TLS dated 14 July 1905, Navy Department. Directs Lieutenant Commander Kaemmerling, USN, to examine machinery on vessels at Bath Iron Works.

Navy Department. Washington LRK-JAD July 14th, 1905. SIR:- Having been appointed Member of the Board to appraise the cost of changes in the machinery of vessels building for the Navy at the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me., you will report by letter to Rear Admiral John A. B. Smith, U.S.N., Retired, President of said Board for this duty. You are authorized to perform such travel between Boston, Mass., and Bath, Me., as may be neces- sary in the proper performance of this duty. Keep a memorandum of the travel so performed, and submit the same to the Department from time to time for its ap- proval, in accordance with the provisions of Special Order No. 73, dated April 18th, 1905, a copy of which is enclosed herewith. This is in addition to your present duties. Respectfully, Charles J. Bonaparte Secretary. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER Gustav Kaemmerling, U.S.N., Room 102 Post Office Bldg. Boston, Mass. (BUREAU STEAM ENGINEERING) ( 1 Enclosure )

[page 2] Navy Department. BUREAU OF STEAM ENGINEERING JUL 18 1905 Forwarded C. W. Rae Chief of Bureau A.E.D.