Index
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Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., 44, 49, 53, 77, 147, 298
Aberthaw Construction Co., 8
Accounting and Auditing Branch, OQMG, 125, 154, 235-37, 260, 421
Accounts Branch, OQMG, 260-62, 363, 420-21
Ackart, Everett G., 677
Adams, Senator Alva B., 434-35
Adjutant General, The, 25, 128, 133, 415
Administrative Branch, OQMG, 125, 154, 260-62
Advisory Commission to Council of National Defense. See National Defense Advisory Commission.
Ailes, Milton E., 33
Air base engineering. See also Airfield pavement design.
design standards, 443-44, 450-51, 454-55, 641-43
drainage, 444, 615, 617, 623-24, 631, 632-33, 647
layouts, 84, 90-91, 95-96, 100, 102, 104, 441, 443, 444, 448, 450-54, 457, 501, 536
site selection, 95, 101-02, 131-33, 403-04, 441, 443, 448, 451-52, 456
structural plans, 84, 96, 100-102, 166-67, 441-44, 450, 453, 455-56
technical buildings, 444, 452-53
Alameda, Calif., 607
Middletown, Pa., 453
Southeast, Miss., 444
Air force programs. See also Aircraft assembly plants; Airfields, military; Defense program, 1940; Expansion program, 1939-1940.
construction responsibility for, 84-92, 107
funds for, 74-84, 99, 101, 103, 151, 252, 309, 410, 451
after Pearl Harbor, 478, 481, 484, 521, 607, 613, 626, 636
and transfer of construction to Engineers, 87, 252, 254-55, 267-72, 440-59
Air Forces
Fourth, 625
Air Transport Command, 593-613
Aircraft. See also separate entry for B-29.
B-19, 614-15, 616, 617, 620, 622, 632
B-26, 620
B-52, 649
Aircraft assembly plants Chicago, Ill., 481
Fort Crook, Nebr., 271
Fort Worth, Tex., 271
Kansas City, Kans., 271
Tulsa, Okla., 271
Airfield pavement design, 441, 443-45, 456, 612, 614-49. See also Air base engineering.
and aircraft landing gear, 641-42, 644-45, 647, 649
and California Bearing Ratio, 625-30, 634-38, 643, 645
and evaluation program, 639-40
and frost and permafrost, 634, 647-49
and landing impact of planes, 620, 622, 632
and runway failures, 621, 623, 635, 638-40
tests and investigations for, 168, 447, 617-22, 624-35, 637-40, 642, 645, 647, 649
and Westergaard analysis, 447, 618-19, 632
Airfields, military. See also separate entries for Barksdale Field, La.; Langley Field, Va.; Wright Field, Ohio.
Albrook, C. Z., 85
Brookley, Ala., 444
Chanute, Ill., 44n
Clover, Calif., 614
Dayton Municipal, Ohio, 620
Dow, Maine, 648
Edwards, Calif., 649
Eglin, Fla., 131, 610, 635, 637
Ellington, Tex., 132
Elmendorf, Alaska, 147
Godman, Ky., 631
Greenville, Miss., 451-52, 457
Key, Miss., 444
Lewistown, Mont., 628, 636, 638
Lockbourne, Ohio, 619, 639, 645
Lubbock, Tex., 624
McChord, Wash., 104
McClellan, Calif., 623
MacDill, Fla., 101, 103-04, 457
March, Calif., 44n, 454, 614, 620
Mather, Calif., 623
Mitchel, N.Y., 44n
Monroe, La., 541
Mountain Home, Idaho, 594-95, 636
Northern, Tenn., 631
Orlando, Fla., 173
Patterson, Ohio, 453
Pocatello, Idaho, 595
Redmond, Oreg., 636
Scott, Ill., 44n
Selfridge, Mich., 44n
Stockton, Calif., 628-31, 635, 645
Tucson Municipal, Ariz., 443, 454
Tuskegee, Ala., 452
Valdosta, Ga., 452
Victorville, Calif., 452
Westover, Mass., 101, 103-04, 447
Airports Division, OCE, 445, 452
Alamogordo Bombing Range, N. Mex., 700
Alaska air bases in, 54, 93, 102-04, 247, 267
construction funds for, 77, 79, 81-83, 101, 248
permafrost tests in, 648
Aleshire, Maj. Gen. James B., 7
Alexander, Col. J. H., 22
Alfonte, Lt. Col. James R., 210, 411
Allan, Maj. Carlisle V., 384
Allen, Maj. A. E., 493
Allied Chemical and Dye Corp., 311
Alpine, John R., 28
Alvord & Burdick, 12
Amberg, Julius H., 387-88, 391, 400, 467
American Bridge Co., 329
American Construction Council, 125
American Engineering Council, 116, 266
American Federation of Labor, 14, 28, 221-24, 228. See also Unions.
and Building Trades Agreement, 367-70
Building Trades Department, 222, 338, 611
American Institute of Accountants, 29, 235
American Institute of Architects, 28, 116, 266-67, 434, 581, 584
American Railway Engineering Association, 29
American Society of Civil Engineers, 28, 247, 376, 584, 643
and defense program of 1940, 115, 194, 266-67
and public works department proposal, 60-61
American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers, 258
American Society of Landscape Architects, 266
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 28, 266
American Water Works Association, 9
Ammunition storage depots, 137, 310, 340-41, 479, 482. See also Magazines, ammunition storage.
Portage OD, Ohio, 340-41
San Jacinto OD, Tex., 375
Savanna OD, Ill., 143, 310, 312
Umatilla OD, Oreg., 327, 340-41
Wingate OD, N. Mex., 340-41
Anderson, Archibald L., 163, 164
Anderson, Col. Clay, 594
Andrews, Brig. Gen. Frank M., 138-41
Antes, Lt. Col. Donald E., 201, 280, 593, 602-04
Anthony, Representative Daniel R., Jr., 29, 36
Appropriations. See also Funds.
1921-1938, 44-45, 47-48, 50, 52, 54-56
FY 1940, 77-84, 99-101, 109, 248
FY 1941, 111-13, 150-51, 245, 249-52, 279-80, 309, 348, 379, 409-10, 451
FY 1942, 408, 414-15, 428-29, 478-79, 485
FY 1943, 485
for Manhattan Project, 687
and contracts, 276, 278, 297-98, 430, 566-68
and defense program, 122, 155, 184, 205, 319
and materials shortages, 522
and munitions plants, 317, 357-58, 360-63, 611
schedule of fees for, 194-95, 423
and troop projects, 207-08, 211-12, 354
Area engineers and channels of communication, 488, 504-05, 508
and contract negotiations, 562
turnover of, 513-14
Army, strength of
1919-1939, 34, 43, 54-55, [.103 ]
1940, 100, 103, 108, 111-13, [.198-99 ]
Army Air Forces, 457, 491, 515, 622. See also Arnold, General of the Army Henry H.
Army Ground Forces, 491
Army Industrial College, 65, 69
Army and Navy Munitions Board, 65, 110, 194. See also Construction Advisory Committee, ANMB.
and building materials, 286, 328, 330-32, 525, 533, 540-41, 545, 550-51
Hogan committee report to, 118, 122, 246
Lumber Advisory Board, 552
Priorities Division, 587, 590-91, 657
Steel Committee, 335
Army Service Forces, 574, 600, 602. See also Services of Supply.
Army Soils Control School, Harvard University, 642
Arnold, General of the Army Henry H., 457, 478, 491, 556
and air bases, 131-33, 614, 622, 639-40, 648
and air expansion program, 75-77, 79-81, 83, 85-86, 95, 100-101
and attempts to control construction, 90-92, 102, 104, 107
on layout and design, 167, 173, 484
and very heavy bombers, 622-23, 644-45
and war program, 501
Arthur, Col. Joseph D., Jr., 489
Ashbridge, Lt. Col. Whitney, 695, 697-98
Asphalt Institute, 447, 617, 621, 624-25, 629, 635-36
Assignment of Claims Act, 1940, 191, 285
Assistant Secretary of War, 65, 134, 157. See also Crowell, Benedict; Johnson, Louis A.; Patterson, Robert P.; Woodring, Harry H.
Associated General Contractors of America, 40, 115-16, 205, 218, 267, 382
annual conventions of, 55, 63, 110, 363, 376, 576
Bureau of Contract Information, 106, 115, 188
and contracts, 70, 97, 102, 106-07, 193, 300, 349, 429, 576, 581
and public works department, 33, 38, 58
and survey of construction industry, 119-21
on transfer of QM construction to Engineers, 250, 468
Association of Federal Architects, 56
Atkinson, Guy F., Co., 681
Atlas Powder Co., 177, 187, 396
Atterbury, William W., 35
Attorney General, The, 152, 180, 183, 398, 400. See also Daugherty, Harry M.; Palmer, A. Mitchell.
Auditing systems, 155, 235-38, 419-22, 510
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B-29, 614-15, 622-23, 639, 640-42
bases for, in U.S., 611-12, 640, 649
Baade, Lt. Col. Paul W., 81-82, 100
Bacon-Davis Act of 1931, 152, 156-57, 221, 226
Badger, E. B., & Sons, 503, 655, 658
Bain, Col. Jarvis J., 594
Baker, Newton D.
and Congressional investigations, 31-32, 119
and construction during 1917, 8-14, 18-20, 558
and organization of Construction Service, QMC, 40
on transfer of construction function to Engineers, 23-25, 32-34, 37-39
Ball, Senator Joseph H., 387
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 177
Bankers Guarantee Title & Trust Co., 177
Bankhead, Representative William B., 97
Barbour, Frank A., 12
Barker, Lt. Col. Clarence D., 493, 494, 612, 664, 673, 683
Barkley, Senator Alben W., 347
Barksdale Field, La., 52, 131, 133, 635, 637
Baron, Frank, 619
Barracks, types of, 18, 85, 95, 116-17, 349-51. See also Mobilization drawings; Theater of Operations drawings.
Barrows, Lt. Col. Ralph G., 457
Bart, Blasius, 690
Bash, Maj. Gen. Louis H., 43n, 51-52, 69
Bass, Maj. Fred T., 453
Bates, Harry C., 337
Bates & Rogers Construction Corp., 12, 31, 122
Battley, Maj. Joseph F., 377
Baxter, Capt. Samuel S., 669
Bayer, Joseph A., 51, 117, 123, 124, 154, 265
Beach, Maj. Gen. Laming H., 38-40, 46, 61
Beard, G. L., 603
Beck, C., 524
Beck, Maj. Gen. Robert M., 90
Bennett, Lt. Col. Ira F., 124, 125, 154, 227, 257
Bent, Arthur S., 59
Bentley, A., & Sons Co., 31
Bergstrom, George E., 266, 347, 350-51, 431, 435-38, 511
Bernholz, H., 493
Bertram, Capt. George E., 620-21, 624-31, 641
Besson, Col. Frank S., 489, 626
Bethlehem Steel Co., 329
Biddle, Maj. Gen. John, 19-20, 38-39, 38n
Birdseye, Maj. Mortimer B., 123, 124, 265
Black, Maj. Gen. William M., 24, 30, 33
Blair, Capt. Robert C., 653, 655, 678, 679, 683
Blanchard, Lloyd A., 280, 281, 439, 493, 600, 603
Blossom, Francis and review of World War I program, 29-30, 33
and selection of contractors, 125, 188, 191-92, 364
and Truman committee investigation, 382-83
Blossom Board. See Board of Review of Construction.
Blumenberg, H. W., 228
Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, 61
Board of Review of Construction, 29-30, 125
Boatner, Maj. Mark M., Jr., 268, 269
Boeckh, Maj. Everard H., 164, 165, 216, 347, 353, 412, 428-29
Boeing Aircraft Co., 622, 639, 641
Bone, Evan P., 618-20, 631, 645
Bonfort, Capt. John, 442
Bonneville Dam, Wash., 244, 252, 499, 655, 667, 674
Booth Investment Co., 506
Boswell, Capt. Russell N., 442
Bowen, John, Co., 288
Bowie, Lt. Col. W. Z., 603
Boyce, Earnest, 266
Boyd, J. Philip, 552
Bragdon, Brig. Gen. John S., 448, 450, 474, 489, 609-12, 626
Brazier, Bernis E., 695-97
Brennand, Jack R., 698
Brett, Brig. Gen. George H., 107, 383, 450-53, 455, 615-17
Brewster, Senator Ralph O., 387
Briggs, Lyman J., 654
Brigham, Leslie E., 152-53, 157, 221, 225, 227-29, 363, 493
Brokers, real estate, 177, 181-83, 383, 393-401
Brooks, Representative Overton, 382
Brown, Lt. Col. Edward A., Jr., 683
Brown, Maj. Gen. Lytle, 23-24, 63
Brown, Theodore R., 700
Brown Brothers Construction Co., 700
Buchanan, Spencer J., 642
Building materials. See also Lumber; Steel, structural, conservation of, 333-35, 349-50, 523-36, 547, 554-55
for Manhattan Project, 682
for mobilization of 1940, 155-56, 169-72, 213
for Pentagon project, 437-39
priorities for, 286-87, 328-29, 332, 540-41, 545, 690
shortages of, general, 104, 218, 285-87, 336, 438, 457, 501, 510, 522-26, 533-37, 545
Building Trades Agreement, 1941, 338, 366-71, 426
Buildings and Grounds Division, Army Air Corps, 168, 254, 267, 622. See also Kennedy, Col. Frank M.; Newman, Brig. Gen. James B., Jr.
and layouts, 443, 450, 454, 457, 501
Bureau of the Budget, 149, 306, 485
on Army budget during 1930s, 54-55, 80, 109
and defense appropriations, 276, 278-79, 343, 409, 411-12, 415
Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior, 64, 349
Bureau of Ships, U.S. Navy, 590
Bureau of Yards and Docks, U.S. Navy, 97, 306, 349, 367, 552, 629
Burger, C. C., 603
Burgheim, Maj. Joseph H., 263, 488
Burke-Wadsworth Selective Service Bill, 114, 148, 150. See also Selective Training and Service Act, 1940.
