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"On the 10 rolls of this microfilm publication are reproduced the monthly returns received from Regular Army engineer battalions by the Adjutant General's Office from September 1846 to June 1916, with related forms of the Adjutant General's Office that were filed with these returns. Most of the returns are a part of Record Group 94, Records of the Adjutant General's Office; the remainder are a part of Record Group 391, Records of United States Regular Army Mobile Units, 1821-1942"--Page 1.
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