TO THE MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES AND FRIENDS OF THE BEACH EROSION 

 BDARD: 



A retiring board has found me unfit for service of 

 any kind. 



I am very grateful to my fellow-members for the kind- 

 ness and courtesy with which they have always treated me. 

 Most of them are much more familiar than I am with the 

 technical problems involved., They have given me constant 

 support and it has been a great privilege to work with 

 men of so much ability. 



Throughout my career I have always enjoyed my asso- 

 ciation with the civil employees of the Corps of Engineers, 

 a wonderful body of men. The staff of the Beach Erosion 

 Board has been no exceptions Their members have been the 

 most learned professionally of all the groups which I 

 have had the privilege to lead,, and have been no less 

 loyal than my other friends in the Civil Service. I am 

 indeed grateful to them for their support,, 



I shall preserve very agreeable memories of the 

 friends of the Board whom I have met along all our coasts. 

 They have been good friends and kind critics. They con- 

 stitute a community scattered over the nation from whom 

 I am very sorry to separate myself. 



However, in my present physical condition,, there is 

 no sense of rebellion. It is no use to quarrel with fate. 

 I transmit to my successor an organization of which I am 

 proud. I am sure that he will avoid many of my mistakes. 

 He cannot however be more interested than I have been in 

 my work or more thankful to those who have made the work 

 so pleasant. 



C. L. HAIL 



Colonel, USA Retired 



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