauley River, W. Va. Member of boards of engineer officers to consider and report upon the subject of the harbor lines of New York Harbor and its adjacent waters; and of the port of Philadelphia; and upon the proposed deep-water harbor at San Pedro or Santa Monica bays. Division engineer of the southwest division. of The Board of Engineers. Member of board of visitors for U. S. Engineer School. Member and president of the Mississippi River Commission created by act of Congress approved June 28, 1879. Member of boards of engineer officers to consider and report upon the subject of the harbor lines of New York Harbor and its adjacent waters; and of the port of Philadelphia; and upon improving the channel of the Ohio River at Logstown Bar; and of board of officers for the examination for promotion of such officers of the Corps of Engineers as may be ordered before it. Representative of the War Department at the Fifth Congress of Internal Navigation in Paris, France, July 18-August 5, 1892. Cyrus B. Comstock.... Orlando M. Poe... Bot. Brig. General. Member Division engineer of the northwest division. In charge of the defensive works at Fort Wayne, Mich. In charge of the improvement of the harbors at Cheboygan, Au Sable, and at Thunder Bay; harbor of refuge at Sand Beach; of the St. Marys River, at the Falls; of the St. Clair Flats Ship Canal; and of the rivers Detroit, Saginaw, Clinton, and Rouge, Thunder Bay River, Alpena, Black River at Port Huron, and mouth of Black River, Mich., and Hay Lake Channel of the St. Marys River; of the ship channel connecting waters of the Great Lakes between Chicago, Duluth, and Buffalo; the con struction of dry dock, St. Marys Falls Canal; of turning basin in Rouge River, and of dredging at Grosse Pointe Channel. In charge of St. Clair Flats Ship Canal and St. Marys Falls Canal, Mich. In charge of issuing charts of northern and northwestern lakes, and of water-level observations on Lake Huron. In charge of survey of shoal off Littles Point and of shoal off Pelée Spit Light, Lake Erie; and of examinations of Pine River at St. Clair City; Belle River, Marine City, from its mouth to Broadway Street Bridge; Hammond Bay, |