SECOND DIVISION.-Battalion of Engineers-Engineer School of Application, and Engineer Depot and Post-Professional Papers and Information-Personnel-Orders-Military Reservations-Land Files. Col. John G. Parke, brevet major-general, U. S. A. THIRD DIVSION.-Improvement of Rivers and Harbors and Surveys relating thereto Bridging Navigable Waters of the United States-Public Buildings and Grounds and Washington Aqueduct. Capt. Henry M. Adams. FOURTH DIVISION.-Accounts for Disbursements-Returns of Engineer Property and Instruments-Applications for Remittances-Appropriations and Estimates-Blank Forms. FIFTH DIVISION.-Survey of the Lakes-Explorations and Surveys- JOHN NEWTON, Hon. ROBERT T. LINCOLN, Secretary of War. STATEMENT SHOWING THE RANK AND THE DUTIES OF OFFICERS OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1884. RANK AND NAME. DUTIES. BRIGADIER-GENERALS Horatio G. Wright. John Newton.. 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. Member of joint commission to supervise the construction of the Washington National Monument. Member of the Lighthouse Board. 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 dani at Troy to the city of Hudson. Retired from active service March 6, 1884. President of the Board of Engineers. In charge of the improvement of the harbors at New York, Rondout, Port Chester, New Rochelle, and of Echo Harbor, N. Y. In charge of the improvement of the Hudson River, Harlem River, Buttermilk Channel, and channel in Gowanus Bay, N. Y.; South and Raritan Rivers, N. J.; and removal of obstructions in the East River, including Hell Gate, N. Y. In charge of the manufacture and supply of mastic. In charge of the removal of wreck lying below Sing Sing, Hudson River. In charge of examination and survey of Minisceongo Creek and Saugerties and Peekskill harbors, N. Y. Member of Boards of Engineer Officers on improvement of Charleston Harbor, S. C.; on improvement of Pass Cavallo Inlet, Aransas Pass and Bay, and entrance to Galveston Harbor, Tex.; on improvement of Savannah River and Harbor, Ga.; and to examine the officers of the Corps of Engineers with view to their promotion. Member of a joint board of Army and Navy officers upon plans and location of a bridge over Thames River at New London, Conn. 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. 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, from March 6, 1884. Member of joint commission to supervise the construction of the Washington National Monument. 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 Court Martial to meet at Washington, D. C., for the trial of such persons as may be brought before it. Member of the Lighthouse Board. Statement showing rank and duties of officers of Corps of Engineers-Cont'd. RANK AND NAME. DUTIES. COLONELS. William F. Raynolds... Charles E. Blunt.. James C. Duane... Quincy A. Gillmore.... On detached service; Engineer 4th Lighthouse Distriet. In charge of the construction of Fort Winfield Scott, and In charge of the improvement of the rivers Cathance, Back, Member and President of The Board of Engineers; En- In charge of the construction of forts Wadsworth, Tomp- In charge of the improvement of the harbors at Charleston, In charge of examination or survey of channel of St. John's Statement showing rank and duties of officers of Corps of Engineers-Cont'd. RANK AND Name. DUTIES. COLONELS. (continued.) Thos. Lincoln Casey.... John G. Parke .. Brt. Major-General. LIEUTENANT-COLONELS. On detached service; in charge of the construction of the building 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 Newburg, N. Y., and of the erection of a monument to mark the birthplace of George Washington. Member of Advisory Board to Committee on Ventilation and Accoustics of the House of Representatives, and of a Board to investigate causes which led to the fire in the War Department building March 26, 1884. Member of the Lighthouse Board. In charge of the Third Division, Office of the Chief of Engineers. George H. Mendell ..... In charge of the construction of fort on Alcatraz Island, and Bot. Colonel. of defenses at Lime Point, San Francisco Bay. In charge of the improvement of the harbor at Oakland, Humboldt Harbor and Bay, and of the construction of the breakwater at Wilmington Harbor, Cal. In charge of the improvement of Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers and Petaluma Creek, Cal. To investigate causes tending to decrease depth of water and diminish the commercial value of San Francisco Harbor. In charge of examination or survey of Redwood Slough. In charge of the removal of wreck of steamer