Burns, Brig. Gen. James H., 65, 72, 75-76
and defense program, 1940, 113, 115, 174
and munitions plants, 186-87, 413
on separate construction corps, 254, 461
Burr, Maj. Gen. George W., 34
Burton, Lt. Col. Albert H., 269, 486, 493, 600
Bush, Vannevar, 652-53, 658, 660, 662, 666
Buzzell, D. A., 524
Byrd, Senator Harry F., 556
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California, University of, 640, 654, 657, 693
California Bearing Ratio, 624-30, 633-38, 643, 645. See also Airfield pavement design.
California Division of Highways, 624-25
Calvert, Capt. H. K., 678
Camouflage and concealment, 441, 448-50, 478
Camp Blanding, Fla., 209, 220, 237, 380
completion dates for, 233, 240, 274, 292
contractors for, 190, 194-95, 206
site selection for, 139-42
Camp Bowie, Tex., 149, 175, 212, 231
Camp Detrick biological warfare center, Md., 610
Camp Devens, Mass., 13, 44n, 138, 142, 220
lumber for, 214-15
additional acreage for, 181
contract for, 149
troop arrivals at, 240
union fees at, 224
Camp Edwards, Mass., 220, 237, 274, 283, 373
contractors at, 206
labor at, 221, 223, 226, 229, 233
Camp Forrest, Tenn., 142, 190, 209, 225, 238, 496
completion dates for, 233, 240, 243, 274
cost overruns at, 278
lumber for, 214-15
Camp McClellan, Ala., 44n, 149
delays at, 240
Camp Meade, Md., 44n, 53, 141, 172, 189, 209, 231, 420
completion dates for, 233, 240, 274, 282-83, 289-91
Congressional investigation of, 380-81, 389
equipment rental at, 219-20
lumber for, 214-15
Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif., 217, 220, 293
closing out contracts at, 298
completion dates for, 240, 243, 274, 282, 284
Congressional investigation of, 382
site selection for, 139, 141-42
Camp Shelby, Miss., 18, 149, 212, 240, 377
completion dates for, 274, 282
cost overruns at, 278
troop arrivals at, 292-93
Campbell, Lt. Gen. Levin H., 383, 589
and completion schedules, 321-25
and cost estimates, 313-18
and Ordnance plants, 167, 311, 319-21, 360, 413, 477-78, 530, 536, 610
Camps and cantonments advance planning of, 342-54, 570
completion schedules for, 198-201, 240-43, 274-76, 280-97, 477-85, 499-519
plans and specifications for, 167, 211-13, 288-89, 349-53
site selection for, 137-43, 207, 343-47, 353-54, 356, 380
supervision of construction at, 231-39
Camps and forts. See separate entries for Camp Blanding, Fla.; Camp Bowie, Tex.; Camp Devens, Mass.; Camp Dix, N.J.; Camp Edwards, Mass.; Camp Forrest, Tenn.; Camp McClellan, Ala.; Camp Meade, Md.; Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif.; Camp Shelby, Miss.; Fort Belvoir, Va.; Fort Bragg, N.C.; Fort Riley, Kans.
Adair, Oreg., 515
Atterbury, Ind., 542
Barkeley, Tex., 292
Benning, Ga., 44, 45, 56, 138-39, 141, 210
Bliss, Tex., 138
Brady, Mich., 607
Callan, Calif., 234
Campbell, Ky., 509
Chaffee, Ark., 429-30
Claiborne, La., 149, 212, 221, 240, 274, 282
Cooke, Calif., 429-30
Croft, S.C., 142
Custer, Mich., 18, 44n, 138, 168, 173, 211
Ellis, Ill., 570
Ethan Allen, Vt., 141
Eustis, Va., 44n, 139, 141, 231
Foster, Fla., 140
Grant, Ill., 31
Gruber, Okla., 571
Howze, Tex., 570
Hulen, Tex., 139, 141, 149, 282
Indiantown Gap, Pa., 208, 214-15, 220, 240, 276, 381
Jackson, S.C., 138, 149, 181, 223, 240
Jay, N.Y., 378
Knox, Ky., 44n, 56, 138, 141, 231, 298, 377
Lawton, Wash., 509
Leavenworth, Kans., 44-45
Leonard Wood, Mo., 207, 256-57, 274, 282-84, 289, 503
Lewis, Wash., 44, 138-39, 149, 217, 240, 293
Livingston, La., 149, 211-12, 240, 282
Luna, N. Mex., 694
MacArthur, Calif., 554
McCain, Miss., 570
Madison Barracks, N.Y., 283
Millard, Ohio, 496
Monmouth, N.J., 44n, 77, 141, 288
Pike, Ark., 211
Roberts, Calif., 175, 243, 289
Robinson, Ark., 149, 211, 221, 240, 274, 282
Sam Houston, Tex., 138, 376, 506
Schofield Barracks, T. H., 4
Shanks, N.J., 594
Sherman, Ohio, 31
Stewart, Ga., 149, 190, 210, 503
Sutton, N.C., 681
Wolters, Tex., 231
Canal Zone, 77-79, 82, 86, 92-106
Cannon, Representative Clarence, 249, 383, 399-400, 481
Cantonment Division, 9-10, 12, 14, 115, 556
centralization of military construction in, 1917, 18-21, 24
Congressional inquiry into, 27
Carey, William F., 240, 243, 259
Carlson, Cmdr. Oscar L., 552
Carlton, Maj. W. W., 493
Carpenter, Walter S., Jr., 667
Carson, Brig. Gen. John M., 43n
Carter, Arthur H., 421-22
Casagrande, Arthur, 620, 626, 631, 642, 648-49
Case, Representative Francis H., 578
Casey, Lt. Col. Henry R., 48
Casey, Lt. Col. Hugh J., 265, 333-35, 366, 376
and advance planning of camps, 1941, 345-47, 349-51, 353, 357
and advance planning of munitions plants, 1941, 360, 413
and Pentagon project, 431, 435
Casey, Brig. Gen. Thomas L., 6
Cassidy, Capt. William, 44-45
Cat, working, 638
Central Procuring Agency, 551-53, 682
Chamberlain, Senator George ., 20-21, 27, 35
Chamberlain, Neville, 74
Chamberlin, Brig. Gen. Stephen J., 307, 451, 477, 505
and cost overruns, 275, 294-95
and mobilization of 1940, 172, 174
Chavez, Senator Dennis, 413
Cheatham, Maj. Gen. B. Frank, 48-49, 51
Cheatham, Mary D. (Mrs. B. Frank), 50
Chemical Construction Co., 568
Chemical Warfare plants and arsenals. See separate entry JOT Edgewood Arsenal, Md.
Huntsville, Ala., 414
Pine Bluff, Ark., 543
Chemical Warfare Service, 26, 71, 72, 134, 186
and defense program, 310, 313, 320, 323-24, 326-27, 331, 341, 357
and war program, 481, 521, 535
Chicago, University of, 654-57, 659, 665-66
Chief of Engineers, 150-51, 622. See also Beach, Maj. Gen. Lansing H.; Black, Maj. Gen. William M.; Brown, Maj. Gen. Lytle; Casey, Brig. Gen. Thomas L.; Reybold, Lt. Gen. Eugene; Schley, Maj. Gen. Julian L.
Chief of Finance, 236
Chief of Ordnance, 72, 100, 266, 362. See also Campbell, Lt. Gen. Levin. H.; Wesson, Maj. Gen. Charles M.
Chief Signal Officer, 19
Chief of Staff, 65, 157, 304, 605. See also Craig, General Malin; MacArthur, General of the Army Douglas; March, Maj. Gen. Peyton C.; Marshall, General of the Army George C.; Summerall, General Charles P.; Wood, Maj. Gen. Leonard.
Chiefs of Construction, 43, 61, 68, 603. See also Hartman, Brig. Gen. Charles D.; Marshall, Brig. Gen. Richard C., Jr.; Robins, Maj. Gen. Thomas M.; Seaman, Brig. Gen. A. Owen; Somervell, Lt. Gen. Brehon B.
China-Burma-India Theater, 641, 643
Church, Gilbert P., 667, 674, 681
Churchill, Winston S., 198, 464, 523, 641
Civil Aeronautics Authority, 248, 252, 444, 447, 459-60, 619
Civil Service Commission, 10, 127, 129-30, 176, 205, 248, 252, 364-65, 504
Civil works
1920-1939, 56-59, 60-65, 244, 499
1940-1943, 88, 109, 244-46, 249, 252, 460, 484, 497, 562n, 590, 592, 602
attempts to divorce from Engineers, 23-24, 35, 37, 57-65
“reserve shelf” of, 609
Civil Works Administration, 53
Civil Works Division, OCE, 267-68, 603
Civilian Conservation Corps, 52-53, 96, 299
Clark, Senator B. Champ, 399-400
Clark, Maj. Chester J., 202, 203
Clarke, Gilmore D., 434
Clay, Maj. Gen. Lucius D., 460, 492, 590
and Manhattan Project, 655, 657-58, 660
and materials shortages, 532-34, 548-49, 554, 560
Clay Products Association, 170
Clinton Engineer Works, Tenn.
construction of, 650, 668-73, 679-81, 683-88, 691-93
manpower at, 682-83
site selection for, 654-57, 660, 663-64
Clinton Home Builders, 673
Clothing renovation plants, 323, 331, 341
Coblentz, Oscar B., 600
Cochran, Albert L., 632-33
Cochran, Representatives John J., 399
Cochran, Maj. Maurice W., 202, 203, 220
Cockrell, A. J., 181
Coe, Maj. Gen. Frank W., 34
Coffin, Howard E., 19
Cole, Col. Reuben E., 696-97, 700
Coleman Brothers Corp., 288
Collins, Brig. Gen. Vivian B., 140
Colonna, Lt. Col. John O., 625, 628
Columbia University, 654, 659, 677
Combs, Cmdr. Thomas S., 306
Committee on Emergency Construction, 8-12, 18-19, 59, 125
for a centralized construction agency, 18, 24
Congressional inquiry into, 27, 30-31
Committee on Facilities and Construction, WPB, 589, 591
Completion schedules accelerated after Pearl Harbor, 477-85, 499-519
for camps, 1940-1941, 198-201, 240-43, 274-76, 280-97
for heavy ammunition program, 1944-1945, 610-12
for munitions plants, 1940-1941, 310, 314-16, 320-27, 329-31, 340-41
Compton, Arthur H., 654-56, 666-67
Comptroller General, The, 384, 573. See also Warren, Lindsay C.
and CPFF contracts, 126, 235-36, 301
Conant, James B., 654, 658, 662
Conchas Dam, N. Mex., 624
Concrete Laboratory, ORD, 618-19
Condemnation proceedings, 152, 176
Engineer program, 456, 532, 556
Quartermaster program, 101, 181, 398-99, 405
Congress of Industrial Organizations, 112, 221, 224, 370
Congressional investigations of emergency construction, 26-32, 378-92, 563
Conklin, Lt. Col. John F., 447
Connally, Senator Tom, 387
Connolly, Brig. Gen. Donald H., 460
Connor, Maj. Gen. William D., 364, 428, 430
Consolidated Engineering Co., 189, 231, 289-90, 390
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp., 645
Constructing Quartermasters, 101-02, 242, 380, 475
during 1940, 143-44, 155, 213-14
authority of, 53-54, 123, 201-05, 209, 211-12, 218-20, 225-26, 229-31, 235-37, 565
and building materials, 285, 437
and centralized control of construction, 86, 91-93, 104
and contract termination, 297-98
and cost overruns, 276-77
and design standards, 162, 169, 173
and land acquisition, 174, 176
at munitions plants, 312-14, 317-21, 325, 336
and public relations, 373-74
and transfer of Air Corps construction to Engineers, 270
under Zone Constructing Quartermasters, 260, 263-65
Constructing Quartermasters General. See Chiefs of Construction.
Construction, responsibility for Defense Act of 1920, 32-40, 42, 84
Quartermaster Corps and Air Corps, 84-87, 90-93
Quartermaster Corps and Corps of Engineers, 89-90, 92, 440, 462
transferred to Engineers, 1941, 472-76
Construction, supervision of, 185-87, 191, 312-13, 319-20, 360-63
Construction Advisory Committee, ANMB, 116, 118-22, 125, 146-47, 187, 267
and transfer of construction work to Engineers, 246-47
Construction Advisory Committee, OQMG, 271, 363-64, 562-63
and Congressional investigations, 382, 385
on fixed-price contracts, 429-30
on Pentagon project, 433
and selection of contractors, 125, 154-55, 160-61, 184-85, 188, 190-92, 225, 266, 456
Construction Contract Board, OCE, 563, 568
Construction Corps, Separate, proposals for
1918-1920, 23-25, 32, 34-36, 38-40
1940, 252-58
1941. 390-91, 461-62, 464, 467
Construction Division, OCE. See also administrative units by name.
and Manhattan Project, 661, 663
organization of, 473, 485-91, 512
reorganizations of, 494, 598-600, 603
Construction Division, OQMG. See also administrative units by name.
during 1920s and 1930s, 40, 42-56, 68, 100-108
for centralized control of construction, 84-93, 102, 107, 185-87, 209-10
and Congressional investigations, 387, 389, 391
criticism of, 102, 241, 253-55, 257
organization of, 1940, 123-30, 201-05
reorganization of, 1941, 260-65, 313, 363-66
transferred to Engineers, 90, 461-76, 486, 499
Construction Division of the Army, 21, 23, 122, 246
absorbed by Quartermaster Corps, 40-41, 43
criticism of, 28-31
efforts to perpetuate, 24-25, 32, 34-40
and plan to re-establish, 1940, 252
proposed merger with public works department, 33
record of, 25-26
Construction Division Association, 68
Construction phase-down, 588-93, 597-98, 602-03
Construction and Real Estate Branch, G-4, 172, 505
Construction and Repair Division, OQMG, 7, 9, 18
Construction Service, QMC. See Construction Division, OQMG.
