Extracts from the evidence before the Commission Upon Certain Bureaus Referring to the Signal Corps, Washington City, 1886
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content: Belknap, William W. (William Worth), 1829-1890
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content: Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
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content: Greely, Adolphus Washington
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content: Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893
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content: Hazen, William Babcock, 1830-1887
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content: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
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content: Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888
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content: Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
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content: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
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content: William Babcock Hazen Papers
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content: William Babcock Hazen Papers / Series 6: Publications
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content: Box 7, Folder 23
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: This is the system of volunteer observers that was organized by the Smithsonian in 1850 and of which General Myer took charge in 1873. Four appendixes of which the last two deal with the future of the Signal Corps. Appendix III Letter from the Chief Signal Officer to Hon. W.B. Allison, ... detailed statement of the management of the Signal Service and the advantages which the military system affords ... . And Appendix IV Letter of Secretary Lincoln to Congress Opposing A Permanent Military Organization for the Signal Corps.