WAR DEPARTMENT 



OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS 



BEACH EROSION BOARD 



The Beach Erosion Board of the War Department was established 

 by Section 2 of the River and Harbor Act approved July 3, 1930 

 (Public, 520, 71st Cong.), to cause investigations and studies to be 

 made in cooperation with the appropriate agencies of various States 

 on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts, and on the Great Lakes, and 

 the Territories, with a view to devising effective means of preventing 

 erosion of the shores of coastal and lake waters by waves and currents. 

 The act approved June 26, 1936 (Public, 834, 74th Cong.), authorized 

 the board to make investigations with a view to determining the most 

 suitable method of beach protection and restoration of beaches in 

 different localities; to advise the States, counties, municipalities, or 

 individuals of the appropriate locations for recreational facilities; and 

 to publish from time to time such useful data and information con- 

 cerning the protection of the beaches as the board may deem to be 

 of value to the people of the United States. 



As of September 1940, the membership of the Beach Erosion Board 

 is: Col. Jarvis J. Bain, C. E., senior member; Lt. Col. John F. Conklin, 

 C. E.; Lt. Col. Charles H. Cunningham, C. E.; Maj. A. C. Lieber, jr., 

 C. E., resident member; Dean Thomdike Saville, College of Engineer- 

 ing, New York University; Gen. Richard K. Hale, Director, Division 

 of Waterways, Department of Public Works, Boston, Mass.; and 

 Prof. Morrough P. O'Brien, University of California; 1st Lt. William 

 C. Hall is recorder of the board. 



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