Evening star., 1933-10-18
MARKHAM TAKES
GEN. BROWNS POST.
Colonel Jumped Over Line oil
Brigadiers to Be Chief of
Army Engineers.

BY the Associated Press
DETROIT, October 18-Maj. Gen.
Edward M. Markham. newH-appointed
chief engineer of the United States War
Department, took the oath of Office here
today while attending the Great Lakes
Harbor Association Conference.
Gen. Markham who received his ap-
pointment Tuesday from President
Roosevelt, took the oath in the office Of
Maj r. c. Crawford Detroit district
engineer, upon a request from Wash
ington.
He will address the conference here
Thursday and will go to Washington
during the week end.
Jumped over whole line of briga-
diers, Col. Edward M. Markham. dis
trict engineer officer at Cleveland. is
expected to come to Washington within
the next 48 hours to assume his new
duties as chief of Army Engineers. He
will have the full rank of major gen.
eral for the next four years.
Col. Markham was designated late
yesterday by President Roosevelt to
succeed Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown. whose
term expired three weeks ago, but who
has remained on duty while officials
cast about for a successor. Gen. Brown,
who will revert to the rank of brigadier
general. has not yet received his orders
transferring him to other duties.
Along with the appointment of Col.
Markham, who was formerly an Assist
ant Engineer Commissioner of the Dis
trict of Columbia, the President desig-
otnI civ <xt1 H. nETS
including Col. Patrick w. Quincy to
succeed Brig. Gen. Louis H. Bash as
assistant to the quartermaster general.
Gen. Bash's tour expired today. Col.
Quincy is quartermaster of Sd Corps
Area headquarters in Baltimore.
Permanent Ma jor General.
Brig. Gen. Halstead Dorey, who COM
mandS the I'd Division at Fort Sam
Houston, Tex, was appointed perma-
nent major general of the line. The
newly appointed brigadier generals are
Col. Thomas E. Merrill. Field Artillery.
on duty with the Organized Reserves at
Milwaukee; Col. Alexander T. Oven
shine. Infantry. chief of staff. 2nd Di-
vision. Fort Sam Houston, Tex; Col.
William K Naylor, Infantry, r. o. T. c.
officer at the University of Illinois, and
Col. Robert o. Van Horn, Infantry.
R. o. T. C. officer at the University of
California.
Their promotions were made possible
wether L. Walker on September 80; the
promotion of Brig. Gen. Halstead
Dorey. effective October 81. and the
retirement of Brig. Gen. Joseph c.
Castner and Brig. Gen. George H.
Jamerson. effective on November 80.
The new chief of Army Engineers is
a square jawed, youthful-a appearing
man Of Sc, who plays the piano and
writes songs and is soft-voiced, but can
give unshirted hell according to his
friends at the War Department.
Importance of Job.
He takes over one of the most i'm
portant jobs in the War Department,
and will be empowered to expend hun
dreds of millions of dollars on the vast
rivers and harbors Improvement pro-
gram encircling the Nations coast line.
troll plan and give the decision on
scores of construction projects.
He is native of Troy, N. Y. and
graduate Of West Point. In 1912 he
served tour here as Assistant Engineer
Commissioner and after the World War
commanded at Fort Humphreys, Va.
He has spent years of work as an en-
gineer in charge of flood control and
development work on the Mississippi
River. period in which he fought the
big river at its worst. After teaching
engineering for while at West Point,
he was jumped from lieutenant colonel
to colonel during the World War. In
France. Markham became chief engi-
neer Of the Army of Occupation.