392 ANNUAL EEPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



ENGINEEKING ASSIGNMENTS TO ARMY POSTS AND CAMPS. 



Eighteen engineers were detailed by the bureau to prepare plans 

 and superintend the construction of roads in the 16 National Army 

 cantonments and one National Guard mobilization camp, located as 

 folloAvs: 



Camp Devens Ayer, IMass. 



Camp Upton Yaphank, L. I. 



Camp Dix Wriclitstowii, N. J. 



Camp Meade Admiral, INId. 



Camp Lee Petersburg, Va. 



Camp Jackson Columbia, S. C. 



Camp Gordon Cliamblee, Ga. 



Camp Sherman Chill icothe. Ohio. 



Camp Taylor Louisville, Ky. 



Camp Custer Battle Creek, Mich. 



Camp Grant ■ Rockford. 111. 



Camp Pike Little Kock, Ark. 



Camp Dodge Des Moines, Iowa. 



Camp Funston Fort Tfiley, Kans. 



Camp Travis San Antonio, Tex. 



Camp Lewis American l^ake, Wash. 



Camp McClellan Anniston, Ala. 



The assign]nent of these men occurred in July, 1917, and the period 

 of their assignments varied from three months to a year or more. 

 The total construction planned and supervised by these engineers 

 aggregated several hundred miles and included practically all types 

 of construction, from sand-chi}^ to first-class bituminous surfaces and 

 concrete roads. 



In addition to this work other activities in road construction not 

 heretofore separately mentioned are as follows : 



Eoads were planned and their construction supervised for the 

 ^larine Corps at Quantico, Va., and for the Bureau of Ordnance at 

 the EdgeAvood Arsenal, Gunpowder, Md.. and outside of canton- 

 ments, usually from the cantonment to a city in the vicinity at the 

 following places: Alexandria, Va., to Camp Hmnphreys; Alexan- 

 dria, La., to Camp Beauregard; Little Eock. Ark., to Camp Pike; 

 Columbia, S. C, to Camp Jackson; Spartanburg, S. C, to Camp 

 WadsAvorth; Greenville, S. C, to Camp Sevier; Petersburg, Va., to 

 Camp Lee; Anniston, Ala., to Camp McClellan. 



Several of the above projects were carried out in cooperation be- 

 tween the Federal Government and the State highwa}- departments 

 under the Federal aid road act of 1916. 



ENGINEERING ASSIGNMENTS TO SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS FOR OTHER FEDERAL 



BRANCHES. 



Que engineer was loaned to the ITnited States Housing Corpora- 

 tion as consulting engineer on roads and streets necessar}^ in con- 

 nection with housing developments. This assignment was made in 

 July, 1918, and the engineer gave his entire time to the Avork until 

 shortly after hostilities ceased. 



One highway engineer was detailed to assist the Emergency Fleet 

 Coi'poration in planning roads and streets in connection with ship- 

 yard developuients. lie gave his entire time to this Avork from 

 !March 5, 1918, until after the ceasing of hostilities. 



Complete and detailed higliAvays maps Avere made, utilizing as 

 far as practicable topographic sheets of the United States Geological 



