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G. 
Report of the Chief Engineer f with Tables D, E, andF, 
Engineer Department, 
November 20, 1823. 
Sii^ : Id pursuance of your order of the 5th instant, I have the ho- 
nour to report the application of the appropriations of this year, 
referring to the several fortifications, aiul the Military Academy; 
the works projected by the Board of Engineers, which have not 
been commenced, and the estimates of their cost; the present state 
of the fortifications under construction; the duties upon which the 
Soard of Engineers, and the Topographical Engineers, have been 
employed during this year; and the condition of the Military Aca- 
demy. 
The accompanying Tables, D, E, and F, and the Reports A and 
B, afford part of the information proposed above to be furnished by 
this Report. 
Table D exhibits the application of the sums appropriated this 
year for the several fortifications. 
Table E exiiibits the amount drawn for the three first quarters of 
this year, and the amount of accounts rendered for settlement under 
tjje respective a!>propriations. 
Table F exhibits the works projected by the Board of Engineers, 
which have not been commenced, and the estimates of their cost. 
The projects of a number of works, in addition to those contained 
in this Table, Iiave been completed by the Board of Engineers, but 
their Report of theni not having been received, tiiey could not be in- 
cluded in the Table, which, as it now stands, does not differ from 
that reported laat year. 
Report A, of the Board of Engineers, in conjunction with Com- 
modore Bainbridge of the Navy, relates to the practicability and 
wtility of establishing a Breakwater at the mouth of Delaware 
Bay, near Cape Henlopen, to form a harbor for the protection of 
vessels against floating ice and heavy gales. The Report submits 
twoprojects» illustrated by drawings, and contains a detailed esti- 
mate of the expense for each. 
