Subject.

War, Secretary of. Letters:

Survey of Mississippi River near Lake Concordia, Louisiana, and
Cowpen Bend, Mississippi, looking to the protection of the har-
bors of Natchez and Vidalia

In relation to the purchasing of supplies for remote posts
Survey of Green, Muddy, and Barren Rivers, Kentucky.
Surveys of Pamunkey and Archer's Hope Rivers, Virginia, Lock-
wood's Folly and Waccamaw Rivers, North Carolina, and Pee
Dee River, South Carolina...

Importance of geographical and topographical surveys of the ter-
ritory west of the Mississippi River..

Transmitting petition of Col. W. Merritt and other officers of the
Fifth Cavalry in relation to the restoration of certain officers
in the Army.

Transmitting letter from lieutenant-colonel First Cavalry on same
subject

Petition of officers of the Army for repeal of law regarding pay-
ment for fuel..

Petition of officers of the Army for repeal of law regarding pay-
ment for fuel..

Relative to the bill (H. R. 4928) to confirm the survey of the pu-
eblo of San Francisco

Correspondence relative to the bills (S. 1439 and H. R. 4928) to
confirm the survey of the pueblo of San Francisco..

Letter of the Chief of Engineers in regard to said bills...
Additional clerks for the office of the Commissary-General of Sub-
sistence..

Survey of mouth of Red River, Louisiana..
Appropriations on account of improvement of the Tennessee River
from July 1, 1868, to March 16, 1880...

Examination of Charlotte Harbor and Peas Creek, Florida.......
Transmitting letter of Col. George P. Buell, U. S. Army, against
the reinstatement in the Army of John W. Eckles..
Transmitting report from the Quartermaster-General in favor of
the repeal of the law in regard to payment by officers in the │
Army for fuel..

Recommending an appropriation for the improvement of Canal
street, Jeffersonville, Ind..

Military posts for the protection of the settlements of Judith
Basin and the Muscleshell, Montana Territory.
Resurvey of Trinity River, Texas....

Necessity of an appropriation for the payment of certificates for
arrears of bounty due white and colored soldiers issued since
January 1, 1880

Transmitting petition of Lieut. Charles W. Hobbs, U. S. Army,
in relation to promotion in the Army.

Relative to such portion of the Army appropriation as relates to
commutation of rations to enlisted men..

140

Deficiency in appropriation for contingent expenses War Depart-
ment building, 1880

Appropriation for the completion of the road from Fort Bridger
to Uintah Agency.

Relative to the building of a military post near the junction of
Gunnison and Grand Rivers....

Establishment of a wagon-road between the post on White River
and the one at the mouth of the Gunnison River

Survey of the Mississippi River opposite the mouth of the Mis-
souri River.....

Construction of a permanent building at Columbus Barracks, Ohio,
for use as a chapel and school

146

Respecting the entrance to Yaquina Bay, Oregon..

Action of the War Department in adopting Sawyer's improved
canister

War, Secretary of. Letters:

Ship-canal from Saint Mary's River to the Gulf of Mexico..
Petition of commissioned officers of the Army for such legislation
as will entitle all lieutenants of the Army of fourteen years'
service in the grade of lieutenant to the rank and pay of cap-

tain..

Additional petition.

Survey of Mississippi River from Saint Paul to Falls of Saint
Anthony

Relative to the public lands, forts, arsenals, &c., in the custody
of the War Department, and recommending the creating of a
division in the department to be designated as Land Title
Division

Examinations of Catawba River in North Carolina and South
Carolina, and of Wateree and Santee Rivers, South Carolina...........
Amendment to the bill (H. R. 5545) for the relief of the heirs of
Juan Read

Resurvey of Sebewaing Harbor, Michigan

Appropriation required to reimburse the appropriation for cloth-
ing, camp, and garrison equipage

Examination of Broad River, South Carolina..

Petition of officers of the Fifth Cavalry against the restoration
to the Army of Robert P. Wilson...

Report of Assistant Surgeon J. L. Powell in relation to the case of
Capt. R. P. Wilson

That the unexpended balance of certain appropriations be applied
to the improvement of the Red River, Louisiana.

On the subject of printing the revised Roll of Honor..

Surveys of Saint Mary's River, Michigan...

Recommending the continuance of the clerical force now em-
ployed in the settlement of pension applications..

Examination of Trinidad Harbor, California

Resurvey of the bar at the mouth of Bell River, Michigan

Maintenance of the channel at the South Pass, Mississippi River.
Sale of the Oglethorpe Barracks, Savannah, Ga

Reports of the board of engineers on the proposed harbor of
refuge for the Pacific coast

Additional information

Appropriation for completion of the office work connected with
the surveys west of the 100th meridian

Papers relating to the case of Peter Moog.

