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Show ( Ai'ifiy Aiifiy Army ) ( in hn ) pursuance of his 860 duty will ( testily testffr ) ( to 'to to ) tlie facts ( as las ) lie ( understands understaiids ) ( tliem thein ) . I ( don't dont ) think it ( makes mtalces ) the slightest . difference how ( he lie ) came ( into bito ) ( Qie1 tlia ) case . ( "Mr Mr "Air Air ) . ( BLACKMAR BLACKMAIR ) . Except for this reason , ( thatiihe' thatiihe ) ( Army Axiiiy ) Engineers are the only engineers in the United States who study rivers from the ( stand stand- stand ) , point of navigation . ( "The The ) SPECIAL MASTER . You can bring ( those- those ) ( tilings things ) out in qualifying the witness . I do not think it makes any difference how he came into thek case . ( "I I ) assume an ( Army Ariny ) Engineer will testify to ( the them ) facts as he sees them . " ( R . 1274-1275 . ) With the matters in mind to which he has ( just just- just ) referred in his examination , ( he lie ) did endeavor in journeys over these rivers to investigate , observe , and make a note of impediments to navigation in so far as such impediments might show the limit of practical navigation under the ( existing existing- existing ) conditions . ( ( E R ) . 1275 . ) Mr . Archie D . Ryan and Mr . Bert Loper , who was the boatman for the trip , went ( with Nitb ) him on ( his his- his ) trip down . ( R . 1275-1276 . ) The supplies carried with them were expected to last about six ( days-they daysthey ) would have . They had about twelve gallons of gasoline , weighing about eight pounds per gallon ; ( an ail ) ( out-board outboard ) motor , total weight fifty pounds , three bed rolls , about one hundred and twenty pounds for the three ; ( rations Tations ) ten pounds a day , total sixty pounds ; kitchen |