Construction Workers Organizing Committee, CIO, 370
Contract Board, OQMG, 300-301, 410, 562-63
Contract Settlement Board, OQMG, 301-02
Contractors. See also contractors by name; Subcontractors.
and AEM contracts, 566-68
and centralized purchasing, 214-15, 539-40
and contract termination, 297-302
and CPFF contracts, 420-30, 563-69
and defense program, 1940-1941, 119-21, 145-47, 155-57, 285-88, 289-91, 328-29
and equipment rental, 193, 219-20, 299-300, 426-27, 544
excluded from Building Trades Agreement talks, 369
and financial strains, 284-85, 573
and fixed-price contracts, 430-31, 569-73
and limitations on profits, 578-85
and negotiation of contracts, 192-97, 573-77
selection of, under Engineers, 562-63, 573-77
selection of, under Quartermaster Corps, 12, 27, 105-06, 125, 149, 155, 184-92, 354, 360-63
shortage of, in World War II, 500-501, 510, 562. 568
during World War I, 8-15, 26-29, 70-71
Contractors, specialty, 145-46, 190, 197
and fixed-fee contracts, 425-26, 563, 565
and fixed-price contracts, 566
Contracts architect-engineer-manager, 566-68, 611
construction-manager, 565
cost-plus-a-fixed-fee emergency use of, 23, 102-06, 118-19, 126, 144-47, 155-57, 205, 235, 499, 563-69
fee schedules for, 194-95, 423-27
and insurance rating plan, 422-23
legislative authority for, 97-99, 102, 119, 161
negotiation of, 192-97
opposition to, 98, 119, 144, 147, 385, 389, 419, 423, 427-29, 563, 569
recapture clause, 193, 218-20, 299-300, 426-27, 542, 544
revisions of, 424-25
cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost bonus and penalty provision, 70-71
prohibition against, 119
and real estate brokers, 177, 183, 397, 400
during World War I, 11, 15-17, 23, 26-32, 70-71
fixed-price, 10-11
under Corps of Engineers, 430, 456-57, 499, 563-64, 566, 568-73, 584-85
delays-damages clause, 349, 571-72
under Quartermaster Corps, 70, 106, 144-45, 149, 196-97, 297, 349, 354, 429-31, 565
and war damage risks, 572
methods of award, 4-5, 10-11, 105-06, 429-30, 441-43, 562, 573-77
renegotiation of, 577-85
and single contract plan for Ordnance projects, 87, 185-87, 361-63
termination of, 297-302
and War Powers Act, 571-73
Contracts and Claims Branch, OCE, 473
Control Section, OQMG, 260, 262
Coors Porcelain Co., 690
Corbetta, Louis P., 531
Corbetta Construction Co., 530-31, 597
Cordiner, Maj. Douglas C., 69
Cornelius, Maj. William P., 681, 686
Cornell, Maj. R. G., 678
Corps area commanders and camp layouts, 209-10
and maintenance and repairs, 306-07
and merger of QM-CE field offices, 474
and mobilization plans, 66-67, 70
and New Deal relief projects, 53
and recruitment of Reservists, 127-28
and site selection, 140-41, 176, 345
Corps area quartermasters, 473, 497
and post maintenance and operation, 303-04
and real estate transactions, 402-04
Corps Areas
Seventh, 207
Corps of Engineers. See Engineers, Corps of.
Cost accounting, 63, 241, 254, 280, 443
Cost estimates, 353
for air force projects, 77, 95, 271, 481
for camps and cantonments, 9, 96, 117-18, 151, 238, 276-79, 294, 353, 483-84
for depots, 482
for emergency construction, 1939-1942, 76-83, 103, 109, 251, 411-12, 503
for Manhattan Project, 667, 676
for munitions plants, 313-14, 325-27, 481, 610, 612
for Pentagon Building, 437
Cost overruns on camps and cantonments, 273-80
Congressional investigations of, 379, 381, 389-92
on munitions plants, 310, 313-14, 316-17
Costello, Representative John M., 382
Covell, Col. William E. R., 363, 413, 462
Coyne, John P., 222, 226-28, 230, 338, 367-69
CQM and Vicinity offices, 123, 203, 263
Craig, General Malin, 55, 97-98
and centralized construction authority, 86, 91, 93
and mobilization planning, 71-72
and transfer of Air Corps construction to Engineers, 87, 89-90, 379
Cranford, Frederick L., 28, 61
Crawford, Brig. Gen. Roscoe C., 603
Creedon, Frank R., 202, 203, 280, 281, 493
and Manhattan Project, 685
and munitions program of 1940-1941, 313, 315-16, 324-25, 328-30, 332, 336
and munitions program of 1942, 503, 514, 518, 532, 535, 596
Crenshaw, Maj. Thomas T., 658-60, 678, 683
Crowder, Brig. Gen. Enoch H., 11
for centralized control of construction, 19-20, 23-25, 186-87
conspiracy indictment of, 59-60
and review of construction contracts, 28-29
for a separate construction corps, 32, 36-37, 246, 252-54, 257, 461-62
Crowell, Lundoff and Little, 8
–D–
Daladier, Edouard, 74
Daley, Col. Edmund K., 265, 493, 503, 514, 518, 554-55
Dalton, Brig. Gen. Albert C., 43n, 48
Danielson, Col. Wilmot A., 476, 488
during 1920s and 1930s, 44-46, 48, 51, 53, 55
biographical sketch of, 258
CQM at Panama, 105
Daugherty, Harry M., 59
Davalos, Capt. Samuel P., 700
Davidson, Col. Garrison H., 493
assistant to Groves, 265, 280, 281, 283
and Congressional investigations, 379, 385, 387
and depot construction, 503, 514, 518
and steel shortage, 535
Davies, W. Sanders, 29
Davis, Chester C., 135, 177, 180-83, 311, 399, 406
Davis, Dwight F., 50, 62-63, 65
Davis, Maj. Orville E., 201, 280, 281
Davis, Capt. William A., 201, 280
Day labor. See Purchase and hire.
Day & Zimmermann, Inc., 191
Deadrick, Walter T., 215, 548, 551, 553
Deal, H. B., Construction Co., 565
Dean, W. W., 493
Defense Act of 1920, 33-39, 74-75, 98, 111, 186, 361
and centralized construction authority, 71, 249
and construction of fortifications, 87, 89, 460
and responsibility for mobilization planning, 65
Defense Plant Corporation, 413, 481, 550, 552
Defense Program, 1940
administrative organization for, 123-30
appropriations and funds for, 111-13, 147-51
contracting for, 118-19, 143-47
cost estimates for, 117-18
and manpower and contractors available, 121-22
and mobilization drawings, 115-17
and site selection for airfields, 132-34
for camps, 137-43
for munitions plants, 134-37
Delano, Frederic A., 434
lack of funds, 238-39
lack of plans, 212
purchasing methods, 218
weather, 280-83
Denby, Edwin, 65
Dent, Representative S. Hubert, 34
Denver Ordnance Plant, Colo.
completion schedules for, 318, 324-25, 331, 340
Department of Agriculture, 175, 183, 407
Department of Commerce, 252, 413
Department of Interior, 64, 175, 592
Department of Justice and land acquisition, 176, 405-06
and real estate brokers, 395-96, 398, 400
and World War I investigations, 32, 59
Department of Labor, 153, 156-57, 221, 226-28
Department of the Treasury, 580, 659
Design and Engineering Section, OQMG, 347
Destroyer-Base Agreement, 198, 251
DeWitt, Lt. Gen. John L., 51-52, 248, 267, 516
Dickson, Lt. M. Scott, 55
Dillon, Lt. Col. Lee S., 455
and airfield construction, 270, 443, 452-53, 455, 457
authority of, 268, 504-05, 508
and centralized purchasing, 538-39, 552-53
and construction delays, 507, 514, 518
and contract negotiation, 441, 456, 555, 562
and land acquisition, 490, 494-95, 502
purchasing departments of, 443
and service commanders, 600
and shortages of materials, 547-48
and transfer of QM construction to Engineers, 474-75, 487-89
Disturbance damages, 180-83, 405-06
Division engineers, 270, 548, 603
and centralized purchasing, 538-39, 552
and channels of communication, 504, 508
and conservation of materials, 527, 531
and construction delays, 507, 514, 517-19
and contract negotiation, 441, 562, 581, 605
and land acquisition, 490, 494-96
and runway tests, 626-29
and service commands, 495, 600
and transfer of QM construction to Engineers, 474-75, 487-88
Division of Military Aeronautics, 26
Dodge Reports, 577
Donovan, Maj. Gen. Richard, 403
Doremus, Representative Frank E., 30, 32
Double bunking, 149, 523, 536, 554, 556-60
Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc., 614
Douhet, Giulio, 644
Doyle and Russell, 433
Draper, William H., 160
Dresser, Ferdinand J. C., 125, 155, 571
and Congressional investigations, 383, 385
and selection of contractors, 188, 190, 192, 225
Dresser Co., 125
Dreyer, Capt. Christian F., 163, 164, 170, 363, 476
Drum, Lt. Gen. Hugh A., 170
DSM Project, 656-57, 661. See also Manhattan Project.
Dudley, Maj. John H., 664-65
Dunn, Col. Beverly C., 494, 514
and airfield construction, 455
and Manhattan Project, 652, 654-56
Dunn, Gano, 147
Dunning, Charles M., 597
Dunstan, Lt. Col. Edwin V., 263-65, 331, 333-34, 476, 488
DuPont, E. I., de Nemours & Co., Inc., 3, 72, 99, 136, 421
and AEM contracts, 568
and design of Charlestown Ordnance Works, 186, 191-92, 322-23, 329, 339
and design of TNT plants, 502, 530
and Manhattan Project, 666-67, 672-73, 676-77, 681-82, 687, 690, 692
–E–
Eadie, Freund and Campbell, 266
Eadie, John G., 266
Eberstadt, Ferdinand, 535, 550-52, 560, 591
Echols, Brig. Gen. Oliver P., 356, 589
Edgewood Arsenal, Md., 44, 143, 147, 479
auditing at, 420
completion schedule for, 320, 323, 331, 341
Edmiston, Representative Andrew, 382
Eichleay Corp., 700
Einstein, Albert, 652
Eisenhower, General of the Army Dwight D., 601, 612
Eldorado mine, Canada, 656
Electro Metallurgical Co., 676
Electromagnetic process. See Y-l 2.
Elliott, Col. Malcolm, 489, 626
Elston, Representative Charles H., 460
Elwood Ordnance Plant, Ill., 191, 312, 327
building schedule for, 316, 320, 323, 335-36, 517
Congressional investigations of, 382-83
site selection for, 137, 178, 181
Embick, Lt. Gen. Stanley D., 140
Emergency Relief and Construction Act, 1932, 52
Engel, Representative Albert J., 95, 107, 460
on fixed-fee contracts, 427
and investigations of defense construction, 378-82, 517, 608-09
Engineer Board, 448-49
Engineer Department, 501-02. See also District engineers; Division engineers; Engineers, Corps of.
organization of, 6, 244, 249, 268, 441, 473-74, 494, 497, 601-03
Engineer Detachments, Special, 683, 690, 698
Engineer districts. See also District engineers; see separate entry for Manhattan District.
Albuquerque, 665, 693, 696, 700
Caddoa, 486
Chicago, 487
Cincinnati, 453
Columbus, 487
Denison, 494
Detroit, 457
Jacksonville, 457
Kingsport, 517
Little Rock, 637
Omaha, 487
Portland (Oreg.), 455, 595, 673
Puerto Rico, 453
Rock Island, 594
St. Paul, 649
San Antonio, 487
San Francisco, 487
Savannah, 645
Vicksburg, 444, 457, 489, 495, 504, 540-41, 637
Engineer divisions. See also Division engineers; see separate entries for Ohio River Division; Southwestern Division.
Caribbean, 489
Eastern, 460
Lower Mississippi Valley, 454, 473-75, 489-90, 497, 505
Middle Atlantic, 494
Missouri River, 489, 514, 517, 603, 626, 638, 648
North Atlantic, 475, 489, 514, 655
North Pacific, 91, 489, 497, 518
South Atlantic, 474, 489, 496, 626, 642
South Pacific, 450, 489, 497, 628
Upper Mississippi Valley, 473, 489, 497, 626
Engineering Branch, OCE, 486, 490, 523, 600. See also Stratton, Col. James H.
