2d Session.

pt. 2, vol. II.

ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

CHIEF OF ENGINEERS,

UNITED STATES ARMY,

TO THE

SECRETARY OF WAR,

FOR

THE YEAR 1888.

IN FOUR PARTS.

PART IV.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1888.

Officers constituting Board, 5; Subjects considered and reported upon, 6; Additional

duties of individual members, 6; Sea-coast fortifications, 8.

POST OF WILLETS POINT, ENGINEER SCHOOL OF APPLICATION, BAT-

TALION OF ENGINEERS, AND ENGINEER DEPOT AT WILLETS POINT,

NEW YORK HARBOR.

Post of Willets Point, School of Application, Battalion of Engineers, 8; Experi-

ments, Engineer Depot, Public Buildings and Construction, Statement of Funds, 9.

RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS.

GENERAL STATEMENT.

ATLANTIC COAST AND GULF OF MEXICO.

10

IN CHARGE OF LIEUT. COL. JARED A. SMITH, CORPS OF ENGINEERS—
Lubec Channel, Me., Moose-a-bec Bar, Me., 11; Narraguagus River, Me., 12; break-
water from Mount Desert to Porcupine Island, Me., Bagaduce River, Me., Bangor
Harbor and Penobscot River, Me., 13; Belfast Harbor, Me., Camden Harbor, Me.,
14; Rockport Harbor, Me., Rockland Harbor, Me., 15; Kennebec River at Bath,
and from Augusta to lower end of Perkins Island, Me., Portland Harbor, Me., 16;
channel in Back Cove, Portland, Me., 17; breakwater at mouth of Saco River, Me.,
Saco River, Me., 18; Kennebunk River, Me., York Harbor, Me., 19; Portsmouth
Harbor, N. H., Bellamy River, N. H., Cocheco River, N. H., 20; harbor of refuge,
at Little Harbor, N. H., 21; examinations and surveys, 22.

IN CHARGE OF LIEUT. COL. George L. GilLESPIE, CORPS OF ENGINEERS-
Newburyport Harbor, Mass., 22; Merrimac River, Mass., 23; Powow river, Mass.,
Ipswich River, Mass., 24; harbor of refuge, Sandy Bay, Cape Ann, Mass., Glou-
cester Harbor, Mass., 25; Manchester Harbor, Mass., Lynn Harbor, Mass., 26;
Winthrop Harbor, Mass., Boston Harbor, Mass., 27; Malden River, Mass., Hing-
ham Harbor, Mass., 29; Scituate Harbor, Mass., 30; Plymouth Harbor, Mass.,
Wellfleet Harbor, Mass., 31; Provincetown Harbor, Mass., examinations and sur-
veys, 32.

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