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diately adjacent to the coast and a large number 

 of trucks for work in the interior of the country. 

 The various survejdng units are each equipped 

 with the most modern surveying instruments and 

 appliances for undertaking the work assigned to 

 them. The Washington office, located in the new 

 Department of Commerce building, is adequately 

 equipped to handle the material received from 

 the field and to convert it into the various products 

 of the Bureau. 



SURVEYING VESSELS DISPLACEMENT OFFICERS CREW 



oceanographer 1,400 12 59 



Surveyor 1,150 11 59 



Discoverer 1,180 12 57 



Guide 1,180 12 57 



Pioneer 1,180 12 57 



Pathfinder 875 9 71 



Lydonia 585 7 49 



Fathomer 550 7 41 



Explorer 450 7 45 



Hydrographer 987 10 51 



Gilbert 90 3 12 



Westdahl 90 3 12 



Also 13 enclosed power launches of from 25 to 

 45 tons displacements, 2 to 4 officers, 5 to 10 

 crew. 

 Staff: Director, Hydrographic & Geodetic Engineer, 



Rear Admiral R. S. Patton. 

 Assistant-Director, Hydrographic & Geodetic 



Engineer, Commander J. H. Hawley. 

 Head of Division of Hydrography and Topog- 

 raphy, Hydrographic & Geodetic Engineer, 



Captain G. T. Rude. 

 Head of Division of Geodesy, Hydrographic & 



Geodetic Engineer, Captain C. L. Garner. 

 Head of the Division of Charts, Hydrographic & 



Geodetic Engineer, Commander L. O. Colbert. 

 Head of Division of Terrestrial Magnetism and 



Seismology, Hydrographic & Geodetic Engi- 

 neer, Captain N. H. Heck. 

 Head of the Division of Tides and Currents, 



Hydrographic & Geodetic Engineer, Captain 



P. C. Whitney. 

 Head of the Division of Instruments, D. L. 



Parkhurst. 

 Accountant, J. M. Griffin. 

 Chief Clerk, C. H. Dieck. 



Field force composed of 171 hydrographic and 

 geodetic engineers, junior hydrographic and 

 geodetic engineers, and aides, 10 magnetic ob- 

 servers, 30 tide observers, 41 mates, engineers, 

 surgeons, deck officers, etc., appro.ximately 500 

 enlisted men, and an average of 160 additional 



employees who are necessary to insure the effec- 

 tive work of shore parties, besides a number of 

 laborers hired for brief periods when needed. 



Office force, composed of mathematicians, 

 cartographers, draftsmen engravers, instmment 

 makers, printers, accountants, clerks, etc., num- 

 bering 208. 



There is a field station at Manila, and the officer 

 in charge, representing the director, has authority 

 to arrange for the conduct of insular field and 

 office operations, and to prepare and publish 

 charts and sailing directions for the Philippine 

 Islands. There are field stations also at Boston, 

 New York, New Orleans, San Francisco, Seattle, 

 and Honolulu. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: It would be of 

 particular value if scientific workers outside of 

 the Coast and Geodetic Survey could have the 

 opportunity to utilize the large amount of scien- 

 tific data now in its archives. It is probable 

 that scientific men working at universities or in 

 private research laboratories might be desirous of 

 attacking certain problems by the use of the data 

 of this Bureau. The studies might be of such a 

 nature that the institution or laboratory could 

 not or would not finance the investigations. If 

 Congress would authorize having studies made 

 at the Washington office by outside scientific 

 men and, while they were being made, would 

 pay salaries that would be .sufficient to cover at 

 least the living expenses of the workers, men 

 from educational institutions might work here 

 during their Sabbatical years or during the 

 usual summer vacation. The cost of such in- 

 vestigations would be quite small but the product 

 might be of marked value. 



Income: Source: Federal appropriation. 



Amount: Approximately $3,000,000 per annum. 



Provision for ■publication of results: Publishes its own 

 nautical charts, and Department of Commerce 

 Aeronautical charts. Receives allotment from 

 Department of Commerce for standard publica- 

 tions such as Coast Pilots, Tide and Current 

 publications, triangulation, leveling, and magnetic 

 and seismological data. Papers are also published 

 in various scientific journals. 



United States Coast Guard ('37) 



Location: Washington, D. C. 



Organization to which attached: United States Treas- 

 ury Department. 



The following is a statement prepared by Rear 