Engineering Branch, OQMG, 125, 153-54, 156, 216, 289
advance planning activities of, 344, 353-54, 358, 360
reorganizations of, 163-65, 260-62, 266, 363
and standards of design, 162-73, 351
Engineering Manual, 620, 630, 632-38, 642, 649
Engineering News-Record, 33, 119, 377, 468, 479, 531
on construction machinery, 543
on contracts, 144-45, 563, 566-68
Engineering Section, OCE, 267, 473, 616
Engineers, 21st, 625
Engineers, Corps of, 4-7
and channels of communication, 488, 504-05, 508, 600-601, 605
and civil works
1920-1939, 56-65, 88, 244, 499
1940-1943, 244-46, 249, 252, 460, 484, 497, 562n, 592, 601-02
and construction program, 1917, 18
and cost accounting system, 63, 443
and decentralized authority, 268, 441-43, 450, 453-54, 474, 489, 494, 499, 505, 562-63, 583
and defense construction, 1940, 246-52, 408
as operating division of SOS, 491
procurement under, 443, 537-40, 548, 551-53
proposals to transfer military construction to
1900-1920, 6-8, 19-25, 32, 34-40, 42
1939, 84, 89-90, 92, 102, 107-08, 379
1941, 462-72
transfers of military construction to, 87-89, 254-55, 267-72, 403, 440-59, 472-76
Equipment, construction, 540, 682
pooling of, 544-45
rental of, 193, 218-20, 299-300, 426-27, 544
shortages of, 104, 218-20, 514, 542-44
Equipment, installed at camps, 213, 285, 287
at hospitals, 218, 286-87, 529
at munitions plants, 314, 324, 332, 339, 502
Excess Profits Tax, 1940, 578-79
Expansion program, 1939-1940. See also Air force programs, funds for, 74-84
preparations for, 93-100
progress of, 100-10
responsibility for, 84-93
Expenditures for construction, summarized. See also Appendix, 703.
1942-1945, 521, 586, 593, 594, 605-07, 608-09, 650, 687
–F–
Facility Clearance Board, 591-92
Facility Review Committee, 591-92
Faddis, Representative Charles I., 382, 395, 470
Fanflik, E. J., 493
Farm Bureau, 180
Farm Credit Administration, 176
Farm Security Administration, 180, 183, 406
Farmers Union, CIO, 180
Farrell, Brig. Gen. Thomas F., 280, 281, 591, 593
and centralized purchasing, 539-40, 552
and Manhattan Project, 650, 663
and Middle Atlantic Division, 494-95
Federal Land Bank, 404
Federal Land Bank of St. Louis, 399
Federal Real Estate Board, 406
Federal Specifications Committee on Metals, 334
Federal Works Administration, 54
Federal Works Agency, 369, 404, 417, 592
Federated American Engineering Societies, 58, 62
Ferguson, H. K., Co., 191, 568, 690
Ferguson, Col. Harley B., 65
Ferguson, Senator Homer, 569
Fermi, Enrico, 656, 658, 665-66, 692, 701
Fidler, 1st Lt. Harold A., 658-59
Field, Frederick C., 625
Field, Maj. Robert B., 164, 165-66, 524
Figert, Maj. F. M., 603
Finkbine, Amos, 442
Fixed Fee Branch, OQMG, 105-06, 125, 201-03, 220, 241, 260
Flemming, Arthur S., 205, 364-65
Flexible Pavement Laboratory, WES, 638, 642, 649
Florida Ship Canal, 256
Foley, Edward T., 267
Force account. See Purchase and hire.
Ford, Bacon & Davis, 686
Foreman, Herbert E., 426, 429, 600
Forrestal, James V., 160, 552, 579
Fort Belvoir, Va., 44n, construction at, 46, 50, 53, 141, 219, 224
investigation of, 381
construction at, 138, 168, 173
investigation of, 380
Fort Peck Dam, Mont., 57, 118, 244, 499
construction at, 5, 45, 138, 288
Fortifications Branch, OCE, 600
Forts. See Camps and forts.
Foster, Charles R., 637-38
Foster & Creighton Co., 673
Foundation Co., The, 681
Fowler, Frederick H., 266, 493, 524
Fowler, Col. Raymond F., 522, 539
Fox, Lt. Col. Mark C., 514, 685, 690-92
Fraser Brace Engineering Co., Inc., 517, 568
Freight rates, land-grant, 391, 428
Frick, W. S., 524
Frink, Brig. Gen. James L., 69-71, 304, 306, 402-03
Frost Effects Laboratory, 649
Fruin-Colnon Contracting Co., 311-12
Fuller, G. E., 493
Fuller, George A., Co., 12, 27, 105, 149, 288, 433
Funds. See also Appropriations.
for defense projects, 143, 147-51, 238, 285, 309, 326
PWA-WPA for military construction, 52-55, 73, 80-84, 88-89, 91, 94, 100-101, 103, 148, 221, 526
Funds and Estimates Branch, OQMG, 117, 123, 154, 260
–G–
Gallagher, Lt. Col. Leonard B., 455
Garand Ml rifles, 111, 147, 320
Gaseous diffusion process. See K-25.
Gasser, Brig. Gen. Lorenzo D., 100, 107
Gates, Maj. Alexander P., 377
Gates, Maj. Elvin R., 517
General Accounting Office, 572-73
General Electric Co., 667, 677
General Mobilization Plans. See Mobilization planning.
General Munitions Board, 8-10, 12, 28
George, Col. Edward M., 68, 488
and Alaskan construction, 102, 104
assignments, 265, 346, 494, 594
George, Senator Walter F., 554
George, Lt. Col. Warren, 664, 669, 678, 679, 685
Gerow, Brig. Gen. Leonard T., 343
Gesler, Lt. Col. Earl E., 268, 654
Gibbins, Maj. Gen. Henry, 55, 108
on decentralized construction authority, 85, 91-93
and expansion program of 1939, 76, 79, 83, 100-101, 103
and fixed-fee contracts, 105-06
and WPA construction, 80-81
Gilbert, Cass, 48
Gill, Capt. Joseph E., 312
Ginsburg, Col. Robert, 492
Giroux, Carl H., 493, 524, 654, 667, 673
Godfrey, Brig. Gen. Stuart C., 641
Goethals, Col. George R., 593, 600, 603, 604, 609
Goethals, Maj. Gen. George W., 20-21, 25, 30, 376
Gompers, Samuel, 14
Gorgas, Maj. Gen. William C., 556
Gottschalk, Oliver A., 363, 422
Grafton, Capt. James F., 658-59, 672
Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, 453
Graham, Representative Willam J., 30-31
Grand Coulee Dam, Wash., 667, 674
Grant, Maj. Gen. Walter S., 290
Grau, Frederick V., 631-32
Gray, Richard J., 369
Greeley, Samuel A., 12
Greeley & Hansen, 165-66
Green, Col. Henry L., 263, 345, 403
Green, William, 222
Gregory, Lt. Gen. Edmund B., 123-25, 128-29, 153-54, 157-59, 171-72, 225, 228, 241, 248, 261, 371, 378, 602
and advance planning of camps, 343, 348
appointed Quartermaster General, 93, 108
and appropriations, 409-10
on civilian hiring, 130, 205, 364-66
and Congressional investigations, 385, 387, 390
on contracts, 144, 149, 235, 301, 426
on conversion of tent camps to hutments, 482-83
and cost overruns, 238, 273-74, 277, 279, 285
and criticism of Construction Division, 253-55, 257-58
and land acquisition, 182-83, 393, 395-96
and lumber purchasing, 215-17
and mobilization plans, 117-18
and munitions plants, 311, 320, 324, 326-27, 341
on post maintenance, 306-07
on reorganization of Construction Division, 259-60, 263-66
and transfer of military construction to Engineers, 267, 270-71, 462, 465-67, 469-71, 473
Greiner, J. E., Co., 291
Griffith, John M., 642
Grinnell Co., 690
Grogan, Leslie S., 674
Groves, Lt. Gen. Leslie R., 3, 241, 254-55, 281, 366, 477-78, 484, 493, 500, 504, 521, 556, 593
and appropriations, 348, 409-12
biographical sketch of, 158-59
and building schedules for munitions plants, 313-16, 318-20, 322-25, 327-31, 333-34, 337, 339
and Congressional investigations, 380-81, 387, 389
and construction progress, 217, 237, 242-43, 285-87, 289-91, 293, 502-03, 505, 513-19
and contracts, 297-98, 300, 429, 563-67, 569-70
and cost overruns, 275, 277-79
and double bunking, 536, 539, 558-60
and engineering standards, 170-71, 209-10, 344
head of Operations Branch, 261, 262, 263, 266, 280, 441, 494-95
and maintenance and operation of camps, 302-07
and Manhattan Project, 650, 652, 654-55, 659
Clinton Engineer Works, 663, 672-73, 679-80, 684-87, 689-90
Hanford Engineer Works, 667, 673-74, 687
Los Alamos, 664-65, 693-97, 699-701
overall director of, 660-62, 666-68, 676-79, 681-83, 688
and materials shortages, 528-29, 534, 547-48, 551-52, 554-55
and Pentagon project, 435, 438-39, 609
and phase-down of construction, 587, 590
and transfer of military construction to Engineers, 267, 271, 463, 474-75, 485-86, 490-94, 505-07
Guiney, Brig. Gen. Patrick W., 43n, 53, 55, 71
Gulf Coast Training Center, 451
Gunby, Col. Frank M., 9-10, 14-15, 22, 27, 122, 163, 211
Gurney, Senator Chan, 469
–H–
Hadley, Maj. Clyde M., 300
Haines, Reuben M., 631-32, 636, 641
Hall, Albert E. S., 667
Hall, Col. C. Lacey, 489
and Clinton Engineer Works, 655, 658
on decentralization, 474, 494, 496
and Holston Ordnance Works, 596
and runway pavement tests, 618, 620, 639
Hamilton, Gordon, Construction Co., 565
Hamilton, Maj. Robert E., 9-10, 14
Hamilton, William E., 493
Hammond, Alonzo J., 116, 266, 364, 563
Hammond, C. Herrick, 267
Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, Va., 560
Hanford Engineer Works, Wash.
construction of, 650, 668, 672-76, 681-82, 687-88, 690-92
manpower at, 682-83
Hankee-James-Zahniser & Warren, 681
Hannis, Lt. Col. Henry F., 268, 441, 442, 621
Hannum, Brig. Gen. Warren T., 450, 474-75, 489
head of Pacific Division, 548, 552, 594
and runway pavement tests, 628, 636, 640
Hardin, Col. John R., 268, 269, 442, 460, 493, 500, 593
and Air Corps program, 441, 451, 454-55
and conservation of materials, 560, 589
and transfer of military construction to Engineers, 486-87, 503, 505
and war program, 479, 489, 518
Harding, Edward J., 97, 103, 116, 119-21, 250
Harloe, Maj. Bartley M., 81-82
Harman, Lt. Col. John M., 658-59, 678, 693, 695
Harold, J. C., 524
Harrington, Col. Francis C., 81-83, 103
Harrington and Cortelyou, 163
Harris, Maj. Gen. Charles T., Jr.
and industrial mobilization planning, 65, 69-71
and Ordnance programs, 354-56, 358, 360, 413, 481
and site selection, 135-37
Harrison, Representative Thomas W., 38-39
Harrison, William H., 257, 306, 348, 423, 560, 589-90, 659
Chief of New Construction Section, NDAC, 146-47, 158, 160, 172, 187, 256, 298
and construction schedules, 240, 243
and criticism of Hartman, 253-55
and munitions plants, 309-10, 336, 357, 360
and transfer of QM construction to Engineers, 247, 462, 467, 469
Harrison Construction Co., 673
Harrold, Capt. Clinton J., 174
Harter, Representative Dow W., 382
Hartman, Brig. Gen. Charles D., 22, 124, 164, 202, 247, 342, 348, 377, 537, 558
and Air Corps bid for construction authority, 90-92, 104
appointed Chief of Construction Division, 108, 110
and camp layouts, 207, 209, 211-13
and construction schedules, 150, 198-201, 240-43, 289-90, 302
and contract negotiation, 97-99, 146-47, 155, 192-94, 196-97, 310, 361, 419, 423
and cost estimates, 160, 238, 277, 379
criticism and relief of, 253-55, 257-59, 273, 372
defends centralized control of construction, 86-87, 258
and defense program, 1940, 115-23, 148-49, 151, 152-62, 235
early posts held by, 18, 44, 53, 55, 56, 71, 73
and engineering designs, 162-72
and expansion program, 1939, 93-96
and hiring of civilians, 126, 129-30, 205, 231, 361
and labor relations, 156-57, 225-27, 229, 235
and leasing of equipment, 218, 220
and mobilization plans, 69-70
and munitions plants, 310-12, 321
and recruitment of officers, 40, 51, 126-30, 203-04
and reorganization of Construction Division, 123-25
and selection of contractors, 125, 184-92
and site selection, 130-31, 134, 139-41, 143, 177
and transfer of work to Engineers, 246-51
Harts, Brig. Gen. William W., 38-39
Harvard University, 447, 630-31, 642, 648
Harvey, Forrest S., 125, 563, 585
and Congressional investigations, 382-83, 389
and selection of contractors, 184-85, 188, 190-92
Haskins and Sells, 421
Hastings, Brig. Gen. Kester L., 52, 280, 281, 294, 476
Hatch, Senator Carl A., 387
Hathaway, Gail A., 524, 616-17, 623, 632-33, 642-43
Hawaii, 44, 78-79, 81-83, 95, 104
Hawaiian Department, 84-86
Hayden, Senator Carl, 399, 413
Hayden, Maj. Everett C., 51, 263, 345-46, 488
Haynes, John L., 554
Heap, Maj. Theodore P., 69
Heavy water, 653, 655, 658, 676
Henderson, Leon, 480
Henry’s Lake, Idaho, 347
and Badger Ordnance Works, 568
and Radford Ordnance Works, 187, 191, 312-13
Herman, Raymond E., 181
Heroman, Col. John B., Jr., 493, 585
Herron, Maj. Gen. Charles D., 85
Highway Research Board, 617, 621, 635-36
Hilgard, Col. Milosh R., 68
Hill, D., 493
Hill, Lt. Col. Hibbert M., 523, 524, 554, 632-33, 644
Hill, Representative Lister, 55
Hillman, Sidney, 3, 112, 217, 389, 480
and Building Trades Agreement, 366-67, 369-70
on site selection, 135, 311, 357
Hills, George B., 266
Hines, Walker D., 256
Hitler, Adolf, 74, 111, 117, 641, 660
Hobson, Maj. George F., 49, 68, 104-05
Hodges, Col. John N., 475, 489
Hodgson, Lt. Col. John S., 685
Hoehling, Judge Adolph A., 59-60
Hogan, Frank J., 59
Hogan, John P., 115-16, 121-22, 253-55, 257
Hog Island Ammunition Terminal, Pa., 515
Holabird & Root, 172
Holman, Senator Rufus C., 170-71
Holmes, George S., 261, 262, 373-74, 376-77
Home Owners’ Loan Corp., 176
Hoover, Herbert C., 33, 38, 58, 60, 63-64
and CWA, 53
and WPA construction, 80-81
Horner, Wesley W., 633
Horowitz, Maj. L. George, 509
Horton, Robert E., 633
Horton, Brig. Gen. William S., 43n
Hospitals construction of, 44-45, 47, 273, 484, 502, 521, 555, 612
design of, 168, 173, 528-29, 535-36
Hospitals, general
Beaumont, Tex., 44n
Des Moines, Iowa, 555
Fitzsimmons, Colo., 44n
Lawson, Ga., 224
Woodrow Wilson, Va., 555
Hotels and apartments
disposal of, 607-08
purchase and lease of, 483, 523, 532-33, 554-56
Houck, Maj. Wayne O., 568
Houdaille-Hershey Corp., 690
Hough, Capt. Benjamin K., Jr., 658-59
Housing, civilian war, 587, 590
Hull, Representative Merlin, 432-34
Hunkin-Conkey Construction Co., 187
Hunt, Frazier, 376
Hunt, Maj. John A., 237
Hunter, Col. Robert C., 455, 548-49, 625
Hunter, Lt. Col. Rosser L., 393-95
Hurley, Patrick J., 66
Hutchings, Col. Henry, Jr., 542
–I–
Ickes, Harold L., 53, 64, 248, 347
Idlewild International Airport, N.Y., 644
Indiana Ordnance Works, Ind., 137, 192, 312-13, 327
completion schedule for, 314-16, 321-23, 329
labor shortage at, 611
Induction schedules, 150-51, 199-201, 240-41, 273-74, 291-94
Industrial Mobilization Plans. See Mobilization planning.
