Special Orders No. 72, Office, Chief of Engineers, dated September 18, 1930. 



(S. O. 72, P. 1-3.) 

 WAR DEPARTMENT 



Office of the Chief of Engineers 



Washington, September 18, 1930. 



Special Orders,) 



No. 72. ) Extract. 



Par. 1. 



Paragraph 1 of Special Orders 6, Office, Chief of Engineers, January 23, 

 1929, as amended by paragraph 1 and 2, Special Orders 11, Office, Chief of 

 Engineers, February 13, 1929, and by paragraph 2, Special Orders 24, 

 Office, Chief of Engineers, April 19, 1929, and by paragraph 4, Special 

 Orders 41, Office, Chief of Engineers, June 26, 1930, is hereby revoked. 



Par. 2. 



By authority of the Secretary of War, a board of officers of the Corps of 

 Engineers, to be known as the Shore Protection Board, to consist of: 



Colonel William J. Barden, 



601 Army Bldg., 39 WhitehaU St., New York, N.Y. 



Colonel Earl I. Brown, 

 1109 Gimbel Bldg., 35 South 9th St., 

 . . Philadelphia, Pa. 



Lieutenant Colonel Elliott J. Dent, 

 Fort Humphreys, Va. 



Major Gordon R. Young, 



U.S. Engineer Office, Foot of Front St., 



Norfolk, Va. 



is hereby appointed to investigate and report on the subject of shore 

 protection of Federal property or problems relating thereto at such localities 

 as may be designated by the Chief of Engineers. 



The Board is authorized to employ such expert civilian assistance as it 

 deems necessary for the investigations assigned to it. 



The board will assemble at such times and places as may be designated by 

 the Senior Member, and is authorized to visit such points as it deems 

 necessary for the proper performance of its duties. 



Upon completion of the duties assigned them, the members of the board 

 wiU return to their proper stations. The travel directed is necessary in the 

 public service. 



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