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... recommended that the small appro- priation of $ 13,000 , made June 10 , 1872 , for this locality , be transferred to the credit of Fort McHenry , which is distant but a few hundred yards , and belongs to the same line of defense . No ...
... recommended that the small appro- priation of $ 13,000 , made June 10 , 1872 , for this locality , be transferred to the credit of Fort McHenry , which is distant but a few hundred yards , and belongs to the same line of defense . No ...
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... recommended of $ 50,000 . Defenses of the mouth of the Columbia River , Oregon , in charge of Major Henry M. Robert , Corps of Engineers . - These defenses consist of Fort Stevens on the south side , and three detached batteries at Cape ...
... recommended of $ 50,000 . Defenses of the mouth of the Columbia River , Oregon , in charge of Major Henry M. Robert , Corps of Engineers . - These defenses consist of Fort Stevens on the south side , and three detached batteries at Cape ...
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... recommended by the board that all the material for such defense should be provided at once , it seems imperative to procure and keep on hand a moderate allowance of such of the appliances as require a considerable time for preparation ...
... recommended by the board that all the material for such defense should be provided at once , it seems imperative to procure and keep on hand a moderate allowance of such of the appliances as require a considerable time for preparation ...
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... recommended in former years , will require— For pier - extension ......... . For dredging and removing slabs . For building revetment .. Total $ 55,000 00 32,000 00 12 , 138 33 99 , 138 33 $ 16,476 00 12,000 00 16,606 45 11,869 55 ...
... recommended in former years , will require— For pier - extension ......... . For dredging and removing slabs . For building revetment .. Total $ 55,000 00 32,000 00 12 , 138 33 99 , 138 33 $ 16,476 00 12,000 00 16,606 45 11,869 55 ...
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... recommended . Amount appropriated March 3 , 1871 . Amount appropriated June 10 , 1872 Amount expended during the year ending June 30 , 1872 . Amount available July 1 , 1872 Amount required for fiscal year ending June 30 , 1874 . ( See ...
... recommended . Amount appropriated March 3 , 1871 . Amount appropriated June 10 , 1872 Amount expended during the year ending June 30 , 1872 . Amount available July 1 , 1872 Amount required for fiscal year ending June 30 , 1874 . ( See ...
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Page 35 - making appropriations for the repair, preservation and completion of certain public works on rivers and harbors and for other purposes...
Page 441 - ... mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the...
Page 159 - Very respectfully, your obedient servant, AA HUMPHREYS, Brigadier- General and Chief of Engineers. Hon. WW BELKNAP, Secretary of War.
Page 56 - Mexico, to be completed within twenty years; of the Mississippi River between the mouth of the Missouri and the mouth of the Ohio River...
Page 746 - GENERAL : I have the honor to transmit herewith my annual reports for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1877, upon the works of river-improvement under my charge.
Page 441 - War ; and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to navigation created by the construction of any bridge under this Act.
Page 29 - ... with a statement showing the amount expended during the fiscal year, and the amount that can be profitably expended during the next fiscal year, is submitted herewith. For more detailed information in regard to the improvements, and for the results of the surveys and examinations ordered by Congress, and not found in...
Page 543 - GENERAL : In compliance with your instructions I have the honor to submit the following report of the...
Page 426 - Rouge, and Carrollton, on the Mississippi, between the mouth of the Missouri and the Gulf of Mexico; and at or in the vicinity of Fort...
Page 441 - ... and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; And until...