Infantry Divisions
31st, 292
37th, 293
44th, 149
Initial Protective Force, 72, 74, 77
Inspector General, The, 46, 509. See also Peterson, Maj. Gen. Virgil L.
Institute for Government Research, 60
Interstate Commerce Commission, 404
Irwin & Leighton, 13
Itschner, Lt. Col. Emerson C., 515, 518
–J–
Jabelonsky, Lt. Col. Carl H., 488
Jackson, Robert F., 625
Jackson, Brig. Gen. Thomas H., 63
Jacobson, Lt. Col. Simon, 124, 125, 154, 156, 214-16
Japanese relocation centers, 484, 516, 533
Jaros, Alfred L., 266
Jefferson, Thomas, 5
Jefferson Proving Ground, Ind., 177, 319, 335, 393-95
Jeffersonville QM Depot, Ind., 4, 409
Jervis, William H., 637
John Martin Dam, Colo., 624
Johns-Manville Corp., 376
Johnson, Capt. Allan C., 659, 678, 682
Johnson, Maj. Gen. Davenport, 639
Johnson, Maj. H. T., 164
Johnson, Louis A.
and air expansion program, 75, 96
and CPFF contracts, 98, 102-03, 144-45
and defense program, 113, 122-23, 130, 134, 186
and mobilization planning, 72, 76, 110
and transfer of QM construction to Engineers, 87, 90, 102, 247
Joint Chiefs of Staff, 592-93, 642
Jones, Edwin L., 686
Jones, Lt. Col. Homer W., 123-25, 154, 413
on contracting procedures, 300-301, 347, 349, 423, 428
on wages and hours, 157, 227-28
Jones, J. A. Construction Co., 212, 390, 540, 680, 686
Jones, Jesse H., 252, 412-13, 480, 592
Jones-Reavis bill, 33, 37-38, 40, 58
Judge Advocate General, The, 87, 301
Junkersfield, Peter, 9
–K–
K-25, 680-81, 683-84, 686, 690-92
Kadlec, Lt. Col. Harry R., 312, 321, 336, 514, 674, 690
Kahn, Albert, Associates, 187, 321
Kahn, Representative Julius, 36-39
Kankakee Ordnance Works, Ill., 192, 312, 375-76, 610
completion schedules for, 314-16, 322-23, 336, 338-40
site selection for, 137, 178, 181, 183
Karker, Maurice, 580-83
Kellar, Kent E., 357
Keller, Brig. Gen. Charles, 594
Kelley, Maj. Wilbur E., 659, 677, 678, 684, 693
Kellogg, M. W., Co., 666
Kelly, Lincoln G., 235-36
Kelton, Lt. Col. Edwin C., 443, 454-55, 543, 574, 614-15, 617
Kemp, Harold A., 445, 493, 630
and air base engineering, 450, 452-53, 455-56
and airfield pavement design, 616, 624
Kenerson, Col. Waldo I., 642-43
Kennedy, Col. Frank M., 168, 173, 451
on designs and layouts, 443-44, 448, 450, 453-54, 456-57, 501, 615, 621-22
on transfer of Air Corps construction to Engineers, 254-55
Kerr, Lynnwood, 679
Ketcham, Col. Daniel W., 20
Kier, W. E., Construction Co., 234
Kilday, Representative Paul J., 382, 470
Kilpatrick, Maj. John D., 49
King, Senator William H., 28-29
Kingman, Brig. Gen. John J., 448
Kinney, William F., 68-69
Kirkpatrick, Lt. Col. Elmer E., 51, 202, 203-05, 231, 280, 476, 503
Klein, August C., 677
Klinger, William A., 55
Kluttz, Jerry, 153
Knight, Brig. Gen. John T., 43n, 46
Knudsen, William S., 389, 480, 560, 589
and munitions plants, 310, 312, 326-27, 331, 357
and National Defense Advisory Commission, 112-13, 147, 247
and transfer of QM construction to Engineers, 467, 469
Koch & Fowler, 212
Koke, Oscar I., 124, 125, 154, 215, 235-37, 265
Kruger, Willard C., & Associates, 694, 697
Kuhn, Brig. Gen. Joseph E., 11-12
Kuldell, Col. Rudolph C., 593, 603, 604-05, 609
Kurtz, Alfred S., 529
–L–
Labor employment totals, 14, 17, 121-22, 221-22, 233, 512, 599
shortages of
1941-1942, 287-88, 336, 457, 546
1943-1944, 611-13, 673, 682-83, 687, 690
Labor relations, 156-57, 221-31, 329, 336-38, 343, 366-71
Labor Relations Branch, OCE, 494
Labor Relations Section, OQMG, 221, 363, 366, 368
Lake City Ordnance Plant, Mo., 192, 311
completion schedules for, 314, 319, 324-25, 331, 340
Lamb, Capt. George E., 49
Lambert, Byron J., 445
Lamphere, Frank E., 122, 154, 216, 257
and contract negotiations, 188, 192-95
and engineering designs, 156, 162-73, 212
head of Engineering Branch, 124, 125, 164
Land, James L., 524, 617, 621, 624, 630, 639, 649
Land acquisition. See also Brokers, real estate.
for air expansion program, 101-02
and appraisals, 395-97, 404-05
under Engineers, 490, 494-95, 510
for Manhattan Project, 663, 674, 679
procedure for, revised, 401-07
Lang, Fred C., 649
Langfitt, Maj. Gen. William C., 39
Langley Field, Va., 44n, 52, 447, 618-19, 621, 624-25, 635, 637
Larson, Lt. Col. Leander, 225, 232-34
Latson, Lt. Col. Harley, 455
Lawrence, Ernest O., 654, 656-58, 680, 684, 686
Lawrence, Ray E., 524, 654, 696-97
Layouts. See Air base engineering, layouts; Camps and cantonments, layout of; Munitions plants, design and layout of.
Leavey, Lt. Col. Edmond H., 409-10, 435, 477, 523, 538
and advance planning of camps, 343-45, 350-53
and advance planning of munitions plants, 355-58, 360
and conservation of materials, 317, 333, 523
on contracting procedures, 422, 429
head of Engineering Branch, 261, 262, 265, 271, 486, 490
Lee, Brig. Gen. John C. H., 91-93, 102, 462
Lee, General Robert E., 6
Leeds, Hill, Barnard and Jewett, 125, 354, 382
Leehey, Col. Donald J., 595
Leftwich, J. D., Construction Co., 700
Legal Branch, OQMG, 123, 154, 219, 227, 260, 300, 347, 423
Lehigh Portland Cement Co., 156
Leighton, Marshall O., 33, 37-38, 40, 57
Leisenring, Luther M., 48, 265
and Pentagon project, 438
as supervising architect, OQMG, 51, 86, 163, 164
Lenroot, Senator Irvine L., 39-40
Letts, J. C., Jr., 524
Lewis, A. D., 370n
Lewis, Col. George F., 280, 281, 304-07, 493, 593
Lewis, Maj. Oliver A., 595
Ley, Fred T., & Co., 13, 147, 320
Liaison Branch, OQMG, 125, 154, 260
Linville, B. K., 524
Littell, Brig. Gen. Isaac W., 558
and Cantonment Division, 7-10, 12-20, 108
and Congressional investigation of military construction, 21, 27-28
Littell, Norman M., 394-96, 405-06
Lockwood-Greene Engineers, Inc., 212
Lodge, Senator Henry Cabot, Jr., 225
Logan International Airport, Mass., 649
Lombard, Carole, 525
Long, Bartlett G., 618
Long-Manhattan-Watson, 233, 288
Lorence, Maj. Walter E., 248, 269, 369
Los Alamos Project, N. Mex., 665, 667, 687, 693-701
Los Alamos Ranch School, 664, 694-96
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 698
Loughridge, Capt. James A., 694
Louisville & Nashville Railroad, 655, 664, 673
Loving, Harry W., 237, 240, 300, 302, 389, 563
and Fixed Fee Branch, 124, 125, 154, 157, 201-03, 215
and negotiation of contracts, 147, 188-89, 192-96, 206, 219, 241-42, 410-11, 423
and Price Adjustment Board, 580-85
Lowden, Governor Frank O., 38
Lowdermilk Brothers, 696
Ludlow, Representative Louis L., 213, 569
procurement of, 14, 156, 213-18, 538-40, 551-53
shortages of, 285-86, 514, 537-40, 543, 546-53
stockpiling of, 343-44, 348-49, 409
Lumber Advisory Board, 552
Lump Sum Branch, OQMG, 123, 201, 260
Lundoff, Clemens W., 8, 19, 59
Lyon, Capt. Archibald W., 163, 164, 493
–M–
McAlpine, William H.
and air base engineering, 445-47, 456, 616-18, 620
positions held, 267-68, 269, 486, 493
MacArthur, General of the Army Douglas, 52-53, 67, 366, 601-02
McBryde, Warren H., 266, 493, 524
McCloy, John J., 252, 259, 388, 435, 516
McCord, Paul L., 393-96
McCormack, Representative John W., 295, 471
McCrary, J. B., Corp., 210, 354
McCulloch, Representative Roscoe C., 30-32
McCumber, Senator Porter J., 28
MacDougald Construction Co., 390
McDowell, R. Newton, 397-98, 400
McEachron, Karl B., 334
McEwan, J. J., 493
McFadden, Gayle, 445, 524, 616, 630-31, 633, 636-37, 639-42
McFadden, Col. Murdock A., 263, 312, 455-56, 488
McGrady, Edward F., 367
Machinery, construction. See Equipment, construction.
