The following maps have been photolithographed and an edition printed : Mississippi River, sheets 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, prepared by Capt. E. H Ruffner, Corps of Engineers, scale 1 inch to 1 mile. Map of Turkestan, scale 1 inch to 32 miles. Map of part of the Dominion of Canada, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Assiniboia, and Alberta, scale 1 inch to 27 miles. Map of the telegraph lines of Manitoba, scale 1 inch to 20 miles. Map of the Department of the Columbia, revised in 1885, scale 1 inch to 16 miles. Map of Northwestern New Mexico, scale 1 inch to 7.2 miles, 1885, by Capt. John E. Greer, Ordnance Corps. Military map of Southwestern Texas, scale 1 inch to 16 miles, 1881, by Maj. W. R. Livermore, Corps of Engineers. Military map of Western Texas, scale 1 inch to 16 miles, by Maj. W. R. Livermore, Corps of Engineers. Preliminary sketches of sheets 1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 11, and 15 of survey of Western Texas, scale 1 inch to 4 miles, 1884, by Maj. W. R. Liver more, Corps of Engineers. Map of the Territory of Arizona, on a scale of 1 inch to 103 miles, 1885, by Lieut. Theodore A. Bingham, Corps of Engineers. GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEYS OF THE TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES WEST OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH ME RIDIAN. During the fiscal year just closed, Captain Wheeler has been able to complete the proof-reading of the special volume in royal 8° of geo graphical positions, distances, altitudes, &c. Proof-reading of the Re port upon the Third International Geographical Congress and Exhi bition at Venice, ordered printed by Congress, and which will appeal in 40, with illustrations, as House Ex. Doc. No. 270, Second session Forty-eighth Congress, has been partially completed. As opportunity has offered, work upon the completion of the manuscript for the Ap pendixes of Vol. 1 (final geographical report) has been continued. An edition of the Land Classification Maps Nos. 52 D, 77, and 84, i colors, has been ordered printed, thus increasing to 164 the total num ber of maps and atlas sheets of this survey. New editions of Topographical Atlas Sheets Nos. 32 D, 41 B, 73 A 77 D, and Land Classification Sheets Nos. 61 C sub and 78 A, hav been ordered printed. RECONNAISSANCES AND EXPLORATIONS. The following officers of the Corps of Engineers have been on dut at the headquarters of the Army and at the divisions and departments engaged in preparing such maps and making such surveys as were re quired by their respective commanding officers: Capt. James F. Gregory, lieutenant-colonel and aid-de-camp to the Lieutenant-General at headquarters of the Army: Maj. Thomas H. Handbury at headquarters Division of the Missouri. Maj. W. A. Jones at headquarters Division of the Pacific and Department of California until September 27, 1884; Maj. M. B. Adams from September 27, 1884, to February 1, 1885; and Lieut. Thomas L. Casey at same headquarters since that date. Lieut. T. A. Bingham at headquarters Department of Arizona. Lieut. O. M. Carter, at headquarters Department of the Missouri, was relieved August 11, 1884, and was succeeded by Capt. John E. Greer, Ordnance Department, as acting engineer officer. Lieut. George W. Goethals, at headquarters Department of the Columbia, was relieved August 20, 1884, and was succeeded by Capt. J. W. MacMurray, First Artillery, as acting engineer officer. Maj. W. R. Livermore, engineer officer Department of Texas, completed a triangulation of the country west of Rio Pecos, Texas, during the latter part of 1884, and in June, 1885, sketches of the whole area so far as plotted, together with a military map of Western Texas and a military map of Southwestern Texas and the adjacent part of Mexico, were transmitted to this office. (See Appendix Z Z.) Lieut. Dan C. Kingman, engineer officer at headquarters Department of the Platte, has made a reconnaissance from Rawlins to Fort McKinney for a wagon-road route between those points. Other work has consisted in making drawings of plans of posts of military reservations in the department, with printed descriptions; in the plotting of notes of the reconnaissance above mentioned and preparation of an itinerary of the route; in the preparation of a new edition of tables of distances and itineraries of routes in the department; and