160 REPORT ON EXCHANGES. 



Ordnance notes — Continued. 



No. 319. Infantry fire versus artillery fire. By Col. Lonsdale Hale, Staff 



College. 8 p. 4to. Paper. 

 No. 320. The duties of the personnel of a battery of field artillery in action. 



By Lieut. Col. B. Kemmis, R. A. 12 p. 4to. Paper. 

 No. 322. The combination anvil in small-arm cartridge, lp. and 5 pi. 4to. 

 Paper. 

 Index to notes : 



23G-259. 4to. Paper. 

 260-284. 4to. Paper. 

 285-219. 4to. Paper. 



Quartermaster-General. 



Specifications of the plumber work and materials required in the construction and 

 completion of the various buildings comprising the United States Army and Navy 

 Hospital at Hot Springs, Ark. 



1. Specifications. 9 p. 8vo. Paper. 



2. Plans. 20 pi. 8vo. Paper. 



3. Circular. 4 p. 8vo. Paper. 



The military shoe. By Maj. S. A. Salquin. 58 p. 8vo. Paper. 



Signal Office. 

 Professional papers : 



No. IX. Charts and tables showing geographical distribution of rainfall in 

 the United States. By H. H. C. Dunwoody, first lieutenant, Fourth Ar- 

 tillery. 51 p. and pi. 4to. Paper. 

 No. XI. Meteorological and physical observations on the east coast of British 

 America. By R. A. Taft Sherman. 202 p. 4to. Paper. 

 Signal Service notes : 



No. 9. Weather proverbs. By H. H. C. Dunwoody, first lieutenant, Fourth 

 Artillery. 148 p. 8vo. Paper. 

 Official danger, distress, and storm signal code for Signal Service sea-coast stations 

 and mariners. 74 p. 8vo. Paper. 



Subsistence Department. 



Regulations governing the clerical and other employe's in the office of the Commis- 

 sary-General of Subsistence. 8 p. 8vo. Paper. 



Surgeon- General. 



Medical and surgical history of the war of the rebellion. Part III. Surgical volume. 

 986 p. 29 p. Index. 4to. Cloth. 



Standard supply table of the Medical Department of the United States Army, 1883. 

 30 p. 8vo. Paper. 



Index catalogue of the library. Vol. IV. 1033 p. 4to. Paper. 



Circular No. 3. September 1, 1883. Instructions for the government of medical offi- 

 cers in preparing the medical and surgical reports of the Army Medical Depart- 

 ment. 21 p. 8vo. Paper. 



The foregoing list of official documents received from the Public 

 Printer during the year 1883 represents 721 distinct publications; each 

 being delivered in 50 copies, they form an aggregate of 36,250 copies, 

 weighing 21,005 pounds, and were packed in two boxes apiece for each 

 set, which now consists of 19 boxes of about 2G0 pounds weight. 



