122 Aecount o/ the War Dcpof in Frame. [Sept. i, 



ineiiting tlie collection with tlie works of of the anny was cflentiai to his plHiu, 

 olhur nutioiis. eftahlinicd pcriotliciU alfcmblics in tlie 



III the C'urolhricnt of charts, cither en- comu il-liall, of liciifial oiliciTs, iot llit- 

 • gVaM;d or in mauulcript, attention is had purpolc of dilruriin;; inilitarytopjcs. 

 to their geographical polition; to that At a public conference, iield on the 

 sJl interior top(^;y aphical ijifomialion 10th X'cndeniaiio, the (jeiierai exiilaincd 

 may be found claiicd with the divilifm al- to the mecthia his vi(;ws toward* peifett- 

 lottcd to the country of whicii It lonns a inp; the expectations of the anny, aiul 

 p;,it. the intentions of (Government. Ih; pro- 



Jii the year (1801), tl;e Depot was jxifed, that, a luiuibor of literary cliaiac- 

 rnriched by liinc plates of the geoij;raphy teis, to be named by the Director, Ihould 

 of Fiance, by Robert llelVeln, and an be cmi)Ioyed in coninieiicin2 a work com- 

 iiitinity of topf graphical iiifonnation ; prehciilive of the i;eneral importance ol' 

 the fruits'of the co if(ueft;^ of the I'rench the War J)cp'ot, to be continued under the 

 armies, arrived from Italv— ciiielly from jiatniuaj^e of Gi)vernineut, with views of 

 Turin, and a variety of iiiterifiinL; works inilitary operations, und heroic achievc- 

 are preparing from thefe Mduablc miile- meiit.'^. 

 x'lXiVi. 'J he Firll Conful havins; approved this 



In Italy, the r.n|Tineer olTicers hcgan a meafure, the v.ork is in hand. 

 prnieclion of the coimliy beiv\eeii tiie Ihe followini; charts luive l)een puh- 

 Adii^e and the Adda; but bein;; with- liflied at the preli of the War Depot, 

 drawn for the purpf>fe of oltablilhinp; the and are for lale : — 



Cii'iilpine frontier.-., the work was removed A chart of Ci-rfora?(< Belgium, by Fc- 

 to the Geographical Engineer Depart- rari. 



ment, and is in >;reat forwardiwfs. Uel- That of Piedmont, by Borijonio. 

 vetinm and Piedmont will alfi> occupy That of France, by Hohert Hcflfelo 

 tl'.cir labour. But the nioft important (nine ilieels). 



"work was the proje6tion of a plan of the That of the Canal of Langnedoc. 

 Ecpublic, combined from four points of That of the Tyror(lix fhcets). 

 view taken on the hanks of the Jthine: The falc of (,'alhni's map of France 

 tweutv-four iieoe;raphic!j,l eniiineers were has been put olf fill peace; the others 

 employed on this fei-vice, under the di- are I'old at hall-price to the military, by 

 rcrtion of Franchot the attronomcr. order of (jovernnient. 



The f^reat utility of the (Jeojraphical The foliowiii;^ is an abftraft of the con- 

 F.nijirui'r (,'orps became now fo evident, tents of the \\ ar Depot : — 

 that it was propofed to keep them in con- Independently of 8000 felect vohiines, 

 llaiit pay and employment*. 'J'his pro- atnoni; wbic h are many very valuable at- 

 jert wa.s laid before Go^ernmcjU by Cle- his's, of '^TOO \olumes of ti;e ancient ar- 

 Jieral Clarke; iiut that olhce r bcinj; foon chives, and ot" more than yuo rolls of 

 at"ter appointed JWiniAer I'leaipotentiary oritrinal modern plans : the Depot con- 

 to the Court of Etruria, was fucceeded Uiiiis 1;>1 volumes and fe^ entv-eight rolls 

 Jjy General Andreoih, IiilpeiHor-Genei-d of narrative, each of which is compofed 

 of Artillery ; and Pafcal \ allor;ine, L'liif of at lealt iifty indh idual memoirs; 470O 

 flfe i)r;'ff./t/c of Engineers, replaced Haf- i ii>j;iaved maps, of Mdieli there are from 

 trcl, who accompanied General Clarke. two to twenty-live copies of each, witli- 

 Gcneral Andreofli's firft ob')eCt was to out countins: thole printed at the Depot, 

 -rtfnhrm the re};ulations of his predecef- and more than 74(X) mamifcript plans or 

 lor, by hailening their completion; and dra\\in;rs of marches, encainpnientS, and 

 eve-ry objeft under his dircivtu in h:is been battles. 



iti>|^f('ivf(l ; he lias united defcriptive me- The Depot furnilhed, by order of Go- 

 rrioirs with their topographical plans ;■ and vermiieiit, in the conrfe of the war, 7273 

 that Government, as well as liiflory, engraved maps, '207 luamifcvipt plans 

 might be enlightened on the fu'bjec!-!.,' the or drawings, Gl athus's of ditfereiit parts 

 arrangement has been confided to othccrs of the globe, and- upwards of COO nar- 

 of great talent and intelligence. rative memoir;,. 



The General, alfo aware that an ini-/ Great part, if hot the whole, of the 

 tnediate communication Wi\.h the heads latter fuutl htivc been difperfcd amoii" 



— 1: — '. -, olficers in the army. They form aeliaha 



* The expcnccs of the DepGt, independr V' ^"'^o^'' l^"t will, doubtlefs, be rc^ 

 tnt of this Corps, as well as clerks, araoun?-. fl-Ored to their forincr Itation, througli the 

 ed, at thiB time, .to 110,000 iVaacs pet an- metliation of Govcn.ment : ftill, with alj[ 

 |M;rn. iLtfe uifudvaiita;jes, it miJi Le evident to' 