the commencement of a map of the department for publication. Lieutenant Kingman has also been engaged in the construction of roads and bridges in the Yellowstone National Park, in accordance with the provisions of an act of Congress approved March 3, 1883. (See Appendix A A A.) Lieut. John Biddle, engineer officer at headquarters Department of Dakota, reports that the boundary lines of the Yankton Indian Reservation and the military reservations at Fort Meade, Fort Abraham Lincoln, and Fort Randall have been resurveyed and marked, and the boundary line of Fort Pembina military reservation has been resurveyed. Descriptions and plats of all military posts in the department have been compiled. The new map of the department and a map of the Fort Snelling reservations are being drawn. (See Appendix B B B.) Lieut. Thomas L. Casey, engineer officer headquarters Division of the Pacific and Department of California, reports that operations have been carried on as follows: Astronomical determinations of Fort Yuma, Ariz., and the Needles, Cal. Corrections to the department map by journeys, itineraries, and communication with railroad companies. Photographic reproduction of maps and the photographing of military implements, &c. Surveys of the Presidio Reservation. (See Appendix C C C.) Lieut. Theodore A. Bingham, engineer officer at headquarters Department of Arizona, has completed and forwarded to this office a new map of the department. Other work has consisted principally of the resurvey of the boundaries of the timber reservations at Whipple Barracks, Ariz., the survey of the eastern boundaries of the White Mountain Indian Reservation, and the printing and distribution of maps. (See Appendix D D D.) ESTIMATE FOR AMOUNT REQUIRED FOR SURVEYS AND RECONNNAISSANCES IN MILITARY DIVISIONS AND DEPARTMENTS. For military surveys and reconnaissances and surveys of military reservations by the engineer officers attached to the several headquarters of military divisions and departments, being an average of $5,000 for each of eight military divisions and departments west of the Missis sippi River, $40,000; for publication of maps for use of the War Depart ment, $10,000; total, 50,000. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS. In the labors of the office the Chief of Engineers was assisted on the 30th of June by the following officers in charge of the several divisions Lieut. Col. John M. Wilson, brevet colonel, U. S. A. FIRST DIVISION.-Fortifications and Surveys relating thereto-Arma ment of Fortifications-Sites for Engineer Defenses-Boards of Engineer for Defenses. SECOND DIVISION.-Battalion of Engineers-Engineer School of Ap plication and Engineer Depot and Post-Professional Papers and Informa tion-Personnel-Orders-Military Reservations-Land Files. Col. John G. Parke, brevet major-general, U. S. A. THIRD DIVISION.-Improvement of Rivers and Harbors, and Survey relating thereto-Bridging Navigable Waters of the United States-Publi Buildings and Grounds and Washington Aqueduct. Capt. Henry M. Adams. FOURTH DIVISION.-Accounts for Disbursements-Returns of Enginee Property and Instruments-Applications for Remittances-Appropriation and Estimates-Blank Forms. FIFTH DIVISION.-Survey of the Lakes-Explorations and Surveys— Reconnaissances-Maps-Instruments-Claims. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN NEWTON, Chief of Engineers, Brig. and Bvt. Maj. Gen. Hon. WILLIAM C. ENDICOTT, Secretary of War. STATEMENT SHOWING THE RANK AND THE DUTIES OF OFFICERS OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1885. John Newton. Bet. Major-General. 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 removal of obstructions in the East River, and Hell Gate, N. Y. Member of joint commission to supervise the construction of the Washington National Monument. Directed by the President to co-operate with the authorities of the State of New York in examining and deciding upon exterior pier and bulkhead lines on Hudson River from State dam at Troy to the city of Hudson. Member of Joint Board of Army and Navy officers to report upon an interior coast line of water-ways for the defense of the Atlantic and Gulf Seaboard. Member of General CourtMartial at Washington, D. C., for the trial of such persons as may be brought before it. Member of the Lighthouse Board. Member of Board of Officers and Civilians to examine and report at what ports fortifications