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Statement showing rank and duties of officers of Corps of Engineers-Cont'd.

NAME AND RANK.

DUTIES.

MAJORS.

(continued.)

Jared A. Smith......

Samuel M. Mansfield...
Bvt. Lieut. Colonel.

William R. King.

In charge of the improvement of the harbors at Michigan City, Ind., and New Buffalo, Mich. In charge of the improvement of the rivers Wabash, Ind. and Ill., and White, Ind. Engineer 5th and 6th Lighthouse Districts. In charge of the improvement of the harbors at Galveston and Brazos Santiago, Tex. In charge of the improvement of ship-channel in Galveston Bay, Pass Cavallo, Arkansas Pass and Bay up to Rockport and Corpus Christi, Brazos River, Buffalo Bayou, deepening channel at mouth of Trinity River and removal of obstructions to Liberty, and the protection of river-bank at Fort Brown, Tex.

In charge of the improvement of the rivers Tennessee, Tenn. and Ala., Cumberland above and below Nashville, Ky. and Tenn., Red, Hiawassee, Caney Fork, Obey's, Duck, French Broad, Clinch, and Little Tennessee, Tenn., and South Fork of the Cumberland, Ky. In charge of preliminary examinations of Cumberland River above the mouth of Jellico, Upper Oconee River from Skull Shoals to the Georgia Railroad bridge; rivers Little, Ky., Elk, Tenn. and Ala., and Holston, Tenn.; and extension of survey of Caney Fork River to Frank's Ferry, Tenn. Member of Board of Officers appointed for the purpose of determining the various calibers, &c., of guns and projectiles required for the service. Member of Board of Engineer Officers on claim of Alfred Pasqueau for use by the United States Government of his invention at Davis Island Dam, and dams 5 and 6, Kanawha River.

Wm. H. H. Benyaurd... In charge of improvement of the harbors at Chicago and

Garret J. Lydecker....

Amos Stickney

Calumet, Ill. In charge of the improvement of the Illinois and Calumet rivers. In charge of survey of the Hennepin Canal, and for enlargement of the Illinois and Michigan Canal. In charge of preliminary examination of Calumet River, east of Hammond to the forks of the river; also survey of proposed ship canal from Calumet River to Lake Calumet, Ill.; and Wolf Lake, Ind. On leave of absence from December 19, 1884, to June 30, 1885.

In charge of the Washington Aqueduct; increasing water supply of the city of Washington; and the erection of fish-ways at Great Falls of the Potomac River. Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia.

In charge of forts Jackson, St. Philip, Livingston, Pike, and Macomb, and of the construction of Tower Dupré, Battery Bienvenue, and Tower at Proctorsville, La. In charge of the improvement of the Amite, Tangipahoa, Tickfaw, Tebefuncte, Bogue Falia, and Calcasieu rivers, bayous Terrebonne, Teche, Black, and Courtableau, and Calcasieu Pass, La., Pearl River, Miss., and of removal of obstructions in bayou La Fourche, La. In charge of Fourth District of the Mississippi River, from Warrenton to Head of the Passes, for the purpose of improvement and the construction and repair of levees, to include levees and special work on the river, the improvement of the harbor at New Orleans, the Mississippi River at Natchez and Vidalia, the mouth of Red River, and the

Statement showing rank and duties of officers of Corps of Engineers-Cont'd.

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rectification of the Red and Atchafalaya rivers at mouth of Red River. In charge of the examination or survey of Bogue Falia from its mouth to 25 miles above Covington, La., and Natalbany River, and bayou La Fourche, La. Member of Board of Engineer Officers on building and repair of levees on the Mississippi River. In charge of removal of wrecks in Mississippi River in front of the wharves at New Orleans, La.

