. Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt : giving hitherto unpublished official orders, personal narratives of important military operations, and interviews with President Lincoln, Secretary Stanton, General-in-chief Halleck, and with Generals McDowell, McClellan, Meade, Hancock, Burnside, and others in command of the armies in the field, and his impression of these men . cks in four hours, requiring transportation ofonly about eight pounds of ropes, cords, and material to each man. By-means of these boats, rafts, ferries and bridges can be formed capableof crossing infantry at the rate of from
. Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt : giving hitherto unpublished official orders, personal narratives of important military operations, and interviews with President Lincoln, Secretary Stanton, General-in-chief Halleck, and with Generals McDowell, McClellan, Meade, Hancock, Burnside, and others in command of the armies in the field, and his impression of these men . cks in four hours, requiring transportation ofonly about eight pounds of ropes, cords, and material to each man. By-means of these boats, rafts, ferries and bridges can be formed capableof crossing infantry at the rate of from 10,000 to 20,000 men per hour;also artillery and wagon-trains. They will render possible operationswhich have been considered impossible by the best military engineers. All these operations have been tested experimentally and illus-trated by photographs exhibiting actual results. The ConstructionCorps has rendered valuable service in making these experiments attimes when they would have been otherwise unemployed. Instead ofallowing the men to remain idle in camp, they have been constantlyexercised and employed in some way by which they could be made topay expenses. This report, with a complete set of photographs illustrative ofoperations in construction and transportation, is herewith respectfullysubmitted. H. HAUPT,In Charge of United States Military
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