or other defenses are most urgently required, &c. COLONELS. Charles S. Stewart...... Charles E. Blunt.... In charge of the construction of Fort Winfield Scott, and batteries at Fort Mason, and Fortifications at Angel Island in San Francisco Bay, and at San Diego, Cal. In charge of the improvement of the harbor at San Diego, Cal. Senior member of Board of Engineers for the Pacific Coast. In charge of forts Knox, Popham, Gorges, Scammel, McClary, and batteries at Portland Head, and Gerrish's Island, Me., and Fort Constitution, and battery at Jerry's Point, N. H., and of construction of Fort Preble, Me. In charge of the improvement of the harbors at Bangor, Belfast, Rockland, and Portland, Me., and Portsmouth, N. H. In charge of the improvement of the rivers Pen-. obscot, Cathance, Royal, and Kennebunk, Me., Lamprey and Cocheco, N. H., Saco River Breakwater, Lubec Channel, and Moose-a-bec Bar, Me. In charge of preliminary examinations of York Harbor, Saco River, Wood Island Harbor and southern entrance to Owl's Head Harbor, Me. Harbor at Portsmouth, from the sea to wharf, Little Harbor at Portsmouth, with a view to its improvement as a harbor of refuge, and Winnipeseogee Lake, at "The Weirs," N. H. Member of Board of Engineer Officers to consider and report upon location, plan, and estimates for national harbor of refuge at Sandy Bay, Cape Ann, Mass. Statement showing rank and duties of officers of Corps of Engineers-Cont'd. RANK AND NAME. DUTIES. COLONELS. (continued.) James C. Duane..... Quincy A. Gillmore Bvt. Major-General. Member and President of the Board of Engineers. Senior member of Board of Visitors for Engineer School of Application at Willets Point, N. Y. Engineer 3d Lighthouse District. Member of Board of Officers appointed for the purpose of determining the various calibers, &c., of gnns and projectiles required for the service. Member of Board of Engineer Officers to examine certain officers of the Corps with view to their promotion, and on electric light plant of the Washington Monument. In charge of forts Wool, Va., Caswell, N. C., Moultrie, Sumter, and Johnson, S. C., Oglethorpe and Pulaska, Ga., Marion and Clinch, Fla., and of the construction of forts Wadsworth, Tompkins and its batteries, N. Y. Monroe, Va., and Castle Pinckney, S. C. In charge of the improvement of the harbors at Charleston, S. Č., and Savannah and Brunswick, Ga. In charge of the improvement of Ashley River and Wappoo Cut, S. C., of the bar at the month of Saint John's River, the Upper Saint John's River, and Volusia Bar, Fla., Cumberland Sound, Ga. and Fla., Savannah and Altamaha rivers, and Romerly Marsh, Ga., and Edisto and Salkahatchie rivers, S. C. In charge of preliminary examinations of Darien Harbor and the Altamaha River, from Darien to its mouth, Ga., and North Fork of the Edisto River, S. C., of Saint Augustine Harbor, and Mosquito Inlet, Fla.; for canal and inland communications from Saint John's River through Mosquito Lagoon and Indian River to Jupiter's Inlet and Lake Worth. Member of Boards of Engineer Officers on further improvement of Cape Fear River, N. C., and on improvement of the Potomac River near Washington, D. C. Member and President of "The Mississippi River Commission" created by act of Congress approved June 28, 1879. Member of Joint Board of Army and Navy Officers to report upon an interior coast line of water- ways for the defense of the Atlantic and Gulf Seaboard. Member of Board of Visitors for Engineer School of Application at Willets Point, N. Y. Thos. Lincoln Casey.... Detached: in charge of the construction of the building John G. Parke..... Brt. Major-General. for the State, War, and Navy Departments; of the Washington National Monument; of the improvements over the grave of Thomas Jefferson, at Monticello, Va.; of the erection of a monument at Washington's Headquarters, at Newburgh. N. Y.; of the erection of a monument to mark the birthplace of George Washington; and of building for the Army Medical Museum and Library. Member of Advisory Board to Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics of the House of Representatives. Member of the Lighthouse Board. Member of committee on arrangements for dedication of the Washington National Monument. Member of Board of Engineer Officers on construction of elevator in Winder building, Washington, D. C. In charge of the Third Division, Office of the Chief of |