Alexander Mackenzie... In charge of the improvement of the harbors at Fort Madison and Muscatine, Iowa, and Rock Island, Ill. In charge of the improvement of the Mississippi River from St. Paul to the mouth of the Illinois River; at Quincy, Quincy Bay, and Andalusia, Ill., and Alexandria, Mo.; the Upper Mississippi River, and Rock Island Rapids and Des Moines Rapids of the Mississippi River; Cuivre River, Mo.; and of removing bar in Mississippi River opposite Dubuque, Iowa. In charge of the construction of a Drydock at the Des Moines Rapids Canal; of Ice-harbor at Dubuque, Iowa, and of harbors of refuge on Lake Pepin at Stockholm, Wis, and Lake City, Minn. In charge of operating the Des Moines Rapids Canal. In charge of preliminary examinations of Sny Island Levee on the Mississippi River; removal of the bar and obstructions at and near the mouth of Whipple Creek, Ill.; and from Guttenberg north, Iowa. Member of the Missouri River Commission, created by act of Congress approved July 5, 1884. Member of Board of Engineer Officers to consider and report upon question, &c., to authorize the Northern Pacific R. R. Co. to construct and maintain a bridge across the St. Louis River.

Oswald H. Ernst ....... In charge of the improvement of Mississippi River between the mouths of the Illinois and Ohio rivers, opposite St. Louis, Mo., and at Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Minton's Point, and the harbor at Alton, Ill. In charge of preliminary examination of Osage River, Mo., from mouth to Linn Creek, with a view to movable locks and dams. Member of the Missouri River Commission, created by act of Congress approved July 5, 1884.

Javid P. Heap

William Ludlow..

Bet. Lieut. Colonel.

William A. Jones....

Detached; Engineer Secretary to the Lighthouse Board. On leave of absence from March 6, 1883, to April 1, 1885, inclusive, under provisions of joint resolution of Congress approved February 28, 1883. Extended one year under provisions of joint resolution of Congress approved February 13, 1885.

Detached; Engineer Officer, Division of the Pacific and Department of California. In charge of the improvement of the Columbia River at Cascades, Oreg., Upper Columbia and Snake rivers, Oreg. and Wash., Willamette River above Portland, Oreg., Cowlitz River, Wash., Yamhill River, Oreg., and Lower Clearwater River, Idaho. In charge of examinations or surveys of Cœur d'Alene Lake and River, and Saint Joseph's River, and Lewis River and Columbia River above mouth of Snake River, Wash.

Statement showing rank and duties of officers of Corps of Engineers—Cont'd.

RANK AND NAME.

DUTIES.

MAJORS.

(continued.)

Andrew N. Damrell..... In charge of forts Pickens, Fla., Morgan and Gaines, Ala.,

Charles J. Allen

and fort on Ship Island, Miss., and of the construction of Forts Barrancas and redoubt, and Fort McRee, Fla. In charge of the improvement of the harbors at Pensacola and Key West and Cedar Keys, Fla., and Mobile, Ala. In charge of the improvement of the rivers Chattahoochee, Appalachicola, Suwanee, Withlacoochee, Manatee, and Caloosahatchee, Fla., Flint, Ga., Black Warrior, Alabama, Cahaba, and Tallapoosa, Ala., Pascagoula, Pearl, and Noxubee, Miss., and Tombigbee, Ala. and Miss., Appalachicola and Tampa bays, and Pease Creek, Fla., Escambia, Fla., and Conecuh-Escambia rivers, La Grange Bayou, and removal of obstructions in the Choctawhatchee River, Ala. and Fla., the roadstead leading into Back Bay of Biloxi in Mississippi Sound, and Old Town Creek and Horn Island Pass, Miss. In charge of preliminary examinations of Mobile River and Harbor, from lower anchorage to the northern limits of the city of Mobile, Ala.; outer and inner bar at the entrance of Pensacola Harbor: Anclote Harbor, and Clearwater Harbor; Wekeiva, Amelia, and Wacissa rivers; Homosassa Bay, Charlotte Harbor, Fla.; Pascagoula River, from the mills at Moss Point to the anchorage in the bay, and Back Bay at Handsboro', Miss. Member of Board of Engineer Officers to consider question of a bridge over the Alabama River at Selma, Ala.