McIlwain, Lt. Col. Shirley W., 488
McKay, Douglas L, 363, 396-98, 486, 493, 576
McKee, Robert E., 697-98
McKee, Lt. Col. William M., 493, 563
McKellar, Senator Kenneth D., 26-28, 36, 119, 249-51, 460, 462
McKenzie, Representative John C., 29-32
McKim, Meade & White, 48
McNair, Lt. Gen. Lesley J., 491
McPherson, D. C., 493
McShain, John, Inc., 433, 435, 437-39, 511
Madigan, Michael J., 238, 356, 509, 589
biographical sketch of, 159-60
and construction schedules, 240, 243
and contracts, 235, 419-20, 423, 544, 566-67
and conversion of existing facilities, 482-83, 523
and criticism of Construction Division, OQMG, 253-57
and lumber procurement, 214, 554
and transfer of QM construction to Engineers, 462-72
Madsen, Lt. Col. Kenneth E., 643
Magazines, ammunition storage, 327, 340, 523
barrel-arch design, 333-34
Corbetta beehive, 530-31
Magee, Maj. Gen. James C., 168, 173
and design standards, 484, 501, 528-29, 547
and double bunking, 536, 554, 558-60
Maher, William K., 313
Main, Charles T., 28
Main, Charles T., Inc., 9, 125, 147, 211, 354, 517
Maintenance and operation, 598
1917-1939, 18-19, 34, 44-45, 49, 54, 88, 90, 93, 107
city managers for, 302-08
and transfer of QM construction to Engineers, 463, 465, 467-70, 473
Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, 656, 659
Mallory, Capt. Phillips H., 48
Manhattan District, 562n, 650, 653-55, 658-59, 661, 663, 667-79, 680, 681-82, 690
Manhattan Project, 485
and Argonne Forest, Ill., 655-56, 659
and Clinton Engineer Works, 650, 654-57, 660, 663-64, 668-73, 679-88, 690-93
contractors for, 653, 665-67, 669, 673, 680-81, 686, 690, 693, 696-97, 700
and Hanford Engineer Works, 650, 667-68, 672-76, 681-83, 687-88, 690-92
and Los Alamos Project, 665, 667, 687, 693-701
and plans and layouts of separation plants, 657, 672, 674-77, 684
priorities for, 657-58, 660-61, 682
selection of sites for, 654-57, 660, 663-67, 673
Manufacturers Trust Co. of New York. 285
March, Maj. Gen. Peyton C., 23-25, 32, 34
Marks, Col. Edwin H., 453
Marsden, Lt. Col. E. H., 578
Marshall, General of the Army George C., 378, 389, 409, 431, 451, 479, 560, 601-02, 660
and advance planning, 342-43
and air expansion program, 75-76, 80, 91
appointed Chief of Staff, 93
and appointment of Somervell, 256, 260
and appropriations, 100, 148-51
on completion schedules, 240, 294
on cost overruns, 273-77, 278-79
and loan of officers to Construction Division, 127-29, 265
and mobilization, 111, 113-15, 117, 123, 150, 198-200
and relief of Hartman, 258
on responsibility for maintenance, 306-07
on separate construction corps, 257, 461, 464
and site selection, 132, 137-38, 141, 207, 346-47, 354
and strengthening of Army, 1941-1942, 413-14, 480
and supervision of construction, 157, 165
and transfer of QM construction to Engineers, 87-88, 102, 107-08, 247, 249-51, 254-55, 272, 448, 464-67, 469-71, 473
and views on QM performance, 243
Marshall, Brig. Gen. James C.
and Clinton Engineer Works, 655, 663, 669-71, 673, 680, 683
head of Manhattan District, 651-54, 656-60, 665-66, 676-79, 681-82
and Los Alamos Project, 693, 695
Marshall, Brig. Gen. Richard C., Jr., 7, 18, 22, 43, 122, 189, 247
and cantonment program, 1917, 11-14
for a centralized construction agency, 19, 461
and Congressional investigations, 27-28, 31, 389-90
and history of Construction Division, 68-69
Managing Director, Associated General Contractors, 40, 58, 63
and movement for public works department. 33, 58, 60, 62-63
for a separate construction corps, 32-38, 246
on transfer of Construction Division to Engineers, 1918, 23-25
Mason & Hanger Co., 12, 105, 390, 567-68
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 630
Massman Construction Co., 311-12
Masterson, George, 369
Materials and Equipment Branch, OCE, 537-40, 545, 548, 550, 552-53, 600
Matériel Division, U.S. Air Corps, 453
Matheson, Col. John R. D., 105, 107, 594
Matthias, Col. Franklin T., 667, 674, 677, 678, 681
Mauran, John L., 28
Maury, Dabney H., 9
Maxwell, Lt. Col. Russell L., 75, 79-82, 87
May, Representative Andrew J., 119, 382-84, 425, 467, 470-71
May, Stacy, 588
Mead, Senator James M., 387
Mechanical Equipment Section, OQMG, 219
Mechanical Equipment Unit, OCE, 542
Mehring & Hanson Co., 690
Meigs, Maj. Gen. Montgomery C., 6
Mellinger, Frank M., 618
Mencken, H. L., 60
Merritt, Representative Matthew J., 382
Merzlotovedenie Institute, Moscow, 648
Metal Hydrides, Inc., 656
Metallurgical Laboratory, University of Chicago, 655. 658-59, 666, 677, 680, 687
Metcalf & Eddy, 165
Meyer, Lt. Col. Vincent, 133, 148
Middlebrooks, Thomas A., 524, 616, 620-21, 624, 626, 628-32, 635-36, 639, 641, 649
Miles, Col. Francis H., Jr., 314, 356
Military Construction Division, OCE, 600, 603, 609
Military Policy Committee, 662
Military Training Camps Association, 114
Miller, Senator John E., 249
Minnesota, University of, 648
Mississippi River Commission, 63, 475, 642
Mississippi Valley Structural Steel Co., 329
Mitchell, James P., 363, 366-69, 371, 419, 494
Mitchell, Brig. Gen. William, 644
Mobilization drawings, 100, 102, 115
600 series, 116
700 series, 68-69, 71, 73, 116-18, 166, 169, 172, 344, 349-51, 455
Mobilization planning, 65-73, 390-91
and General Mobilization Plans, 66, 68
and Industrial Mobilization Plans, 66, 72, 110
and Protective Mobilization Plans, 72-73, 74, 76, 110, 138-41, 309
Mojave Antiaircraft Range, Calif., 175
Monteith, John, Jr., 617, 624, 631-32, 647
Moore, Lt. Col. Cecil R., 455
Moore, Maj. Gen. Richard C., 123, 148, 160, 247, 307, 462, 478, 529
and appointment of Somervell, 256, 260
and appropriations, 348, 412-14
and construction policies, 157, 165-66, 168, 172, 187, 209
and cost estimates and overruns, 117-18, 238, 275-77, 279
and Pentagon project, 415, 431
on separate construction corps, 257, 332
and site selection 132-33, 138-40
and transfer of QM construction to Engineers, 108, 151, 254-55, 464, 467, 470
Moreell, Rear Adm. Ben, 97, 426, 550, 589
Morgan, J. E., & Sons, 697
Morse, Charles A., 29
Moses, Maj. Raymond G., 70
Moses, Robert, 159
Mowery, Maj. William A., 612-13
Muller, Siemon W., 648
Munitions Building, 93, 122-23, 153, 432, 444, 652
Munitions plants. See also Chemical Warfare plants and arsenals; Ordnance manufacturing plants and depots.
advance planning for, 354-63
appropriations for, 111, 113-14, 309, 412-13
completion dates for, 310, 314-16, 320-27, 329-33, 335-41, 478, 610, 612
costs of, estimated and actual, 313-14, 316-18, 325-27, 481, 610, 612
design and layout of, 167, 191, 316-18, 333-34, 357-60, 502-03
materials and equipment for, 316, 324, 332, 339, 502
and phase-down of program, 590, 610, 613
priorities for, 328-29, 332, 540
redesign of, 317-18, 333-34, 529-31
responsibility for construction of, 185-87, 191, 312-13, 319-20, 360-63
site selection for, 134-37, 174, 177, 183, 311-12, 355-57, 543
Munitions Plants Branch, OCE, 600
Munitions Program of 30 June 1940, 113-14, 309, 310-13, 354, 408
Muroc Bombing Range, Calif., 454
Murphree, Eger V., 654
Murray, Senator James E., 346n
Muskingum River Project, 499, 618
–N–
Nagasaki, 651
Nathan, Robert R., 588-89, 591-92
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 622
National Advisory Council on Real Estate, 401-02
National Association of Building Owners and Managers, 434, 608
National Association of Real Estate Boards, 401
National Board for Jurisdictional Awards, 125
National Bureau of Standards, 531
National Capital Park and Planning Commission, 433-34
National Defense Act of 1920. See Defense Act of 1920.
National Defense Advisory Commission, 112-13, 185, 309, 311, 343, 480
Agricultural Division, 181-82
and building materials, 171-72, 213, 286
Construction Section, 146
and contracting principles, 147, 158, 160-61
and labor policies, 160-61, 222, 227-30, 366, 369
and land acquisition, 177, 180, 406
and selection of contractors, 125, 188
and site selection, 134-37
and union fees and dues, 224
National Guard and camp site selection, 139-43, 197, 209
induction dates for, 12, 150-51, 199-201, 240-41, 273-74, 291-94
mobilization of, 14-15, 103, 108, 112-14, 148-49, 198, 306, 409
move to extend service of, 414
National Guard Act, 1940, 149-50, 175, 188
National Public Works Department Association, 33, 37
Naval Research Laboratory, 689
Nelson, Lt. Col. Curtis A., 683
and advance planning, 343, 351
on centralized purchasing, 214-15, 538-39, 552
and materials shortages, 542, 548
and negotiation of contracts, 573-74, 576-77
and phasing down war construction, 586-92
on priority ratings, 332, 658, 661
Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1937, 70
Neville, Col. C., 22
New, Senator Harry S., 23-24
New, W. J., 524
New Construction Branch, OQMG, 94, 123
New War Department Building, 473, 486, 512, 560, 609, 653-54, 659, 663
New York Association of Contractors, 28
New York Port of Embarkation, 560, 594, 610
Newcomb, Rexford, 542
Newell, Maj. Frank M., 697
Newman, Brig. Gen. James B., Jr., 269, 501, 619, 622
Newmark, Nathan M., 619
Neyland, Col. Robert R., Jr., 594, 619, 621, 638
Nichols, Col. Kenneth D., 653-60, 677, 678, 690
biographical sketch, 653
and Clinton Engineer Works, 655
heads Manhattan District, 681-82
and Los Alamos Project, 693
and Metallurgical Laboratory, 656, 665-66
Normoyle QM Depot, Tex., 45
Norris Dam, Tenn., 655
Norsworthy, I. D., 524
Noxon, Maj. James A., 228
Nurse, Maj. Howard B., 48, 51, 124, 265, 363
and defense program of 1940, 117-18, 123-24, 149, 154, 166, 172
head of Planning Branch, OQMG, 94, 96-97, 104
on transfer of Air Corps construction to Engineers, 268-70
transfers to Corps of Engineers, 476, 488
–O–
Oak Ridge, Tenn., 683, 688, 690
Oakland Port and General Depot, Calif., 409, 550
O’Brien, Lt. Col. E. R., 603
O’Brien, Col. John J., 383, 603, 607
Chief of Real Estate Branch, OCE, 490, 493, 494-96, 510, 603
Chief of Real Estate Branch, OQMG, 363, 395
and Manhattan Project, 654, 657, 674
and real estate brokers, 395-99
and real estate procedures, 401-07
O’Brien, William E., 313
O’Daniel, Governor W. Lee, 375
O’Driscoll & Grove, Inc., 671
Office of the Chief of the Air Corps, 450. See also administrative units by name.
Office of the Chief of Engineers. See administrative units by name.
Office of the Coordinator of Defense Purchases, NDAC, 158
Office of the Director of Sales, 44
Office for Emergency Management, Supply Priorities and Allocations Board, 332
Office of Price Administration, 544, 548
Office of Production Management, 306, 334, 370, 480
for advance planning, 1941, 343, 349, 351, 355-57
and Pentagon project, 437-38
and priority system, 286, 330-32
Office of The Quartermaster General, 86, 306. See also administrative units by name.
Office of Scientific Research and Development, 652-55, 658, 660
Office of the Under Secretary of War, Conservation Section, 334-35
Officers recruitment of, 40, 51-52, 126-29, 203-04, 266, 502-03
Regular Army Corps of Engineers, 37, 246, 502, 594, 603
Quartermaster Corps, 43, 51-52, 127, 203-04, 209, 263, 312, 476, 488, 603
Reserve Corps of Engineers, 24, 270, 305, 366, 502, 594, 603
Quartermaster Corps, 53, 68, 127-30, 203-04, 209, 270, 305, 312, 366
Ogden, Capt. David A. D., 105
Ogden and Vicinity Office, Utah, 173
Ohio River Division, 453, 460, 489
and Clinton Engineer works, 663
and decentralization of Engineer Department, 474, 494, 496
and runway pavement tests, 618
Ohly, John H., 230
Oklahoma City Modification Center, Okla., 481, 596-97
O’Leary, Jean M., 663
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 8, 12, 31
Olmsted Brothers, 347
Olsson, Virginia J., 653
Oman Construction Co., 568
Operations Branch, OCE, 473, 486, 490-94, 507-08, 535, 600
Operations Branch, OQMG, 260-62, 280, 329
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 650, 664-65, 689, 693-96, 698, 701
Ordnance Company, 30th, 290
Ordnance Department, 4, 515. See also Munitions plants.
and construction programs 1917, 18-19, 26, 29
1939-1940, 76, 81, 83, 100-101, 246
1944-1945, 610-13
and construction responsibility, 71, 185-87
Ordnance manufacturing plants and depots. See separate entries for Denver Ordnance Plant, Colo.; Elwood Ordnance Plant, Ill.; Indiana Ordnance Works, Ind.; Kankakee Ordnance Works, Ill.; Lake City Ordnance Plant, Mo.; Radford Ordnance Works, Va.; Ravenna Ordnance Plant, Ohio; see also Munitions plants.
Alabama OW, Ala., 137, 319, 323, 340, 610, 676
Allegany OP, Md., 532
Anniston OD, Ala., 331, 340-41
Badger OW, Wis., 567-68, 610-11
Baytown OW, Tex., 312, 323, 340
Charlestown OW, Ind., 134, 185, 377
Coosa River OP, Ala., 137, 322-23, 340
Cornhusker OP, Nebr., 565, 611
Detroit Tank Arsenal, Mich., 186-87, 312, 320-21, 335, 479
Frankford Arsenal, Pa., 77, 315, 320, 324, 336
Gopher OW, Minn., 611
Gulf OP, Miss., 568
Holston OW, Tenn., 485, 517, 595-96, 666
Hoosier OP, Ind., 191, 311, 319, 322-23, 331, 340
Iowa OP, Iowa, 183, 191, 314, 319, 322, 327, 335, 339n
Keystone OW, Pa., 543
Kingsbury OP, Ind., 314, 322, 340, 396
Lake Ontario OW, N.Y., 479, 502, 509, 513
Longhorn OW, Tex., 479, 502, 509
Lowell OP, Mass., 532
Morgantown OW, W. Va., 137, 192, 319, 323, 338, 340, 676
New River OP, Va., 137, 311, 319, 322-23, 331, 340, 567
Ohio River OW, Ky., 137, 319, 323, 333, 340
Pennsylvania OW, Pa., 653, 657
Philadelphia Armor Plate Plant, Pa., 320-21
Ordnance manufacturing plants and depots—(Cont.)
Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., 143, 147, 312, 320, 333, 340
Plum Brook OW, Ohio, 137, 183, 311, 323, 338, 340
St. Louis OP, Mo., 311, 324-26, 329, 331, 336-38, 340
Springfield Armory, Mass., 77, 143, 147, 173, 185, 312, 320
Susquehanna OD, Pa., 611
Twin Cities OP, Minn., 375, 479
Volunteer OW, Tenn., 414
Wabash River OW, Ind., 479, 516-17, 676
Watertown Arsenal, Mass., 594
Weldon Spring OP, Mo., 137, 319-20, 322, 331-32, 338, 340, 400
West Virginia OW, W. Va., 479, 502, 530
Wolf Greek OP, Tenn., 183, 191, 319, 322-23, 340, 568
Oury, Capt. William H., 7
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Pace, Thomas A., 421
Pagan, Mary B., 158
Painting and Decorating Contractors of America, The, 172
Painting industry, 172-73
Palmer, A. Mitchell, 32
Palmer, Arthur E., 252
Palmer, E. P., 116
construction problems, 104-07, 247
funds for construction, 77-79, 81-83, 95, 100
Panama Canal construction of, 7, 9, 20, 38, 62, 257, 376, 499
placed under military control, 103
and U.S. defenses, 78
Panama Canal Department, 84-85
Park, Col. Richard, 489, 518, 594
Parler, Capt. M. L., 493
Parlour, Walter, 215
Parsons, Brig. Gen. James K., 67, 389
Pasco Holding and Reconsignment Point, Wash., 515
Pashley, Lt. Col. Walter A., 261, 262, 420-22
Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Development, Maine, 656
Patrick, Maj. Gen. Mason M., 39, 58
Pattee, Maj. Karl M., 514
Patterson, Robert P., 171, 410, 440, 560
and centralized purchasing, 538, 552
and completion schedules, 240-41, 292, 295, 478, 509
and Congressional investigations, 383, 387, 389
and contracts, 144, 161, 301-02, 349, 421-24, 426-30, 457, 562-63, 565-66, 569, 575, 578-80, 582
on conversion of existing facilities, 523, 532, 556
and curbs on civilian projects, 588-89, 591
and equipment rentals, 219, 544
on land acquisition, 177-78, 182-83, 393-94, 396-98, 400-401, 404, 490, 496, 607
and Manhattan Project, 665, 682, 690
and munitions program, 320, 323-27, 336, 339, 354-58, 361-63, 412-13
and overtime premiums, 227-29, 367-68
and Pentagon project, 431, 435
and proposal for separate construction corps, 252-53
responsibility for construction, 157, 159
and selection of contractors, 188-90, 192, 354
on steel shortage and priorities, 328-31, 334
and transfer of QM construction to Engineers, 249-50, 461-67, 469-72
Paxson, Frederic, L., 18
Pehrson, G. A., 674
Peil, Lt. Col. John H., 594
Pentagon Building construction of, 415, 417, 431-39, 479, 511-12, 594
cost overruns on, 515, 517, 608-09
Permafrost, 647-49
Perry, Albert W., 384-85, 390-91
Pershing, General of the Armies John J., 32, 35-36, 39, 66, 68
Person, Col. John L., 441, 442, 600
Peterson, Howard C., 387
Peterson, Maj. Gen. Virgil L., 247, 257, 274-76, 342-43, 393-94
Philadelphia QM Depot, Pa., 147
Philippe, Robert R., 641
and landing impact of planes, 620, 622
and research on rigid pavements, 618-19, 629, 631, 638-39, 645, 649
Philips, Col. Joseph L., 587-88
Pick, Col. Lewis A., 514, 603, 638
Pierce, John B., Foundation, 671
Pitz, Col. Hugo E., 52-53, 55, 94, 100-101
Plank, Brig. Gen. Ewart G., 478, 515
and air force programs, 455-57, 484, 503, 514
and oversight of air force projects, 268, 269, 442, 486, 493
and QM-CE relations with Air Corps, 440-41, 450, 501, 615
and site selection, 443, 452, 543
Planning, advance, 1941
of camps and cantonments, 342-54, 482, 570
of munitions plants, 354-63
Planning Branch, OASW, 65-66, 69
Planning Branch, OQMG, 69, 94, 110
Plans and specifications, 152, 165
revised to conserve materials, 525, 535-36, 546-47
screening of, by WPB, 588, 590
Poorman, Maj. Fred S., 163-65, 524, 607
Porter, O. J., Co., 645
Porter, O. James, 624-31, 633-36, 647, 649
Portland Cement Association, 447, 617, 619, 622
Post utilities officers, 303-04, 306-07
Potomac River bridges, 480, 484
Powell, Col. Roger G., 489
Powers, Representative D. Lane, 348, 412, 460
Prefabricated buildings, 13-14, 68, 110, 170-71, 234, 531
for Air Corps, 79, 96, 100-102
for Manhattan Project, 690, 697
Presidio of Monterey, Calif., 283
Price, Governor James H., 320
Price Adjustment Boards, OCE, 580-81, 583-85
Pringle, Thomas B., 626, 631-32, 636-37, 640
Priority ratings, 286-87, 326-32, 540-41, 545, 587, 590, 655, 657-58, 660-61, 682, 690
Prisoner of war camps, 597
Proctor, Ralph R., 625, 633, 637
Proctor & Gamble Defense Corp., 191
Procurement and Expediting Branch, OQMG, 125, 154, 214-17, 260, 286-87, 347, 537
Projects completed, summaries of 1917-1918, 25-26
defense period, 418
Protective Mobilization Force, 108, 111, 294
Protective Mobilization Plans. See Mobilization planning.
Provost Marshal General, 353
Public Buildings Administration, 415
Public Relations Section, OQMG, 260, 262
Public Roads Administration, 447, 506, 622
Public Works Administration, 52-55, 73, 94, 130
Public works department, attempts to establish, 7, 30, 32-33, 37, 40, 56-64
Puerto Rican Department, 92
Puerto Rican projects, 77, 79, 81-83, 93, 103-04
Purchase and hire, 4, 30, 53, 62-63, 102-04, 144, 149, 297
Purchasing, centralized, 25, 287
under Engineers, 537-40
of lumber, 123, 156, 214-18, 538-40, 548, 551-53
for Manhattan Project, 673
Purdue University, 648
Purnell, Rear Adm. William R., 662
Putnam, Col. Rufus W., 594
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Quartermaster Corps. See also Cantonment Division; Construction and Repair Division, OQMG; Construction Division, OQMG.
and Defense Act of 1920, 32-40, 42, 87
dissatisfaction with construction performance of, 87, 92, 102, 106-07, 241, 247, 249, 251-55, 257-59
historic construction role of, 4-5
and maintenance and repair functions, 18-19, 34, 44-45, 54, 88, 90, 93, 107, 302-08, 465
and shortages of personnel, 40, 42, 48-49, 51, 127-30, 163-65, 203-05, 253, 270, 312
Quartermaster General, The, 157, 593. See also Aleshire, Maj. Gen. James B.; Bash, Maj. Gen. Louis H.; Cheatham, Maj. Gen. B. Frank; DeWitt, Lt. Gen. John L.; Gibbins, Maj. Gen. Henry; Gregory, Lt. Gen. Edmund B.; Rogers, Maj. Gen. Harry L.
on construction capabilities of QMC, 4, 248, 251
and construction funds, 47, 54, 151
and contracts, 145, 150, 187, 456
and land acquisition, 73, 182, 403
and layouts, designs, and specifications, 90, 93, 353, 357, 569
and maintenance and repair functions, 16, 34, 304, 306-07
military construction transferred from, 1941, 467-76
and recruitment of Reservists, 1940, 127-28
and responsibility for construction, 66, 87, 89-91, 263, 327, 362-63, 463
–R–
Radford Ordnance Works’, Va., 187, 312-13, 327, 610
deadlines for, 314-16, 320, 322, 336, 377
Radiation Laboratory, University of California, 657, 659
Railroad Retirement Building, 154, 473, 486
Raine, W. A., 493
Ramspeck, Representative Robert, 437n
Ransdell, Senator Joseph E., 33
Ravenna Ordnance Plant, Ohio, 234, 312, 340, 420
contract negotiations for, 187, 396
RDX program, 479, 481, 485, 516-17, 596
Read, Granville M., 677
Real Estate Branch, OCE, 473, 490, 496, 511, 603, 607, 608, 654
Real Estate Branch, OQMG, 43-44, 94, 123, 154, 260-62, 363
land acquisition program of, 101, 174-84, 393-95, 402-07
reorganization of, 401-02
Real Estate Service, 174
Reavis, Representative Charles F., 38-39
Reber, Lt. Col. Miles, 269, 486, 493
Recapture of leased equipment, 219-20, 299-300, 426-27, 542, 544
Reception centers, 138, 141, 143, 560
Reckord, Maj. Gen. Milton A., 67, 290-91
Reconstruction Finance Corp., 123, 404, 412-13
Redeployment training centers, 613
Redus, John F., Jr., 637
Reed, Maj. Howard H., 280, 493, 537-38, 540-41, 546, 548
Reed, Col. Walter J., 457, 501, 622
Renegotiation Act of 1942, 579-81, 583
Renegotiation Act of 1944, 583, 585
Renshaw, Lt. Col. Clarence, 51, 280, 289, 476
and Congressional investigations, 1941, 385, 390
and Pentagon project, 433, 435, 437-39, 511, 609
Rentenbach, Capt. Thomas J., 669, 673
Reorganizations of executive departments, 64, 89, 107
Repairs and Utilities Branch, OCE, 473, 593
Repairs and Utilities Branch, OQMG, 94, 123, 154, 260, 280, 302, 304-08
Replacement training centers, 141, 200, 273-74, 294, 560
Requisition Act, 544
Reserve officers. See Officers, Reserve.
Reserve Officers Association, 129
Reybold, Lt. Gen. Eugene, 260, 265, 495, 603, 609, 612
and advance planning, 343, 345-46, 350, 356, 570
appointed Chief of Engineers, 464, 477
appointed G-4, 138
and approval of changes in design, 451, 454
and construction delays, 506-07, 510, 514, 517-19
and construction after Pearl Harbor, 478, 485, 499-500, 519-21
and construction phase-down, 589, 591, 598, 605
and contracting policies, 499, 544, 562-63, 570, 572, 575-77, 580, 582, 585
and cost overruns, 273-74, 276-77, 285
and criticism of Construction Division, OQMG, 254-55
and land acquisition, 177, 403
and Manhattan Project, 650-51, 654, 657, 659, 661-62, 681, 683, 701
and materials shortages, 526-27, 541-42, 544-46, 550, 552, 560
and Pentagon project, 431-32
and personnel, 594, 600, 603, 636
on plan to abolish Technical Services, 601
reorganizes Engineer field, 494, 497
and runway design, 616-17, 638-39, 643
and site selection, 138, 142, 149-50, 207, 451-52
and supervision of construction program, 157, 168, 172, 200, 237-38, 241
and transfer of QM construction to Engineers, 462, 467-68, 471-74, 476, 486-87, 489, 491
Reynolds, Senator Robert R., 468-69
Rhett, Robert G., 28
Richards, Lt. Col. Ralph G., 263, 488
Richardson, Maj. Robert L., 202, 203, 219-20, 542, 544-45
Richland, Wash., 674-75, 683, 688
Ricketts, Walter C., 617, 632, 636
Rigid Pavement Laboratory, ORD, 649
Riley, Maj. Napoleon W., 44
Rindlaub, Lt. Col. Bruce D., 631
Ringland, Arthur C., 180-82
Rivers, Harbors, and Flood Control Branch, OCE, 593
Rivers, Herbert, 368
Rivers and harbors. See Civil works.
Rivers and Harbors Branch, OCE, 600
Rivers and Harbors Congress, 33
Rivers and Harbors Service, OCE, 33
Road building, civilian, 587, 617-18
Roane-Anderson Co., 683
Roberts, W. C., 291
Robins, Maj. Gen. Thomas M., 269, 493, 603
and advance planning, 1941, 350, 356, 569
and air force construction, 267-68, 271, 441-44, 448, 450-51, 453-55, 596-97, 622, 638-39, 649
and construction delays, 506, 510, 512-13, 517-19
and construction after Pearl Harbor, 479, 484, 500-502, 508, 521
on centralized purchasing, 538
and contracts, 423, 563, 565, 568, 570-71, 573-74, 576-78, 580-82
and equipment rental, 544
and Manhattan Project, 650-52, 654, 659, 662, 664-65, 667, 683, 691
and phase-down of construction, 587, 593, 600, 602-03, 605
and shortages of materials, 523, 526, 528-29, 531, 533-35, 541-42, 554, 559-60
and transfer of QM construction to Engineers, 462, 468, 473-75, 486-88, 491, 494, 505
Robinson, Brig. Gen. Clinton F., 462, 549, 601
assignments, 261, 262, 263, 320, 492, 507
on construction delays, 513, 515-16
Rogers, Maj. Gen. Harry L., 34, 39-40, 469
Rogers, Walter A., 122
Roosevelt, Eleanor R. (Mrs. Franklin D.), 169, 171-72, 178
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 70, 102-03, 260, 271, 464, 516, 571, 612, 641
and air expansion program, 74-78, 87
and appropriations and funds, 55, 77-78, 81-82, 84, 101, 111-13, 149-50, 248-49, 251, 279, 408-11, 415
and defense program, 112, 130, 134, 144, 157, 162, 172, 198, 321-22, 327, 332
and election campaigns, 148, 161, 602
and governmental economy, 109, 244-45
and Japanese relocation centers, 516
and Manhattan Project, 652, 668
and Pentagon project, 432, 435-37
and production goals, 477, 480-81, 588-89
and Reorganization Act of 1939, 64, 89, 107
on transfer of QM construction to Engineers, 87, 465, 471-72
Roosevelt Roads Naval Base, P.R., 160n
Rosenberg, Col. Lyle, 665
Rossell, Maj. Paul F., 669
Ruhoff, Lt. Col. John R., 659, 693
Runway pavements. See Airfield pavement design.