Escambia from entrance to San Francisco Harbor, Cal. Member of Board of Engineers for the Pacific coast. Member of the Board of Engineers. In charge of the construction of Fort Schuyler and fort at Willets Point, N. Y., and of experiments with torpedoes. Commanding Engineer depot and post of Willets Point, Engineer School of Application, and Battalion of Engineers. Member of Joint Gun Foundry Board of Army and Navy Officers. Member of Board of Engineer Officers to examine officers of the Corps of Engineers with view to their promotion. In charge of the construction of defenses of Baltimore, Md. In charge of the improvement of the harbors at Baltimore, Annapolis, and of the inner harbor at Cambridge, Md. In charge of the improvement of the channel of Susquehanna River above and below Havre de Grace, and work at the fishing battery light station near Spesutia Island; of the Chester, Wicomico, Elk, and Choptank rivers, Corsica Creek, and water-passage between Deil's Island and Little Deil's Island, and upper thoroughfare at Deil's Island, Md.; Broad Creek, Del., James and Appomattox rivers, Va., New River, Va. and W. Va., Great Kanawha, Shenandoah, and Elk rivers, W. Va, and Cape Fear River, N. C. In charge of the surveys across the peninsula of Maryland and Delaware to connect by canal the waters of the Delaware and Chesapeake bays. In charge of the building of the monument at Yorktown, Va. To take preliminary steps for removal of wreck of brig Cascatelle from channel of the Chesapeake Bay. Member of Boards of Engineer Officers on further improvement Statement showing rank and duties of officers of Corps of Engineers-Cont'd. LIEUTENANT-COLONELS. (continued.) Cyrus B. Comstock.. Godfrey Weitzel.. Bvt. Major-General. Orlando M. Poe... of Cape Fear River, on improvement of the Potomac River near Washington, D. C., and on bridge over the Ohio River near Beaver, Pa.; on proposed lock and dam at junction of Three Forks of Kentucky River; to examine and report upon such models, plans, &c., of movable dams as may be placed before it, and to consider and report upon Senate bill 1441 to authorize construction of bridges across the Great Kanawha River, &c. In charge of removal of wreck of barkentine Wolverton from Chincoteague Inlet. Member of the Board of Engineers. Member of Boards of Engineer Officers on further improvement of Cape Fear River; on improvement of the Potomac River near Washington, D. C.; on bridge proposed to be erected over the Ohio River at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Wheeling and Harrisburg Railway Company, and to examine officers of the Corps of Engineers with view to their promotion. Member and president of "The Mississippi River Commission" created by act of Congress approved June 28, 1879. In charge of the construction of forts Delaware, Del., and Mifflin, Pa., battery and mortar battery at Finn's Point, N. J., and fort and mortar battery opposite Fort Delaware, Del. In charge of the improvement of the harbors at Wilmington, Del., and Delaware Break water; ice-harbors at Marcus Hook, Pa.; New Castle, Del., and the bead of Delaware Bay, and removal of sunken piers in channel back of Reedy Island; of the Salem, Rancocas, Maurice, and Raccoon rivers, Cohansey, Mantua, and Woodbury creeks, N. J.; Christiana, Broadkiln, Indian, and Saint Jones rivers, Duck and Mispillion creeks, Del.; Chester and Frankford creeks, Schuylkill River, Susquehanna River above Richard's Island, 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 of survey of Delaware River, of Five Mile Point below Bridesburg on the Delaware River, and the harbor at the Delaware Breakwater and the entrance thereto. In charge of examination or survey of Newton Creek, N. J.; Delaware River above and in front of Philadelphia; north brauch of the Susquebanna River from Pittston to Athen-; and the river Brandywine from its mouth to the Market street bridge in Wilmington. To take steps for removal of wreck of schooner Trade Wind from mouth of Maurice River, N. J., and of wreck of the canal boat Hercules, in Delaware River at Bordentown, N. J.; chairman of Commission Advisory to Board of Harbor Commissioners of Philadelphia, Pa. Member of Board of Engineer Officers ou bridge over the Ohio River near Beaver, Pa., and on bridge over the Ohio River at Wheeling, W. Va. Died March 19, 1884. On detached service; aide-de-camp on the personal staff of the General of the Army with the rank of colonel. Member of the Lighthouse Board. In charge of the construction of Fort Wayne, Mich. In charge of the improvement of the harbors at Cheboygan and Au Sable on Lake |