No. 166. WASHINGTON, October 26, 1904. The following Executive Order, dated June 30, 1904, modifying the military reservation set apart as a site for a signal station and base of supply for the Fort Liscum-Fort Egbert military telegraph line by Executive Order, dated March 10, 1903 (General Orders, No. 37, Headquarters of the Army, March 25, 1903), is published for the information and guidance of all concerned: WHITE HOUSE, June 30, 1904. It is hereby ordered that all that tract of land situate near the easterly shore of Valdez Bay, District of Alaska, at the northwest corner of McKinley street extended and Reservation avenue extended. in the town of Valdez, being a rectangular tract of land fronting 182 feet on Reservation avenue extended and 75 feet on McKinley street extended, as shown on a plat hereto attached, marked Plat 2 and also designated as Map B, said plat having upon its face a recommendation for the making of this and other reservations signed by District Judge James W. Wickersham. District Attorney Nathan V. Harlan, and United States Marshal George G. Perry, and bearing date at Valdez, of December 3, 1903; and also all that tract of land at the northeast corner of McKinley street extended and Reservation avenue extended, being a rectangular tract fronting 140 feet on Reservation avenue extended, 69 feet on McKinley street extended, and 69 feet on a 20-foot alley extending between Court street and Reservation avenue extended. as shown on the plat above mentioned, be and the same are hereby reserved and set apart for military purposes. It is hereby further ordered that all that tract of land described as the east half of the square bounded by McKinley street extended, Reservation avenue extended. Hobart street extended, and Court street, fronting 140 feet on Reservation avenue extended, 204 feet on Hobart street extended. 140 feet on Court street and 204 feet on the aforementioned alley, as shown on the plat above mentioned, be and the same is hereby reserved and set apart for a site for a court house and jail and placed under the control of the Department of Justice. It is hereby further ordered that there be withdrawn from any reservation of land heretofore existing all lands within the limits of the aforementioned streets and alleys and all lands within the claims of J. Shepard and W. S. Amy and F. M. Brown, lying west of the aforementioned alley and north of lands heretofore reserved for the War Department, as shown in the plat above mentioned and another plat marked Plat I and also designated as Map A, hereto attached. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. BY ORDER OF THE ACTING SECRETARY OF WAR: ADNA R. CHAFFEE, Lieutenant General, Chief of Staff OFFICIAL: F. C. AINSWORTH, The Military Secretary. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 167. WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, October 28, 1904. The accompanying tables are published for the information of the Army: The competitors named in Tables 1, 2, and 3 are announced as the winners of the prizes prescribed for army competitions, and those named in Tables 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 as the winners of the prizes prescribed for division competitions. BY ORDER OF THE ACTING SECRETARY OF WAR: OFFICIAL: ADNA R. CHAFFEE, Lieutenant General, Chief of Staff. F. C. AINSWORTH, The Military Secretary. |