The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-19
 WORK PLANNED BY ENGINEERS Chief of Army Corps
 Reports. ESTIMATES ON WATERWAYS General Marshall Appeals for More Men. River and Harbor Improvements and Enlargement of Fortificatioas
 Have increased Beyond
 Ability of the Corps. 

Washington, D. C., Nov. 1s.--In his first annual report General ". L. Mar shall. Chief of Engineers. United States Army, makes a strong appeal for an increase in the corps of engineers.
 The present authorized engineer corps he states consists of tSe officers. He recommends an increase of 132 of- ficefs. sixty to be employed on mill tary andAcivil works Of construction, flfty-seven to be employed in three ao- dltional battalions and fifteen for reg mental organization
 General Marshall comments at con siderable length upon the increasing duties of the coxps of engineers. Al present he says only forty-four officers or about one-fourth of the corps are left under full control of the depart ment to attend to the important con- structfon works. Qualifications. river and harbor and other duties devoiyinE by law upon the corps of engineers. He says that while the number Of of- ficers Is decreasing the reverse is true of the. work.
 River and harbor improvements are now going on under appropriations of . size previously unknown. forttfica- tlon construction has been extended to island possessions and 6 large share of the Panama canal work has been entrusted to officers of the corps. EEe recommends an increase in the number of engineer battaliona from three to six and states that during the early part of 1907, nine out of a total number Of twelve engineer com panies were given work in the tropics. q much greater proportion than in the case of any other branch of the ser- vice He recommends that for the proper supervision Of the instruction and discipline of the engineer battaltons that they should be organized into regiments. each regiment to be com posed of two battniicns.
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 To avoid confusion and undesirable material he recommendar that this ir- create in the eorps bs made to extend nver . period oE about nsS yearss Tn. order that The ekfloiency ok the corps shall ba maintained at a high atand- I ard he urges the establishment Of the grades of ''serseant9 and military ovefseer." the latter to be appointed to the number of 100; also that the nonlcommissioned stan of each bat talien to be increased by a battalion train sergeant and 6 battalion commits sary sergeant.
 The Chief of Engineers submits es- inmates. of appropriations for the fiscal yeaf fs09-f6, for Qualifications aggre- gAting S7.732,2s3 Included in this amount are the following: Repair and protection of defenses of Pensacola, Florida. $507. .100;s defenses of Calves ton, Texas, &40,0 ,000;, sea coast batteries. Honolulu and Pearl Harbor. S449.000; Manila. P. l.. e2,3es 900; insta1lauon of electric plants, Honolulu and Pearl Hatbor.. S14,4e9; Philippine Islands, eSi, 500; seaRchlighfs. Pearl Harbor and Honolulu. st1.2s0; Philippine Islands. Ss1 500; electrical installation at sea coast Qualifications, s9s4,2s3. soathern States Estimates. Estimates for river and harbor work for the Southern States In detail are as follows: Arkansas and LouisIana--Ouachita and Black rivers, Lock No. 6 near Mon roe. Louisiana. and Lock No. near Roland Raft. Arkansas. $4O,s12; lock and dam near Catahoula Shoals, Louisi- ana, and at Frank lin Shoals. Arlkansas. Sl35,s23; Bayou Plaqumine. $50.0o0; Bayou Teche, s20.OOO; Arkansas River, 7S.O00; White River. sle,00O.
 Waterway from Franklin to Mermenton, $1O0,0o0; Bayou Bar tholo New, Boeuf and other rivers, s15,00o.
 .Alabama-Black Warrior. Warrior and Tomhigbee rivers, s1,0Oo.000 Mo- bile. S260.00O: Mobile bar, S342. .000; Ala bama river, s20O, 900; Tombigbee, Ala bama and Mississippi, s5s,000. Florida-Biscayne Bay s27.00O: With lacoochee River. $50,O0O; Apalachicola Bay. $S0,000; Carrabelle bar, $75.000; HeIlsbaro Bay. s10.0o0; Key West. $5o, 000; Tampa Bay. &25,000; Pensacola, Sl50. 900; Sarasota Bay. $20,0O0; Apa- lachieola River including lower Chip ola River. s20.000; Blackivate River. 1 S25 .000; Crystal, Manotu. Anclota, Su- vance and Wtthlacoochee River, S24,- 500; Indian, 99.00o; Kissimmee, 35,0O0; Oklawaha, $6.00O; Orange, $5.000: St. Johns $47000; volusia bar, $5.00o; Choctawhatchee. $10,o00; Escambia and Conecuh. $10,000.
 Georgia-BrunswIck, SAT. 1000; Darlen and DoBoy bar, $1O,000; Altahama. Geo. nee and ocmulgee rivers. sSs,000; Flint River, $25.O00; Savannah River, S57,- 000; Coosa River, $100000; Cumber- land Sound, $50,000: waterway between Savannah. Ga.. and Fernandina, Fla, $41, 1000.
 Kentucky-Kentucky River. S2IO.. 900; Chatterhoochee River, s230.000 lock and dam, Key River, s240.000.
 Tennessee-Cumberland River above Nashville. $25O.000; Tennessee below Chattanooga. $l20,000; French Broad River. s2S.000; Tennessee River above Chattanooga, $11O,0O0; Tennessee below Chattanooga. S310.000.
 South Carolina-Charleston, S25O, 900 i; Alligator Creek. s66.000: winijah Bay, 5000; Great Pedee, $10,000: Santee. Wateree and Congaree rivers. $50, ,000.
 Texas-Arkansas pass and bay, s90,- O00; Brazos River, S50,000; Galveston Hafbor, S70.00O; Galveston ship chan neI and Buffalo bayou. s55. 5.000; inland waterway on coast of Texas River. &Iz6, ,0Go; Galveston extension jettiss, S400. 900; Galveston ship channel, S425,- 900; channel Galveston Harbor to Tex as City, s5O.000; West Galveston Bay $100.O00; Port Bolivar. $50,0oO Arkan- sas pass and bay. $200. 900; Sabine pass, s200, 900; inland waterway coast. Of Texas, $100,000.
 West Virginia and Kentucky-Dam No. 1. Levisa Fork. and Dam No. l, Tug Fork, Big Sandy River. $50. GOO: steel service bridge and Lock No. i. Big Sandy River. s2s.000.
 North Carolina,-Cape Fear River below Wilmington, $100,Oo0; waterway from Pamlica Sound to Beaufort--I In