In charge of the improvement of the harbors of Duluth, Grand Marais, and Superior Bay, on Lake Superior. In charge of the improvement of the Chippewa River, and protection of sand-banks on the same; of the Minnesota and St. Croix rivers, and the Red River of the North; of the Mississippi River above the Falls of St. Anthony; of the Falls of St. Anthony; construction of Meeker's Island lock and dam, and lock and dam at Goose Rapids on Red River of the North, Minn. and Dak. In charge of the construction of reservoirs at headwaters of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. In charge of the examination and surveys of the sources of the Mississippi, St. Croix, Chippewa, and Wisconsin rivers, with the view to ascertaining the practicability and cost of creating and maintaining reservoirs, &c. In charge of preliminary examinations of Agate and Burlington Bay, Minn.; St. Louis Bay, and St. Louis River from Connor's Point, Wisconsin, and Rice's Point, Minn., to foot of first falls; Big Stone Lake, and Lake Traverse, with view to connecting them. Member of Board of Engineer Officers to consider and report upon question, &c., to authorize the Northern Pacific R. R. Co. to construct and maintain a bridge across the St. Louis River.

Charles W. Raymond... In charge of forts Winthrop, Standish, Andrews, Sewell, Independence, and work on Long Island Head, and of the construction of Fort Warren, Mass. In charge of the improvement of the harbors at Newburyport, Lynn, Bos ton (including sea-walls on Point Allerton, Great Brewster Island, Lovells' Island, Long Island Head, Rainsford Isl and, and Deer Island; Mystic and Charles rivers; and channel leading to Nantasket Beach), Provincetown, Ply mouth, and Scituate, Mass. In charge of construction of

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a national harbor of refuge (of the first class) at Sandy Bay, Cape Ann, Mass. In charge of the improvement of the rivers Merrimac and Malden, Mass. In charge of preliminary examinations of harbor at Gloucester, Fort Point Channel, Powwow River, harbor at Salem, with a view to building a jetty, harbor at Marblehead for repair of seawall, harbor at Hingham, Mass.; and a channel from Goose Point, in Plymouth Harbor, to the wharf of the Cordage Company. Recorder 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. Engineer, temporarily, of 1st and 2d Light

house Districts.

L. Cooper Overman..... In charge of the improvement of harbors at Port Clinton, Monroe, Toledo, Sandusky, Huron, Vermillion, Black River, Rocky River, Cleveland, Fairport, Conneaut, and Ashtabula, Ohio, and Dunkirk, N. Y. In charge of improvement of Sandusky River, Ohio. In charge of waterlevel observations on Lake Erie. In charge of preliminary examination at Cleveland, on the opening and improving of the channel known as the old "river bed" of the Cuyahoga River, Ohio. Member and Recorder of Board of Engineer Officers on harbor of refuge at Cleveland, Ohio.

Alexander M. Miller

Milton B. Adams..

In charge of the improvement of Tensas and Cane rivers, La., Ouachita River and Bayou Bartholomew in La. and Ark., Bayous Boeuf and D'Arbonne, Loggy Bayou, Lake Bistenean, and the Dorcheat, La., and Cypress Bayou, La. and Tex.; Red River, La., and South Forked Deer River, Tenn.; of the rivers Big Sun Flower, Coldwater, Yazoo, Yallabusha, Big Black, and Tallahatchie, and Tchula Lake, and Steel's Bayou, Miss., and the Big Hatchie River, Tenn. In charge of 2d District of the Mississippi River, from foot of Island No. 40 to mouth of White River, for the purpose of improvement and the construction and repair of levees. In charge of the watergauges on the Mississippi River and its principal tributaries. In charge of examination or survey of Red River from its mouth to Fulton; Red River, La., from Atchafalaya to Fulton, Ark., including relieving the town of Alexandria from encroachments of river, removing snags from Cane River, and closing outlet of river known as "Sale and Murphy Canal;" and Bayon Pierre, La. Member of Board of Engineer Officers on building and repair of levees on the Mississippi River. In charge of preliminary examinations of Little Red River; Bayou Bartholomew, from present head of navigation to Lincoln County line, Ark.; outlets of Boeuf River, with view to closing same, La.; Cassidy's Bayon, Miss.; Cypress Bayou; resurvey of work of improvement of navigation of Cypress Bayou and the lakes between Jefferson in Texas, and Shreveport in Louisiana; Bayou Carlin, La., and Deer Creek, and Yazoo Pass, Miss. In charge of the improvement of the rivers Mississippi and Missouri-removal of snags, &c.; Osage River, Mo. and Kans.; Gasconade River, Mo.; Wabash River, Ind. and Ill., and White, Ind.

