Orders and Regulations, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, 1934, Parte 4,Edição 2

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Página v - That the said corps, when so organized, shall be stationed at West Point in the state of New York, and shall constitute a military academy ; and the engineers, assistant engineers, and cadets of the said corps, shall be subject, at all times, to do duty in such places, and on such service, as the President of the United States shall direct.
Página 56 - And in the consideration of such works and projects the board shall have in view the amount and character of commerce existing or reasonably prospective which will be benefited by the improvement, and the relation of the ultimate cost of such work, both as to cost of construction and maintenance, to the public commercial interests involved, and the public necessity for the work and propriety of its construction, continuance, or maintenance at the expense of the United States.
Página 57 - The president of the university is to be appointed by the President of the United States, with the consent of the Senate. The...
Página 58 - Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, for the construction, completion, repair, and preservation of the public works hereinafter named: ***** Sec.
Página 56 - To study and report upon general hydraulic and hydraulicmining conditions and matters affecting or affected by them and to make surveys, mature and adopt plans for the purpose of improving the navigability, deepening the channels, and protecting the banks of the rivers, and affording relief...
Página v - ... quality of the environment; (3) to give full consideration to the social consequences of water resource development; and (4) to foster regional development when compatible with national economic development. THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS The US Army Corps of Engineers dates back to the Revolutionary War. On 16 June 1775, the day before the battle of Bunker Hill, the Continental Congress appointed a Chief Engineer and two assistants for the Grand Army.
Página 56 - Engineers, be reviewed in like manner by said board ; and the said board shall also, on request by resolution of the Committee on Commerce of the Senate or the Committee on Rivers and Harbors of the House of Representatives...
Página v - This Corps was disbanded in 1783, and the present Corps of Engineers may be said to have originated in the Act of March 16, 1802, fixing the new military establishment. This Act authorized the President to organize and establish a Corps of Engineers consisting of five officers and ten cadets to be stationed at West Point, New York and to "constitute a Military Academy.
Página vi - Under the direction of the Secretary of War as many officers, not below the rank of lieutenantcolonel, as may be necessary, may be assigned by the Chief of Engineers as division engineers, through whom all matters connected with engineering project, plan, and construction shall be submitted by district officers within the division to the Chief of Engineers, and through whom the order of the Chief of Engineers upon the same subjects will be communicated.
Página 56 - ... undertaking such improvements at the expense of the United States. The work of the board has been extended to include passing upon the plans of local authorities for terminal improvements In order to determine their adequacy under the provisions of section 1 of the river and harbor act of March 2...

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