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Show 474 LIEUTENANT- COLONEL ELLIOTT J. DENT For complainant ( R. Vol. 7, pp. 1217- 1307) He is a Lieutenant- Colonel, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army. He is fifty- two years old. " I am graduate of the United States Military Academy, Class of 1901. " On graduation I was assigned to the Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, and have risen from Second Lieutenant to Lieutenant Colonel in that Corps. I was a full Colonel during the World War. " My experience has included about twelve years with engineer troops, and the balance of the time on engineering work, mainly in connection with rivers and harbors. " Q What rivers have you had to do with? " A The Potomac, Rappahannock, James, Arkansas, White, St. Francis, Black and Currant rivers; the upper section of the Columbia river, that is, above Vancouver, Washington; a number of rivers in the Seattle district, the Sanohomith and Payallup, the principal once I think of. " I have had charge of the mouth of the Mississippi river for several years, and a number of small streams in the state of Illinois, including such as the Chefunete, Bogue Falia, Amito, Caleashiew. " The Tennessee river, beginning about twenty miles below the Muscle Shoals dam. and going down stream to its mouth. The entire Cumberland river. |