Report of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, Part 3 |
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... including a per diem allowance to each officer detailed to serve thereon , when
employed on duty away from his permanent station , of two dollars and fifty cents
a day ; and for the test of experimental guns , carriages , and other devices ...
... including a per diem allowance to each officer detailed to serve thereon , when
employed on duty away from his permanent station , of two dollars and fifty cents
a day ; and for the test of experimental guns , carriages , and other devices ...
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Page 2598 - And the services of skilled draftsmen, civil engineers, and such other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, may be employed only in the office of the Chief of Engineers to carry into effect the various appropriations for rivers and harbors, fortifications, and...
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| Title | Report of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, Part 3 |
| Author | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1908 |
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