. Cassier's magazine . to Europe and became consult-ing engineer to the railroad department of the Rus-sian Government, then beginning to take an activeinterest in railway construction, and acted as civilengineer in consultation with Count Kleinmichael,General Melnikoff, and other Russian engineersin the construction of the permanent way of therailway from St. Petersburgh to Moscow. For hisservices in connection with the development ofrailways in Russia, Major Whistler received theCross of the Order of St. Ann from the Em-peror Nicholas I. Major Whistler continued inthe service of the Russian
. Cassier's magazine . to Europe and became consult-ing engineer to the railroad department of the Rus-sian Government, then beginning to take an activeinterest in railway construction, and acted as civilengineer in consultation with Count Kleinmichael,General Melnikoff, and other Russian engineersin the construction of the permanent way of therailway from St. Petersburgh to Moscow. For hisservices in connection with the development ofrailways in Russia, Major Whistler received theCross of the Order of St. Ann from the Em-peror Nicholas I. Major Whistler continued inthe service of the Russian Government until hisdeath, which occurred at St. Petersburgh in railways with which he had so much to doin Russia were equipped with rolling stock con-structed at the government works at Alexan-droffsky, near St. Petersburgh, under con-tracts with American engineers, Messrs. Harrison,Winans & Eastwick. Major Whistler had severalchildren, the most noted being the late JamesA. MacNeill Whistler, the MAJOR GEORGE WASHINGTON WHISTLER, U. S. A. See Reverse Side mtCassiers Magazine Vol XL AN ENGINEERING MONTHLY AUGUST, iqil
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