Rutherford, Brig. Gen. Harry K., 134-35, 355-56
Rutledge, Philip C., 638, 648-49
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S-1 program. See Manhattan Project.
S-50, 690-92
Sabath, Representative Adolph J., 106
Safety Branch, OCE, 600
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad, 207
Salfingers, Maj, Frank W., 697
Sally, Capt. Joseph F., 658-59
San Antonio QM Depot, Tex., 453
San Francisco Port of Embarkation, Calif., 610
Sanderson & Porter, 29, 125, 191, 382
Sanford, Representative Rollin B., 38-39
Santa Fe Area office, 693, 697
Schenectady General Depot, N.Y., 506
Schley, Maj. Gen. Julian L., 245-46, 256, 269, 440, 462-63, 472
and Air Corps construction, 87-89, 441-43, 450-53, 456
and contracts, 426, 431, 456-57
and defense projects, 247-50, 252, 460-61
and mobilization drawings, 351, 454-55
and recruitment of officers, 127, 265-66, 270
and runway design, 614-16
and transfer of QM construction to Engineers, 89-90, 107, 271
Schulz, Brig. Gen. John W. N., 159-60, 247, 250, 421
Sciple, Lt. Col. Carl M., 173, 280, 293, 476, 585
Scott, Col. Stanley L., 489, 516, 519, 539, 594, 626
Scowden, Brig. Gen. Frank F., 306
Seaman, Brig. Gen. A. Owen, 91, 108, 147
and expansion program, 1939, 96, 100-101, 103-04, 107, 110, 247
head of Construction Division, 43n, 55, 73, 89, 94, 390
Secretary of Agriculture, 592
Secretary of Labor, 152. See also Perkins, Frances.
Secretary of the Navy. See Denby, Edwin; Knox, Frank.
Secretary of War. See also Baker, Newton D.; Davis, Dwight F.; Stimson, Henry L.; Weeks, John W.; Woodring, Harry H.
and authority to employ architect-engineers, 129
and contracts, 32, 119, 218, 579
and site selection, 95
Selective service legislation, 1917, 11
Selective Training and Service Act, 1940, 150, 162, 175, 200, 415. See also Burke-Wadsworth Selective Service Bill.
Sengier, Edgar, 659
Services of Supply, 509, 600. See also Clay, Maj. Gen. Lucius D.; Somervell, Lt. Gen. Brehon B.; Styer, Maj. Gen. Wilhelm D.
and Manhattan Project, 659, 661
organization of, 491, 495, 507, 578
Shafer, Representative Paul W., 602
Shannon, William L., 648-49
Sharp, Lt. J. H., 202
Sheets, Frank T., 447
Shelby, Col. Evan, 10, 12-13, 22
Shepard, E. R., 524
Shepard, Capt. Hubert L., 694
Sheppard, Senator Morris, 55, 97, 119, 247
Sherrill, Col. Clarence O., 30, 59, 61, 303-05
Sherrill, Col. Fred G., 513, 590, 600
and lumber shortage, 547-53
and procurement, 537, 540-41, 545, 673
Sherwood, Herbert N., 698
Shortages of ammunition, 324, 610, 612
of building materials, 14, 104, 218, 285-87, 336, 438, 457, 501, 510, 522-26, 533-37, 545
of civilian personnel, 176-77, 204-05, 236, 502, 504, 583
of construction equipment, 104, 218-20, 514, 542-44
of contractors, 500-501, 510, 562, 568
of equipment and fixtures, 218, 286, 529
of labor, 104, 233-34, 287-88, 316, 336, 457, 546, 611-13, 673, 682-83, 687, 690
of lumber, 213-14, 217, 285-86, 514, 537-40, 546-53, 548-49
of steel, 286-87, 316, 327-35, 514, 525, 533-34, 537, 540, 545
Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, 266
Shreve, Richmond H., 266
Shulman, A. S., Electric Co., 681
Sibert, Brig. Gen. William L., 38-39
Sickel, Cmdr. Horatio G., 587-89, 591
Sidney, William E., 645
Sieder, Otto F., 313, 596, 600, 603, 610-11
Signal Corps, 4, 18-20, 81, 83, 100-101
Simpson, Lt. Col. Lawrence L., 173, 380
Simpson, Maj. Sidney P., 228, 230, 253-54, 367
Site selection, 12, 84, 130-31, 152, 161, 177, 501-02
for airfields, 95, 101-02, 131-33, 403-04, 441, 443, 448, 451-52, 456
for camps, 137-43, 207, 343-47, 353-54, 356, 380
for Manhattan Project, 654-57, 660, 663-65, 667, 673
for munitions plants, 134-37, 311-12, 355-57
for Pentagon project, 431-35
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 669
Slaughter, Saville & Blackburn, Inc., 277-78
Small arms ammunition plants, 311-12, 315, 319, 481
construction speed-up at, 324-27, 329-30
planning and design, 318, 355, 358, 536
Smith, G., 524
Smith, Grant, & Company, 9
Smith, Harold D., 434
Smith, Hinchman and Grylls, 191
Snyder, Representative J. Buell, 412, 427
Soil Conservation Service, 176
Soil mechanics, 618, 620, 626, 629-31, 642
Soil Mechanics Laboratory, ORD, 618
Solomon, Gabriel R., 122
Somervell, Anna P. (Mrs. Brehon B.), 475
Somervell, Lt. Gen. Brehon B., 160, 161, 281, 440, 492, 502, 505, 592, 605, 613
and advance planning of camps, 1941, 342-54, 570
and advance planning of munitions plants, 1941, 355-60
and appropriations, 409-12, 414
assignments, 257-59, 273, 475, 491
biographical sketch of, 256
and building schedules after Pearl Harbor, 477-78, 482-84
and Congressional investigations, 379, 381, 383, 387-90
and construction progress, 285, 291, 294, 506, 508, 515-17, 519
on contracts, 297-301, 360-63, 420-23, 425-30, 544, 565, 574-75, 577-78, 580
and cost overruns, 276-79
and labor relations, 366, 368-69, 371
and land acquisition, 395-97, 401-04, 407
and maintenance and operation of camps, 302-08, 598
and Manhattan Project, 656, 660-62, 665
and munitions plants, 310-14, 316-19, 322-27, 330-32, 337-38, 341, 413, 610-12
and Pentagon project, 415, 431-39, 609
and plan to abolish Technical Services, 600-602
and public relations, 373-78
and reorganization of the Army and SOS, 486, 491, 495-97, 507
and reorganization of Construction Division, 259-67, 363-66
on a separate construction corps, 461-63
and shortages of materials, 523, 527-29, 535, 544, 549-50, 558-60
and transfer of QM construction to Engineers, 271, 444, 450, 470-73
Southeast Training Center, 451
Southern Pine Association, 156, 215-16
Southern Railroad, 655
Southwestern Division, 489, 494, 519, 594
and Los Alamos Project, 665
Spalding, Brig. Gen. George R., 92, 108, 363-64
Spalding, Brig. Gen. Sidney P., 327, 330
Spanish Civil War, 70
Sperl, August G., 127-28, 202, 203, 212, 223
Stabinol, 647
“Stamplicker,” 642
Standard Brick and Tile Corp., 554
Stanton, Thomas E., 624
Starnes, Representative Joe, 107, 292, 412
Starrett, Paul, 27
Starrett, William A., 8-11, 18-19, 21, 27, 31-32, 59, 68
Starrett Brothers and Eken, 105-06, 190, 194-96, 220, 224, 233-34, 285
Starrett committee. See Committee on Emergency Construction.
Starrett & Van Vleck, 8
Steel, structural, 586
for Pentagon project, 437-38
shortages of, 286-87, 316, 327-35, 514, 525, 533-35, 537, 540, 545
Steele, B. W., 524
Stettinius, Edward R., Jr., 112
Stevens, Lt. Col. Wilber A., 697
Stevens Hotel, Chicago, 556, 608
Stimson, Henry L., 59, 159, 186, 240, 322, 378, 398, 480, 482, 483, 589, 592, 598, 602, 612
appointed Secretary of War, 114, 147
approves Pentagon project, 431-32
and Congressional investigations, 383-84, 387-91
on contracts, 145, 192, 425, 571
and Manhattan Project, 682, 694
and recruitment, 129-30
and relief of Hartman, 258-59
on site selection, 177, 347, 354
on structural designs, 116, 171
on transfer of QM construction to Engineers, 249-50, 252, 272, 459, 461, 463-65
views on Quartermaster performance, 243, 248, 253, 257, 293-94, 295
on wages and overtime, 161, 227
Stix, Henry A., 266
Stone, Maj. Gen. David L., 85, 92, 103-04, 106-07
Stone & Webster Engineering Corp., 9, 12-13, 503
and Kankakee Ordnance Works, 315-16, 328
and Manhattan Project, 653-57, 659, 666, 669, 671, 673, 676, 679, 682, 684-85
Storage and shipping facilities, 409-11, 478-80, 482, 521, 523-25
Stowers, Lt. Col. James C., 677, 678
Stratton, Col. James H., 486, 490, 493, 501, 518, 524, 641
biographical sketch of, 624, 656
and conservation of materials, 523, 531, 546-47
and Manhattan Project, 654
on masonry construction, 554-55
and runway pavement design, 595, 623-32, 635-40, 643-44
Strikes during 1940, 217, 228-29
during 1941-1942, 288, 336, 338, 370, 457, 477, 511
Strong, Col. Frederick S., Jr., 505-06, 593
head of Operations Branch, OCE, 493, 494, 507-09, 519
and materials shortages, 528, 547
Strong, Brig. Gen. George V., 92, 141
Stuart, George S., 172
Sturgis, Col. Samuel D., Jr., 489, 495, 541, 544, 564
and airfields, 444, 451, 454-55, 457
and centralized purchasing, 538-40
and construction delays, 504-05, 508
Styer, Maj. Gen. Wilhelm D., 402, 413, 477, 491, 492
deputy to Somervell, 261, 262-66, 293, 297, 365, 373-74
and lumber procurement, 539, 546
and Manhattan Project, 650, 652, 660, 662
and transfer of QM construction to Engineers, 472-75, 486, 488
and AEM contracts, 566-67
and CPFF contracts, 145-46, 197, 425-26
for Manhattan Project, 673, 681, 687
Summerall, General Charles P., 66-67
Sundt, John S., 696-97
Sundt, M. Eugene, 694-95
Sundt, M. M., Construction Co., 665
Supervising Constructing Quartermasters, 201-03, 242
Supply Division, OCE, 522, 539
Supply Priorities and Allocations Board, Office for Emergency Management, 332-33, 480
Surgeon General, The, 291, 351, 353. See also Magee, Maj. Gen. James C.
against double bunking, 523
and hospital equipment, 218, 286
and recruitment of officers, 128, 266
Sverdrup & Parcel, 596
Swiger, William F., 679
Szilard, Leo, 698
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Taber, Representative John, 165, 201, 248, 378
Talbot, Arthur N., 28
Tanney, Joseph P., 349
Tatlow, Lt. Col. Richard H., III
and contracting, 192, 300, 364, 563
deputy chief, Engineering Branch, 163, 164
member, Facility Review Committee, WPB, 591
Taylor, Albert D., 266
Taylor, Representative Edward T., 162
Taylor & Bryne, 390
Teale, Lt. Col. Willis E., 444, 452
Technical Committee of Specialty Contractors, 146
Tennessee Area office, 669
Tennessee Eastman Corp., 517, 666, 693
Tennessee Valley Authority, 592, 655, 680
Terteling, J. A., & Sons, 595
Terzaghi, Karl, 618, 620, 642, 658
Textor, Col. Gordon E., 591
Theater of Operations drawings, 483, 523, 526-29, 534-35, 538, 547
Thermal diffusion process. See S-50.
Thorn, C. Huntington, 230, 367
Thomas, Senator Elmer D., 413, 467
Thomas, Col. Elmer G., 49, 51, 594
and defense construction effort, 154, 159, 173, 235, 259-60, 341
and recruitment of personnel, 127, 130
and selection of contractors, 105-06, 184
transfers to Corps of Engineers, 476, 488
Thomason committee, 384-85, 391-92, 422
Thomason, Representative R. Ewing, 383-84, 391
Thompson, Wells N., 691
Thompson-Starrett Co., Inc., 12-13, 27
Timber Engineering Co., 545-46
TNT plants, 137, 478-79, 502, 530
Tolman, Richard C., 662
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, 48, 56, 433
Tompkins, Lt. Col. William F., 268-70, 443, 447, 451-52, 454
Tonopah Bombing Range, Nev., 175
Tournapulls, 621, 626-28, 631, 637
Townes, Maj. Morton E., 104, 263
Transit-Mix Concrete Corp., 673
Traynor, