opinion that it would be in violation of the law which contemplated the completion of the system with the appropriation made, it evidently being the intention of Congress to limit the cost of the work to that amount. September 14, 1892, a Department letter was received requesting a report as to what action, if any, had been taken under the directions of the Secretary of War of October 29, 1891, in regard to the plan or suggestions as to what each hotel or private company and individual should be required to do in the matter of providing a system of sewerage for the private buildings on the reservation, and if no plan had been submitted, to submit one as early as practicable. In reply to this a report was submitted, September 16, 1892, outlining a plan for a sewerage system for the nonmilitary residents and making suggestions for the method of apportioning the cost. A plan having been submitted by the Hygeia Hotel Company, the War Department, under date of September 15, 1892, indorsed on the communication that it might be impossible for the proprietors of that hotel to secure the coöperation of all the others, that they ought not to be held responsible for the refusal or neglect of others, and that the plan submitted for their own hotel should be considered and acted upon. Being referred to this office for remark and recommendation, objection was made to allowing exceptions to be made to the original plan of a joint system for all nonmilitary residents; that the Chamberlin Hotel had already been excepted by order of the Secretary of War, and if another exception were made in favor of the Hygeia Hotel the Sherwood House would demand the same priviledge, and, as the Catholic Church and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company, had already made the same request, we should soon have as many separate systems as residents, and the condition of affairs would soon be as objectionable as the present. It was recommended that the plan of a joint system be adhered to. This being approved by the Chief of Engineers, the Acting Secretary of War directed that the time for removing buildings be extended to October 31, 1892, it being the hope that by that time the plans would be fully perfected and agreed upon and that the work could be done in four months thereafter, thus bringing all parties-and perhaps the Government-into one system. It was then directed, September 28, 1892, to submit as soon as practicable a plan for the entire sewerage of For Monroe, with estimates of cost of construction and with schedules of distribution of cost and expense of running and maintenance. Notification was sent at once to all the parties of the extension of time to October 31, 1892. Many plans were submitted by these people, but no joint or common plan. October 26, 1892, a plan was submitted by this office for a joint system of sewerage for the entire reservation, at a total estimated cost of $75,000, with suggested regulations for the use of the system, estimated cost of maintenance, and a suggestion for a bill providing for the preservation, repair, and maintenance of the system, and a project for apportioning the cost based upon the number of occupants of the various buildings. The nonmilitary residents having expressed a willingness to comply with the orders of the Secretary of War and a readiness to cooperate with the Government in a joint system, it was recommended that they be notified to deposit the sum apportioned to each in a national bank to the credit of the Secretary of War. It was also suggested that, in view of the peculiar situation of affairs, special jegislation might be necessary. Attempts were made to secure the necessary legislation, a bill being drafted for the purpose by the Assistant Secretary of War, but the bill was not reported; no additional money was appropriated, nor was the $25,000 already allotted made available. No work can therefore be done. Money statement. July 1, 1892, balance unexpended July 1, 1893, balance unexpended Amount (estimated) required for completion of existing project.... $24, 902. 10 24, 902. 10 75,000.00 75,000.00 APPENDIX No. 7. POST OF WILLETS POINT, NEW YORK-UNITED STATES ENGINEER SCHOOL-BATTALION OF ENGINEERS-ENGINEER DEPOT. REPORT OF LIEUT. COL. W. R. KING, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1893. UNITED STATES ENGINEER SCHOOL, Post of Willets Point, New York Harbor, July 17, 1893. GENERAL: I have the honor to forward herewith duplicate annual report on the post of Willets Point, New York Harbor; the United States Engineer School; the Battalion of Engineers, and Engineer Depot, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Brig. Gen. THOMAS L. CASEY, W. R. KING, Lieutenant-Colonel of Engineers. Chief of Engineers, U. S. A. I.-POST OF WILLETS POINT. At the close of the fiscal year the garrison consisted of 21 commissioned officers and 335 enlisted men, including the following general staff and infantry officers: Maj. Egon A. Koerper, surgeon, U. S. Army. Capt. William P. Kendall, assistant surgeon, U. S. Army. Second Lieut. Sidney S. Jordan, Fifth Artillery. Second Lieut. Edward F. McGlachlin, jr., Fifth Artillery. Second Lieut. Walter M. Whitman, First Cavalry. The following table shows the changes among the general staff and line officers at the post during the year: During the year the following work has been done under the post quartermaster (Lieut. Henry Jervey until March 11 and Lieut. Edgar Jadwin since that date) with funds allotted by the Quartermaster's Department, supplemented as far as practicable by the labor of the garrison: 1. The new guardhouse has been completed and occupied, and is found well adapted to the purpose for which it was designed. 2. The old guardhouse has been removed to a suitable site in the grove near the line of barracks and is being fitted up as quarters for the band sergeant. 3. The two brick barracks which were begun during the previous fiscal year have been somewhat delayed by the inefficiency of the contractors, but they are now nearly completed and will soon be occupied. A third barrack, which will complete the housing of the three companies stationed here, has recently been authorized, and will be placed under contract at an early day. 4. Some extensions and repairs have been made to the quartermas ter's wharf, roads, sidewalks, drains, and sewers, and the usual amount of labor and materials have been applied to the preservation and repair of public buildings. 5. At the suggestion of the post quartermaster, the Long Island Railroad Company has expended $200 in building a suitable landing near the station of Whitestone Landing for the small boat that runs between that point and Willets Point and Fort Schuyler. The most important improvements still unprovided for are the building of a quartermaster and commissary storehouse near the wharf, the cleaning out of the ditch bounding the Government lands on the southwest, the walling in of the ice pond, and the lighting of the post by electricity. The necessity for these improvements has been set forth in former reports, and plans and estimates have been prepared. Without going into details that have been already reported, it may be stated in brief that the cleaning out of the ditch and walling in of the ice pond would improve the sanitary condition of the post by getting rid of a swampy margin that now borders the ditch and pond, would prevent surface water from running directly into the latter, and greatly improve the |