Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17
President Proposes Changes
in Office Recently Held
by Gen. JadWin.
GREAT FLOOD CONTROL
WORK WILL BE DIVIDED
Increase in Public Projects Consid-
cred Necessitating Certain
Reorganization Moves.

President Hoover today appointed
Brig. Gen. Lytle Brown of the Engineer
Corps of the Army, now commanding
the 10th Brigade on the Canal Zone, to
be Chief of the Corps Of Engineers, to
succeed Lieut.. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, re-
Gently retired. He will have. the rank
of major general for four years from
the date of his acceptance Of the new
position.
In announcing the selection Of Gen.
Brown to take over the direction OF the
gigantic public works program OF the
Government, President Hoover revealed
several important alterations he has de-
cided upon in the organization OF the
Chief Of Engineers ONCE.
In making these alterations, tne
President pointed out that the very
large increase in the public works pro-.
grams during the last two years, ano
the prospect of still greater programs IN
the future, has made 1t desirable that
there be more definite responsibility,
more localized administration ana more
continuity in direction than hitherto.
Purpose Of President.
His purpose, therefore, Is to appoint
an engineer to have direct responsibility
for the whole Of the new Hood control
and other works on the lower MlSSls-
sippi and the appointment OF another
engineer to have full responsibility for
the Improvement Of the upper Missis-
sippi. the Missouri, Ohio. Illinois and
other tributaries to the inland waterway
Also the proposal includes the ap-
pointment of third engineer to nave
responsibility and full charge OF the
work on the Great Lakes and the de-
velopment which may be undertaken on
the st. Lawrence River. Some estimate
of the Importance attached 10 tnese
projects by President Hoover Is gath
cred from representations he has made
to the effect that he considers each OF
these three great segments over future
years as amounting to more than the
construction of the Panama Canal.
Because of the great Importance OF
each of these projects and the neceS-
sity for individual direction, 1t. Is the
desire of the President , to centralize
responsibility and to centralize the work
on the spot instead of In, Washingtons
as has been thes case In the past.
Engineers to Be Named.
Each Of the engineers to be placed In
will have headquarters in their respec-
tive fields of activity. They have not
yet been selected, but they will be ap-
pointed from the Engineer Corps OF the
Army
President Hoover gave considerable
study to the selection Of the man to
succeed Gen. Jadwin as the head Of the
Army Engineer Corps, realizing the tre-
mendous responsibility to be assumed by
this officer. The President looked very
carefully into the records OF the lead
ing officers Of the Engineer Corps and
it was only after he had devoted much
time to the subject that he finally set
tied upon Gen. Brown. In announcing
the latter's appointment today no men
ton was made Of whether Brig. Gen.
Herbert Deakyne would remain as as
sistant chief of the corps.
The new chief of Engineers was born
in Nashville, Tenn, November %, 1872.
He was graduated from West Point In
1898 and his first service was at Phil
lips Point, N. Y. During the Spanish
American War he was with the Fifth
Army Corps and saw service In Cuba.
He returned to duty at Phillips Point,
N. Y, where he remained until 1900,
Manila. During his service in Manila,
lasting two years, he was engaged in
numerous surveys and in the construc-
ton Of Santa Cruz bridge.
Served rs Instructor.
Gen. Brown served as instructor Of
mathematics, civil and military engi-
neering at the United States Military
Academy at West Point from 1902 to
1907. In that year he was placed In
command of Company E, Second Engi-
neers, and the following year was placed
in charge of the engineer district OF
Louisville, where he was stationed for
four years as district engineer in charge
of river improvements.
In 1912, having attained the grade
of major, Brown took command OF the
I'd Battalian of Engineers and served
at Fort Leavenworth, Kans.; at San
Antonio and Texas City, Tex, and with
the punitive expedition into Mexico.
From 1915 until the entrance of the
United States into the World War he
was In charge of the United States
engineer i. districts at Nashville and
Chattanooga, Tenn.
He was an instructor at the first OF
ficers' training camp at Fort McPher-
son, Ca, from May to August, 1917,
and, having attained the temporary
rank of colonel in the latter month, as
sumed command of the 106th Engineers,
at Camp Wheeler, Ga, where he served
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