ties, 26, 27, 65; with Department
of Agriculture in Alaska, 57; with
Bureau of Public Roads in Alas-
ka, 57; with Coast and Geodetic
Survey, 15, 34; with Coast Guard,
30, 40; with Federal Power Com-
mission, 30, 44, 45, 80, 81; with
Forest Service, 57; with National
Park Service, 58, 60; with United
States Shipping Board, 28.
Crater Lake National Park, con-
struction of roads in, 60.
Cumberland Road, begun, 4; work
on by army engineers, 7.
Department, Engineer, created, 4;
internal improvements, 4, 5.
Detroit, headquarters of the Lake
Survey, 48.
District engineer, preliminary ex-
amination by, 64-66; surveys and
estimates, 67.
District of Columbia, Commissioner
of, 50; water system, 52, 53, 87.
District offices, 93-95.
Division Engineer, 95.
Divisions, 93-95.
Dredges, construction of, 20, 25, 69;
list of, 149-154.
appropriations for,
14; wrecks, 39.
Emergency Fleet Corporation, spe-
cial war work for, 31.
Employees, 91, 92.
Engineer Bureau, 92.
Engineer Department at Large, 92.
Equipment, construction of, 20, 25,
69; floating plant, 26; list of
dredges, 149-54.
Ericsson Memorial Commission, 86.
Estimates, procedure in making, 66-
68.
Examinations and surveys, by Mis-
sissippi River Commission, 35;
of water power utilization, 27,
44, 45; procedure in making, 66-
68; purpose of, 9; review of by
Board of Engineers for Rivers
and Harbors, 23.
Examinations, preliminary, con-
tents of report on, 64, 65; object
of, 64; ordered, 20, 21.
Expenditures for river and harbor
improvements, 136-41; by Cali-
fornia Debris Commission, 76;
under Mississippi River Commis-
sion, 75.
Federal Power Commission, coöper-
Iation with, 30, 44, 45; work for,
80, 81.
Finance Division, 92.
Flood control, on the Mississippi
River, 36; on the Sacramento
River, 36, 38.
Florida Canal, plans for, 8.
Forest Service, coöperation with in
Alaska, 57.
France, aid in early years, 2.
Fremont, John C., survey by, 59.
Gardens, propagating, care of, 51,
85.
Geological Survey, 59.
Georgetown Bridge, construction
of, 54, 88.
du Gouvion, 2.
Grant Memorial Commission, 52,
86.
Great Britain, treaty with, for regu-
lation of Niagara River, 44.
Great Lakes, survey of, 47-49; 82-
84.
Harbor lines, authority to establish,
17, 18; early instances of, 17;
power over extended, 29, 30; pro-
cedure in establishing, 73.
Highway Bridge, care of, 51.
Internal improvements, Board of
Engineers for, 6, 8; early political
importance of, 4; increase in
number of, 13, 24; plans for,
authorized, 5; vetoes of, by presi-
dents, 4, II.
Isthmian Canal Commission, 60.
King, Clarence, survey by, 59.
Lake Champlain, survey of, 49, 83.
Lake of the Woods, survey of, 49,
Legislatures, state, bridges author-
ized by, 42, 43.
Lighthouses, in Alaska, 58, 89;
work on in the states, 46, 47.
Lighthouse Board, creation of, 46.
Lincoln, death-place, care of, 51, 85.
Lincoln Memorial Commission, 52,
86.
Local coöperation, financial, 26, 136;
in Alaska, 57; terminal facilities,
26, 27.
Louisville and Portland Canal, 19.
Maintenance, of works, 69, 70.
McDonough Memorials, erection of,
59, 90.
Mississippi River, channels at the
mouth of, 15, 19; gauging waters
of, 18; improvement of started,
7; large projects on, II; snag
boats on, 18; surveys of the
mouth of, 19; towboats and
barges on, 31; under the Missis-
sippi River Commission, 34-36.
Mississippi River Commission, ac-
tivities of, 74, 75; created, 14, 34;
duties and work, 35-36.
Missouri River Commission, 16, 17.
Monuments, outside the District of
Columbia, 58, 90.
Muscle Shoals, improvement of, 8;
work on, during the World War,
30.
National Commission of Fine Arts,
52, 86.
National Park Service, coöperation
with in Alaska, 58; roads in na-
tional parks, 60.
Navigation, Congresses of, 47.
New York Harbor, supervision of,
special provisions for, 16, 40, 41;
work under, 77, 78.
Niagara Falls, preservation of, 44.
Office Division, 93.
