Eastern Division Philadelphia Wilmington, Del. Washington Norfolk Wilmington, N. C. Southeast Division Charleston Savannah Jacksonville Montgomery Gulf Division Mobile New Orleans Galveston Central Division Pittsburgh Wheeling Cincinnati (District No. 1) Cincinnati (District No. 2) Louisville Nashville Florence Chattanooga Lakes Division Buffalo Duluth Detroit (U. S. Lake Survey) Northwestern Division Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul Rock Island Western Division Kansas City St. Louis Memphis Pacific Division Los Angeles San Francisco (District No. 1) Northern Pacific Division Portland (District No. 1) Portland (District No. 2) Alaska (Juneau) The Division Engineer, who is usually not below a lieutenant colonel in rank, exercises general supervision over the execution of public works in the districts in his division. It is his duty to use every possible means to cause the work to be done efficiently and in conformity with law and regulations. He is also required to familiarize himself with the laws and projects authorizing the works and by frequent inspection and correspondence to assure himself that they are being carried out in accordance with the law, and as to whether the work is costing more or less than the estimates. He must also familiarize himself with the details of existing contracts and make sure that their terms are being fulfilled. All important papers are forwarded through the Division Engineer by the District Engineer Officers, including reports upon preliminary examinations and surveys, specifications, proposals and abstracts of bids, reports on congressional bills referred for examination, suggested modifications of projects, and correspondence relating to harbor lines, bridges, dams and other matters. In forwarding papers to the Chief of Engineers the Division Engineer is required to give a definite statement of his views on the recommendations made, either in an endorsement to the original papers or in a supplementary report. In a few instances a Division Engineer may also serve as District Engineer for one of the districts in his division. The District Engineer Office may be considered the administrative unit in all this work. Here originate most of the official papers, reports, and documents transmitted through the Division Officers and acted upon by the Chief of Engineers or referred to the Secretary of War. The District Engineers are also immediately in charge of all the improvements being constructed or maintained. They are primarily responsible for the proper construction, either by contract or by hired labor and government plant, of all works in their districts. The district offices necessarily vary in their organization in accordance with the needs and geography of each particular district, but the following gives an idea of the organization of a typical district office: I. Office 1. Office proper of the district engineer 1. Finance section 2. Correspondence section. 4. Purchases section 3. Principal assistant engineer 1. Technical engineering section 2. Field I. Assistant in the field 1. Various river and harbor works The Mississippi River Commission, which has its headquarters at St. Louis, reports directly to the Chief of Engineers. For purposes of administration its jurisdiction is divided into six districts; the northern district with headquarters at St. Louis, the dredging district and the first and second Mississippi River districts with headquarters at Memphis, the third Mississippi River district with headquarters at Vicksburg, and the fourth Mississippi River district with offices at New Orleans. The United States Lake Survey reports to the Chief of Engineers through the Division Engineer in charge of the Lakes Division. Its head office is in Detroit and branch offices are located in Buffalo, Albany, and New York. APPENDIX I OUTLINE OF ORGANIZATION EXPLANATORY NOTE The Outlines of Organization in this series of monographs have for their purpose to make known in detail the organization and personnel possessed by the several services of the national government to which they relate. They have been prepared in accordance with the plan followed by the President's Commission on Economy and Efficiency in the preparation of its outlines of the organization of the United States Government.' They differ from those outlines, however, in that whereas the commission's report showed only organization units, the presentation herein has been carried far enough to show the personnel embraced in each organization unit. These outlines are of value not merely as an effective means of making known the organization of the several services. If kept revised to date by the services, they constitute exceedingly important tools of administration. They permit the directing personnel to see at a glance the organization and personnel at their disposition. They establish definitely the line of administrative authority and enable each employee to know his place in the system. They furnish the essential basis for making plans for determining costs by organization division and subdivision. They afford the data for a consideration of the problem of classifying and standardizing personnel and compensation. Collectively, they make it possible to determine the number and location of organization divisions of any particular kind, as, for example, laboratories, libraries, blueprint rooms, or any other kind of plant possessed by the national government, to what services they are attached and where they are located, or to determine what services are maintaining stations at any city or point in the United States. 1 House Doc. 458, 62d Congress, 2d Session, 1912, 2 vols. In the present instance the necessary information has not been made available. In place of an outline of the personnel by organization units there is given the personnel employed under the various appropriations for the non-military activities of the Office of the Chief of Engineers. This information was obtained from the Budget for the fiscal year 1924. It does not include all the personnel engaged in these activities, as some of the officers of the Corps of Engineers and the personnel of the Office of the Chief of Engineers are occupied with both military and non-military work, and are paid from other appropriations. The Institute hopes that upon the completion of the present series, it will be able to prepare a complete classified statement of the technical and other facilities at the disposal of the government. The present monographs will then furnish the details regarding the organization, equipment, and work of the institutions so listed and classified. OUTLINE OF ORGANIZATION OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS Lists showing the classes and number of employees paid from each appropriation for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1922. These figures naturally vary from time to time. This is particularly true of the ordinary day laborers who are employed in greater or less numbers according to the number and size of the projects being worked on, to the size of the appropriations available, and to the seasons of the year. |