Evening journal., 1901-07-27
NEW ENGTNEER
FOR RIVER WORK
Raymond 10 be Relieved BY
Major ROSSeII
CAPTAIN COSBY TRANSFERRED
New Officers Will Take Charge Of
the Delaware River improvement
Next October

Army orders published this morning
announce that Major William r.. Ros.
sell. now stationed at Mobile. Ala. will
relieve Lieutenant Colonel Charles w
Raymond, ia charge OF the improve
hents OF Delaware river and harbor
captain Spencer Cosby. who has been
assistant 10 Colonel Raymond and has
had supervision Of the Delaware foiti-
hcatons, is ordered tO relieve Major
Rosscll at Mobile
Colonel Raymond has been for some
lime member of the board i'm New
York which acts i'm an advisory capa-
city. and has given about half of bia
time TO the work there. m has been
thought for some time that he mipht
be relieved from the re,.
uiar work Cf supervision IN.
Philadelphia and stil retain gen
eral oversight Whether the deter
mined stand he is known 10 have as-
sumod in the matter of having con-
tract requirements lived up to I'm the
work OF Improvement has in anv way
initiated TO bring about the change
was a question on which there waR
some speculation last night among
those interested in the work
Major Rossell who Is to 70 10 phila-
delphia. has the reputation OF being an
ehieient engineer He was graduated
from West Point In 1873. and was for
some time In charge OF work az Port
land, Me. He has been at Mobile for
the last six years.
Colonel Raymond began his wcrl,
in the PliladelIhia district In 1890. He
was gra iuatcd from the academy in
1868. He was the FIRST 90 explore thor
.oughly for the gol crnment the Yukon
river. Alaska. For yenrs he has been
Ia member OF various important engl-
neering boards, and Is one OF the most
widely-knOwn officers I'm the service
The appointment 20 the district OF
Mobile is, for an officer OF Captain
Cosby's rank. one that is hlghly CONF
plimentary to his ability
CaI'ain Cosby entered West Point
in 1887, az l9 years Of age. by appoint
mont of President Cleveland. and was
graduated four years later The cadets
showing greatest scholarships are ap-
pointed to the Engineer COrrs and
Captain Cosby was placed at Willetts'
Point n. Y, with the rank Of second
lieutenant to assist Lieutenant Colonel
w. r. King, upon whose recent death
Colonel Raymond received promotion.
For three years Lieutenant COSBY
assisted in planning the harbor de-
fenses Of New York city. and in July
1894. was appointed to assist Lieuten-
ant Colonel Raymond. then mayor. in
charge of the engineering work I'm the
Delaware river and harbor
HAS CHARGE OF FORTIFICATIONs.
All the modern batteries at Fort
Mott, Fort Delaware and Delaware
shore have been placed in the last
four years under Captain Cosby's per-
sonal supervision. Under Colonel Ray
mcnd's direction, he planned the plac-
ing of torpedocs and the arrangement
of the submarine mines constructed
since the outbreak OF war. and has been
actively engaged in superintending thel
progress Of the work. Fort Mott, the
largest and most powerful single bat
terry in the country. was, under his d.
recticn. made ready for the reception
of the Fourteenth Pennsylvania Vol
untecrs. who arrived there Sunday
night last.
During the Spanish war Captain
Cosby was an engineer in the volun-
ter service with the rank Of major
Major Rossell is ordered TO proceed
to Philadelphia. not later than Octoberl
10 Major Crosby is to take station atl
Mobile not later than October I.