OF THE

WAR DEPARTMENT

FOR THE

FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1898.

REPORT OF THE

CHIEF OF ENGINEERS.

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WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1898.

CONTENTS.

[Alphabetical index will be found at the end of each part or volume.]

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OFFICERS OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

STATUS, changes, and distribution of officers of corps, 3.

THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS..

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POST OF WILLETS POINT, NEW YORK.-U. S. ENGINEER SCHOOL.-BAT-
TALION OF ENGINEERS.-ENGINEER DEPOT.

OFFICER IN COMMAND, MAJ. JOHN G. D. KNIGHT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS-

Post of Willets Point, U. S. Engineer School, 5; Battalion of Engineers, Engineer

Depot, 6; statement of funds, new appropriations, 7; estimates, 7, 32.

FORTIFICATIONS.

PROJECTS, temporary defenses, gun and mortar batteries, 8; appropriations, guns

and carriages provided, 9; fortress commander, dynamite batteries, enlistment of

electricians, 11; submarine mines, 12; preservation and repair of fortifications, sea

walls and embankments, sites, 13; temporary occupation of land, national defense

(allotments), defenses of coasts of Maine and New Hampshire, 14; Boston, Mass.,

southeast coast of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, at New Bedford, Mass., and

Newport, R. I., 16; eastern entrance to Long Island Sound and coast of Connecti-

cut, entrances to New York Harbor, 18; eastern entrance to harbor, southern

entrance to harbor, on Long Island and Sandy Hook, 19; Delaware River, 20; Balti-

more, Md., 21; Washington, D. C., 22; Hampton Roads, Va., 23; coast of North Caro-

lina, coast of South Carolina, 24; coast of Georgia and Cumberland Sound, Ga. and

Fla., 25; east and west coasts of Florida, Key West, Fla., 26; Pensacola, Fla., 27;

Mobile and Mississippi Sound, New Orleans, La., and Sabine Pass, Tex., 28; Gal-

veston, Tex., lake ports in New York, 29; San Diego, Cal., San Francisco, Cal., 30;

mouth of Columbia River, 31; Puget Sound, estimates for 1899–1900, 32.

RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS.

GENERAL statement, 32.

ATLANTIC COAST AND GULF OF MEXICO.

IN THE CHARGE of MAJ. R. L. HOXIE, CORPS OF ENGINEERS——
Lubec Channel, Me., 36; Moosabec Bar, Me., 37; Narraguagus River, Me., break-
water from Mount Desert to Porcupine Island, Me., 38; harbor at Sullivan Falls,
Me., 39; Union River, Me., Bagaduce River, Me., 40; Penobscot River, Me., 41;
Rockland Harbor, Me., 42; Carvers Harbor, Vinalhaven, Me., 44; Georges River,
Me., Kennebec River, Me., 45; Sasanoa River, Me., 46; Portland Harbor, Me., 47;
Saco River, Me., 49; Cocheco River, N. H., 50; harbor of refuge at Little Harbor,
N. H., 51; removing sunken vessels or craft obstructing or endangering naviga-
tion, surveys, 52.

IN THE CHARGE OF COL. S. M. MANSFIELD, Corps of Engineers—

Newburyport Harbor, Mass., 53; Merrimac River, Mass., 54; Powow River, Mass.,

55; Essex River, Mass., harbor of refuge, Sandy Bay, Cape Ann, Mass., 56; har-

bor at Gloucester, Mass., 57; harbor at Manchester, Mass., 58; harbor at Lynn,

Mass., 59; Mystic and Malden rivers, Mass., 60; harbor at Boston, Mass., 61;

Town River, Mass., Weymouth River, Mass., 64; harbor at Scituate, Mass., 65;

Plymouth Harbor, Mass., 67; harbor at Provincetown, Mass., 68; harbor at

Chatham, Mass., removing sunken vessels or craft obstructing or endangering

navigation, surveys, 69.

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