In relation to the port and harbor of New York and the waters
near the same

Examination of Port Royal River, South Carolina

Increase of the estimate for surveys and expenses of the Missis-
sippi River Commission..

Resurvey of Clinton River, Michigan

Appropriation to continue payments to land-grant railroads........
Petition of Capt. Guy V. Henry, Third Cavalry, against the pas-
sage of the bill to promote Capt. J. Scott Payne, Fifth Cavalry.
Petition of officers of the Army for the passage of an act retiring
officers at the age of sixty-two.....

Petition of officers of the Sixth Cavalry against the restoration
of certain officers to the Army ....

Relative to increasing the depth of water to the city of Baltimore..
War Department building, expense of heating the. Letter of the
Secretary of War

War Department, business of the archive office. Letter of the Sec-
retary of War

40

War Department, names of the clerks and other persons employed in
the. Letter of the Secretary of War.

War Department, contracts made by the bureaus of the. Letter of
the Secretary of War....

56

War Department building, deficiency in appropriation for contingent
expenses. Letter of the Secretary of War

War Department. Action of, in adopting Sawyer's improved canister.

War Department, real estate in the custody of. Report of John Tweedale.
War Department. Letter of the Secretary of War recommending the
creating in his department a division designated as "Land-Title
Division"

War of the rebellion, expenses of the government on account of the.
Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury.

War and the Navy. Report of Lieut. Col. Casey, progress made in
the building of the edifice for the use of the Departments of State.
Warren, Lieut. Col. G. K. Report of improvement of Taunton River,
Massachusetts..

Washington and Georgetown, reclamation of the marshes in the har-
bor of the cities of. Message of the President of the United States.
Water routes from Norfolk, Va., to the Atlantic Ocean, south of Hat-
teras, and to the Cape Fear River. Reports of Capt. Charles B.
Phillips and F. W. Frost, assistant engineer

Wateree River, South Carolina, examination of. Report of J. M.
Wolbrect, assistant engineer
Webb, W. L., assistant engineer.

River, Texas.

Weil, Benjamin.

Report of resurvey of Trinity

Message of the President of the United States con-
cerning certain awards made by the late United States and Mexican
Commission

Weitzel, Maj. Godfrey. Report of management and repair of the
Louisville and Portland Canal

Weitzel, Maj. G. Report of surveys of Saint Mary's River, Michigan.
Wheeler, Capt. George M. Letter of the Secretary of War recom-
mending an appropriation for completion of surveys under charge of.
White, Capt. John W., of the revenue service. Reports of, concern-
ing matters connected with Alaska Territory
White and colored soldiers. (See Soldiers.)

White River to Gunnison River, wagon-road from post on. Letter of
General John Pope

Williamson, James A. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior con-
cerning entry of lands in Utah by..

Wilson, Maj. John M. Report of cost of improvement of Sandusky River.
Wilson, Robert P. Petition of officers of the Fifth Cavalry against
the restoration of, to the Army.

Petition of officers of the Sixth Cavalry

Report of Assistant Surgeon J. L. Powell, United States Army, in
relation to the case of..

Winder, Wm. A. Memorial of Captains R. H. Jackson and R. T. Frank
against passage of bill for relief of.

Wines, liquors, &c. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury in re-
gard to the importation of foreign....

Wolbrect, J. M., assistant engineer. Report of survey of York River.
Wolbrect, J. M. Report of survey of Pamunkey River and Archer's
Hope River, Virginia...

Wolbrect, J. M., assistant engineer. Report of examinations of Ca-
tawba River, North Carolina and South Carolina, and of the
Wateree and Santee Rivers, South Carolina

Wolf Lake, Indiana, resurvey of the outlet to. Report of Capt. G.
J. Lydecker.

Wood, Capt. Geo. W. Report of survey of entrance to Yaquina Bay,
Oregon

Wood Mountain, Montana Territory, construction of a new military
post near. Letter of the Secretary of War

Worrall, James, assistant engineer. Report of the examination of the
Susquehanna River

Y.

Yallabusha River, Mississippi, examination of. Report of W. Mar-
shall Rees, assistant engineer.

Yaquina Bay, Oregon, survey of the entrance to. Report of Capt.
Geo. W. Wood..

York River, Virginia, survey of. Report of J. M. Wolbrect, assistant
engineer

2d Session.

REPORT

ON

No. 51.

FOREIGN SYSTEMS

OF

NAVAL EDUCATION,

BY

PROFESSOR JAMES RUSSELL SOLEY, U. S. N.

WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1880.