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3. One baggage wagon, with the necessary horses, and a 

 driver. 



i. Tents and other field utensils, sufficient to accommo- 

 date the persons employed, and to shelter the instiunjents. 

 It will be necessary to construct the tents for the instruments 

 particularly for the purpose 



5. It would be convenient, and in many cases important, 

 that a few cadets should be added, who, by following the 

 work, would prepare themselves to take the station of the 

 officers, when they would be employed in operating by them- 

 selves, as will be mentioned hereafter. 



The duty of one of the officers will be, — to act as assis- 

 tant observer, captain of the men employed, and purser for 

 all expenditures relating to the transportation of instru- 

 ments, the construction and election of signals, and other 

 similar objects. For this purpose, it will be necessary to 

 make a yearly appropriation of about two thousand dollars, 

 of which he will have to keep an account. I suppose that 

 the support of men and horses will be comprehended under 

 the military expenditures. 



The duty of the second officer will be, — that of a lieute- 

 nant of the soldiers, and of secretary to the observers. This 

 last office is necessary for the observations. Witliout it, it 

 would be often impossible to execute them within the abso- 

 lutely necessary limit of time. 



The wagon will serve to transport the baggage, provi- 

 sions, tents, signals, tools, and such of the instruments as 

 Will bear this mode of transportation. 



The employment of the men will be, — to carry the piin- 

 cipal instruments from station to station, to erect signals, to 

 prepare the stations for observation, clearing the ways, and 

 various similar works, which will occur constantly in the 

 course of the survey. 



This mode of proceeding will make the actual expenses 

 of the survey the smallest possil)le, as the requisite aid may 

 easily be obtained from the army, without interrupting its 