In charge of the improvement of the Arkansas River-removal of snags, &c., Arkansas River, between Fort Smith, Ark., and Wichita, Kans., and at Pine Bluff, and of rivers Saint Francis, White, L'Anguille, and Saline, Ark., and Black, Mo. and Ark. In charge of continuation

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of survey of Arkansas River from Fort Gibson to Wichita, Kans. Detached, Engineer Officer Division of the Pacific and Department of California. In charge of the construction of Fort Montgomery, N. Y. In charge of the improvement of the harbors at Ogdensburg, on the river St. Lawrence, and Plattsburg, Burlington, and Swanton, and construction of breakwater at Rouse's Point, on Lake Champlain. In charge of the improvement of Ticonderoga and Grass rivers, N. Y., and Otter Creek, Vt.

Detached, Engineer Officer, Department of Texas.

In charge of forts Delaware. Del., and Mifflin, Pa., and of the construction of Fort and Mortar Battery opposite Fort Delaware, Del., and battery and mortar battery at Finn's Point, N. J. In charge of the improvement of the harbors at Wilmington, Del., and Delaware Breakwater; Iceharbors at Marcus Hook, Pa.; New Castle, Del.; and the head of Delaware Bay and removal of sunken piers in channel back of Reedy Island; of the Salem, Rancocas, Maurice, and Raccoon rivers, and Cohansey, Mantua, and Woodbury creeks, N. J.; Christiana, Broadkiln, Indian, and St. Jones rivers, and Duck and Mispillion creeks, Del.; Frankford Creek, Schuylkill River, and north branch of the Susquehanna River, Pa.; Delaware River below Bridesburg, Pa.; between Bridesburg and Trenton; near Cherry Island Flats; and at Schooner Ledge; and of the construction of pier near Lewes, Del. In charge of the examination or survey of Delaware River, and of Newton Creek, N. J. In charge of removal of wrecks of schooner Cora from Delaware River near New Castle, Del., of canalboat Kate Monaghan, from Delaware River near Burlington, N. J., and of schooner John S. Detwiler from near Cross Ledge Shoal, Delaware Bay. Member of Commission Advisory to Board of Harbor Commissioners of Philadelphia. Engineer 4th Lighthouse District. In charge of preliminary examinations of Corson's Sound and Townsend Inlet (below Atlantic City), mouth of Salem River, harbor of Atlantic City at Absecon Inlet, N. J., and West Branch of Susquehanna River, between Salt Lick and Buttermilk Falls, Pa. Member of Board of Engineer Officers on subject of permanent improvement of Delaware River and Bay. In charge of forts Jackson, St. Philip, Livingston, Pike, and Macomb, Tower Dupre, Battery Bienvenue, and Tower at Proctorsville, La. In charge of the improvement of the Amite, Tangipahoa, Tickfaw, Tchefuncte, Bogue Falia, and Calcasieu rivers, bayous Terrebonne, Teche, Black, and Courtableau, and Calcasieu Pass, La., Sabine Pass, Blue Buck Bar, and Natchez River, Tex., and Sabine River, La. and Tex., and of removal of obstructions in Bayou La Fourche, La. In charge of connecting Bayou Teche with Grand Lake at Charenton, La. To report upon the depth and width of a channel secured and maintained by jetties constructed by James B. Eads at the mouth of the Mississippi River. In charge of removal of wrecks in Mississippi River in front of the wharves at New Orleans, La., and of wreck of steamer John M. Chambers in Bayou Teche. In charge of preliminary examinations of Atchafalaya River above Berwick Bay, and Bayou Pierre, Miss. Engineer 7th and 8th Lighthouse Districts.

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