Office of Public Buildings and
Grounds, creation of, 50; work
under, 51, 52, 84-86.
Ohio River, improvement of started,
7; snag boats on, 19.
Panama Canal, 60, 61; experience
with direct construction, 25.
Parks, in the District of Columbia,
care of, 51, 84, 85.
Personnel, 91, 92; outline of, 98-
Police, in parks of the District of
Columbia, 51, 85.
Policy, national, for river and har-
bor improvements, 6, 7; lack of
one, 21; on terminal facilities, 27;
responsibility for, 22, 31-33.
Port Facilities Commission, duties
transferred from, 27.
Portland, Maine, report on the port
of, 72.
President, authorized to establish
the Corps of Engineers, 2; on
internal improvements, 4, 5, II.
Princeton, monument on the battle-
field, 59, 90.
Publications, 115-16.
Railroad, Pacific, survey for, 59.
Reports, annual, of the Chief of
Engineers, description of, 115;
index to, 29; information in, 9,
10, 11, 12, 19, 22, 23, 28, 40, 43, 70.
Research, in transportation prob-
lems, 71, 72.
River and harbor bill, discussion of,
31-33; first instance of, 6.
Roads, construction of, by army
engineers, 7, 8; in Alaska, 55-58,
88-90; in national parks, 60; sur-
veys and plans for, 5.
Rock Creek and Potomac Park-
way Commission, 86.
Royal Corps of Engineers of
France, assistance of in early
years, 2.
Sacramento River, control of floods
in, 38.
Secretary of War, authorized to
draw warrants on the Treasury
for certain projects, 18, 19; au-
thorized to establish harbor lines,
17, 18, 29, 30, 73; authorized to
make continuing contracts, 16;
authorized to start condemnation
proceedings, 16; authority under
lump-sum appropriations, 31, 68;
discretionary power over methods
of doing work, 13, 15, 16, 20, 25,
26, 68; power to regulate use of
navigable waters, 30, 42, 73, 74;
power to remove sunken vessels,
39; regulation of bridges, 42, 43,
79, 80; roads in Alaska, 55-58;
testimony on lack of national pol-
icy, 21; to collect statistics, 22; to
require coöperation by local in-
terests, 26, 27.
Snag boats, on the Mississippi, 18;
on the Ohio, 7, 19.
State legislatures, bridges author-
ized by, 42, 43.
State, War, and Navy Departments
Building, Superintendent of, 52.
Statistics, commercial, collection of
begun, 10; collection of, ordered,
22, 28, 29; publication of, 71.
Statues, in the District of Colum-
bia, care of, 51, 85.
Stimson, Henry, Secretary of War,
testimony on lack of national pol-
icy for river and harbor improve-
ments, 21, 22.
Sullivan, John L., 6.
Sunken vessels, removal of, special
provisions for, 14, 39, 40, 76, 77.
Supervisor, of New York Harbor,
powers and duties, 40, 41; work
of, 77, 78.
Survey, of the Great Lakes, 48, 49,
82-84.
Telegraph, care of government lines
in the District of Columbia, 51,
86.
Terminal facilities, policy on, 26, 27,
28; publications on, 72, 115; re-
search on, 71, 72.
Tolls, collection of, forbidden, 19.
Topographical Engineers, Corps of,
authorized, 3; merged with Corps
of Engineers, 3, 8; river and har-
bor improvement under, 8, 10.
Totten, Colonel Joseph J., 6.
Towboats, on the Mississippi River,
31.
United States Shipping Board, co-
operation with, 28.
War, Civil, effect on river and
harbor work, II.
War, Mexican, effect on river and
harbor work, 9.
War, with Spain, river and harbor
work during, 15.
Washington, birthplace, care of, 86.
Washington, D. C. River and Har-
bor District, 93; relation to local
government, 52, 53, 54, 87, 88.
Washington National Monument,
care of, 51, 85.
Waste, safeguards against, 12, 20,
21, 25.
Water power, data concerning, 27,
regulation of dams for, 29, 30;
regulation of utilization of, 44,
45; statement on in preliminary
examination, 65.
Water system of the District of
Columbia, 52, 53, 87.
West Point, origin of, 2; trans-
ferred from engineers, 3, 4.
Wharves, government, inspection
of, 52, 86.
Wheeler, Lieutenant George M.,
survey by, 59.
White House, care of, 51, 84.
Wilson Dam, work on, during the
World War, 30.
World War, special work during,
30, 31.
Wrecks, removal of, 39, 40, 76, 77.
Yellowstone National Park, con-
struction of roads in, 60.
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