WAR DEPARTMENT 



OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS 



BEACH EROSION BOARD 



The Beach Erosion Board of the War Department was estabhshed 

 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 the coastal and lake waters by waves and cur- 

 rents. The duties of the Board were modified by an act approved 

 June 26, 1936 (Public, 834, 74th Cong.), "to make investigations with 

 a view to determining the most suitable methods of beach protection 

 and restoration of beaches in different localities ; to advise the States, 

 coimties, municipalities, or individuals of the appropriate locations 

 for recreational facilities ; and to publish from time to time such useful 

 data and information concerning 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, senior member; Lt. Col. John F. Conklin; 

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

 member; Prof. Thorndike Saville, Dean, College of Engineering, New 

 York University; Gen. Richard K. Hale, Director, Division of Water- 

 ways, Department of Public Works, Boston, Mass.; and Prof. Mor- 

 rough P. O'Brien, Univei-sity of California. First Lt. William C. Hall 

 is recorder of the Board. 



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