Email Record: Cape Fear River, N.C. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting pursuant to section 1 of the River and Harbor Act approved January 21, 1927, a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated September 26, 1933, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, containing a general plan for the improvement of Cape Fear River, N.C., for the purposes of navigation and efficient development of its water power, the control of floods, and the needs of irrigation.