SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT.

3. Capt. J. N. Killian, Subsistence Department, Washington, D. C., to San Francisco, and return. Par. 2, S. O. 99, W. D., c. s.

4. Maj. H. E. Wilkins, Subsistence Department, Chicago, Ill., to San Francisco, and return. Par. 13, S. O. 102, W. D., c. s.

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

5. First Lieut. C. D. Buck, assistant surgeon, Fort Leavenworth, Kans., to San Francisco, and return.

6. First Lieut. John Hallen, assistant surgeon, Fort Sill, Okla., to San Francisco, and return.

7. First Lieut. L. M. Hathaway, assistant surgeon, from Fort Thomas, Ky., to St. Louis, Mo., to San Francisco, Cal., and return to Fort Thomas, Ky.

8. First Lieut. William A. Powell, assistant surgeon, from Jefferson Barracks, Mo., to St. Louis, Mo., to San Francisco, Cal., and return to Jefferson Barracks, Mo.

OFFICERS IN CHARGE OF RELIEF TRAINS.

9. Capt. J. A. Hutton, Twenty-seventh Infantry, Fort Sheridan, Ill., to San Francisco and return.

10. Capt. A. W. Bjornstad, Twenty-eighth Infantry, Fort Snelling, Minn., to San Francisco and return.

11. Lieut. A. F. Dannemiller, Twenty-ninth Infantry, Fort Logan, Colo., to San Francisco and return.

12. Lieut. Goodwin Compton, Twenty-sixth Infantry, Fort Sam Houston, Tex., to San Francisco and return.

13. Capt. Peter Murray, Eighteenth Infantry, Fort Leavenworth, Kans., to San Francisco and return.

14. Lieut. J. L. Benedict, Fourteenth Infantry, Vancouver Barracks, Wash., to San Francisco and return.

15. Capt. R. E. Longan, Eleventh Infantry, Fort D. A. Russell, W Wyo., to San Francisco and return.

16. Lieut. T. W. Carrithers, Twentieth Infantry, Presidio of Monterey, Cal., to San Francisco and return.

17. Capt. Jesse M. Baker, quartermaster, Portland, Oreg.. to San Francisco and return.

18. Lieut. George W. Winterburn, Ninth Cavalry, Fort Riley, Kans., to San Francisco and return.

Officers ordered to San Francisco by post commanders in obedience to telegrams from Military Secretary's Office, April 30, 1906 (1124859) sent to comply with telegram from General Greeley, dated April 29, 1906.

59TH CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. J DOCUMENT 1st Session. 1 No. 782.

OKLAWAHA RIVER, FLORIDA.

LETTER

FROM

THE SECRETARY OF WAR,

TRANSMITTING,

WITH A LETTER FROM THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, REPORTS OF EXAMINATION AND SURVEY OF OKLAWAHA RIVER, FLORIDA.

MAY 9, 1906.-Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.

WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, May 8, 1906.

SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith a letter from the Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army, of yesterday's date, together with copies of reports from Lieut. Col. James B. Quinn and Maj. Francis R. Shunk, Corps of Engineers, dated September 5, 1905, and April 6, 1906, of a preliminary examination and survey, respectively, of Oklawaha River, Florida, made by them in compliance with the provisions of the river and harbor act of March 3, 1905.

Very respectfully,

WM. H. TAFT,
Secretary of War.

The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS,

Washington May 7, 1906.

SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith for transmission to Con gress report of September 5, 1905, by Lieut. Col. James B. Quinn, Corps of Engineers, and of April 6, 1906, by Maj. Francis R. Shunk, Corps of Engineers, upon preliminary examination and survey, respectively, of Oklawaha River, Florida, authorized by the river and harbor act of March 3, 1905.

Oklawaha River is at present being improved under a project which provides for clearing the channel of obstructions so as to give a navigable depth of 4 feet at low stages from the mouth to Leesburg, a distance of 94 miles. The present investigation has for its object the extension of the improvement to Lake Eustis.

As a result of the preliminary examination, the district officer expressed the opinion that Oklawaha River is worthy of improvement from its mouth to and including Silver Springs Run, a distance of about 62 miles, with a view to removing obstructions and deepening the channel to 6 feet at mean low water, but that the needs of commerce were not sufficient to warrant the expenditure of funds necessary to extend the improvement above the latter point. The cost of the work proposed, as determined by the survey, is estimated at approximately $15,000, with $600 annually for maintenance after completion.

The opinion of the local officer is concurred in by the division engineer, by the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors whose duty it is under the law to review all reports of this character, and by me. The division engineer differs with the district officer as to certain particulars of the works proposed, but it is believed that these differences can best be settled when the work, if authorized, shall actually be undertaken.

Very respectfully,

A. MACKENZIE,

Brig. Gen., Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Hon. Wм. H. TAFT,
Secretary of War.

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF OKLAWAHA RIVER, FLORIDA.

UNITED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE,
Jacksonville, Fla., September 5, 1905.

GENERAL: In compliance with Department letters of March 16, 1905, and May 4, 1905, I have the honor to submit the following report upon a preliminary examination of the Oklawaha River, Florida, from its mouth to Lake Eustis, as required by section 9 of the river and harbor act of March 3, 1905.

The examination was made July 15-18, 1905, by Mr. O. N. Bie, superintendent, whose report is substantially as follows:

The

The Oklawaha has its source in a chain of six lakes in central Florida, viz, Lakes Apopka, Beauclair, Dora, Harris, Eustis, and Griffin, having an aggregate area of about 130 square miles, and connected with each other in the order named above by small creeks which are sometimes considered parts of the river system. Oklawaha proper begins at the north end of Lake Griffin and flows in a general northerly direction 66 miles measured along the axis of the channel, and then almost due east 20 miles, where it empties into the St. Johns River at Welaka (about 105 miles above the St. Johns bar).

A survey was made in 1891 by Mr. J. H. Bacon, assistant engineer, under the direction of Maj. W. M. Black, Corps of Engineers, Ú. S. Army, and for additional information I respectfully refer to Major Black's report printed in Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1891, Appendix O, pages 1620-1627, with its accompanying map of the Oklawaha.

Commercially, the Oklawaha may be divided into three sections, viz:

First, the lake section, from Apopka down to Griffin; second, the so-called upper river, from Lake Griffin to Silver Springs Run; third, the lower river, from Silver Springs Run to the mouth.