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Excerpt from Report of the Boundary Commission, Vol. 1: Upon the Survey and Remarking of the Boundary Between the United States and Mexico West of the Rio Grande, 1891 to 1896 Sir: The commissioners on the part of the United States have the honor to submit herewith their final report on the survey and re-marking of the boundary between the United States and Mexico west of the Rio Grande, pursuant to the convention between the United States and Mexico of July 29, 1882, revived by the convention of February 18, 1889, and continued until October 11, 1896, by that of April 24, 1894. The report consists of the following: First. The report of the joint commission (in triplicate, one copy being in the Spanish language), dated August 14, 1896. An atlas, bound in leather, containing 19 sheets of the boundary map. One volume, bound in leather, of 300 illustrations, showing views of the monuments and scenes adjacent to the boundary. Second. The report of the United States section of the commission, consisting of 2 volumes (in duplicate) arranged in 10 chapters, including appendixes. One atlas, bound in leather, containing 5 sheets of profile and 2 sheets, index map. Two atlases (three retained by the commissioners), each containing 19 sheets of the boundary map, 5 sheets of profile, and 2 sheets, index map, showing the adjacent country. Two volumes of illustrations (seventeen retained by the commission for distribution to the libraries of the War Department, the Military Academy at West Point, and the principal employees of the Survey. Sixteen volumes (four sets) of the photographs and about 600 negatives were previously sent to the Department. Inclosed herewith is a list of copperplates, electrotypes, original maps, survey records, etc., which are transmitted in connection with the report. In presenting this report of the work upon which the commission has been engaged during the past four years we beg leave to express our appreciation of the uniform support and kind consideration received at all times from the Department, without which our labors would have been much more difficult. We would also put on record the fact that throughout the many trying and often delicate conditions of an international character, which have of necessity arisen during the progress of the work, our associates of the Mexican commission have invariably shown a spirit of fairness and courtesy which has always rendered possible the satisfactory solution of every perplexing question. To Senor Jacobo Blanco, engineer in chief of the Mexican section, who is a thorough English scholar, special thanks are due for valuable assistance in translating and interpreting, rendering the employment of a special translator unnecessary. This report may now be laid before the President with a view to the transmission thereof to Congress. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."