A ..
I found those. Carl Giroux was one. McAlpine was, I think maybe McAlpine was
chief of engineering, maybe before Slichter. I found an organization chart of the
Construction Division in `42 and that had military officers as the heads of all of the
branches. There may not have been an Engineering Division.
But after that, McAlpine, Giroux, and Hathaway, were all listed in different
categories, but they were generally special assistants, although they called them
something else back then. This one here in 1949 had McAlpine, Giroux, and
Hathaway, Stuck, and Steele as the Board of Review. They'd all been chiefs of
branches or divisions before they got into that special category. So I just couldn't
find anyone ahead of Slichter when I went there. My 1942 chart, of which I have
a copy for you, indicates there was no separate Civil Works engineering division.
There was just a Construction Division with Brigadier General T.M. Robbins as
Chief. Lieutenant Colonel J.M. Stratton was Chief of the Engineering Branch, and
B.R. Wood and Giroux were the heads of the River and Harbor and Flood Control
Sections.
Q ..
I also found that Carter Page was in planning. Do you remember him at all?
A ..
Oh, yes. I think he died rather early. George Beard followed him, and he was the
one I knew better. Then he, later during his career, resigned and went out to
Portland with the big power company out there. Of the people close to the front
office, I knew Gene Weber better because he was on the International Joint
Commission for many years when I was on all those working committees and
boards.
Q ..
Now he was a special assistant to the Assistant Chief of Civil Works in the ' 5 0 s ,
wasn't he?
A ..
Yes. Then he spent a lot of time with the International Joint Commission until he
had to transfer. The geologist that I was trying to think of, his name of was.
Q ..
E. E. Burwell?
A.
Ed Burwell, yes. Bousquet was in Project Planning. He went off to the committee
up in Congress that held the Corps' budget hearings.
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