Papers. 1907-1928.

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Papers. 1907-1928.

Papers include regulations; bills pertaining to the engineer detachment and remarks on these bills; pay allowance statements; troop strength statements; outline of duties, 1912-1913; papers concerning engineering instruction; official correspondence concerning the Corps of Engineers detachment's encampment at Peekskill; special orders concerning the water purification truck, 1923-1925; papers concerning the boundries of the West Point Reservation, 1928.

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