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LIST OF DOCUMENTS ACCOMPANYING THE REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR. 



I. Examination &quot;by Captain A. A. Humphreys, Topographical Engineers, of the reports of 



the explorations to determine the most practicable and economical route for a railroad 



from the Mississippi river to the Pacific ocean. 

 II. Memoranda by Captain George B. McClellan, Corps of Engineers, upon some practical 



points connected with the construction and working of railways. 



III. Letter of Major General Jesup, Quartermaster General U. S. A., upon the cost of trans 

 porting troops and supplies to California, Oregon, New Mexico, &c. 

 IV. Keport of Governor I. I. Stevens upon the route near the 4Vth parallel. 

 V. Reports of Lieutenant E. G. Beckwith, 3d Regiment of Artillery, upon the routes near 



the 41st and 38th parallels. 

 VI. Report of Lieutenant A. W. Whipple, Topographical Engineers, upon the route near 



the 35th parallel. 

 VII. Report of Captain John Pope, Topographical Engineers, upon that portion of the route 



near the 32d parallel from Preston to the Rio Grande. 

 VIII. Report of Lieutenant John G. Parke, Topographical Engineers, upon that portion 



of the route near the 32d parallel from the Rio Grande to the Gila 

 IX. Extract from the report of Major W. H. Emory, Topographical Engineers, of a military 



reconnaissance made in 1846 and 1847. 

 X. Report of Lieutenant R. S. Williamson, Topographical Engineers, of explorations in 



California in connexion with the routes near the 35th and 32d parallels. 



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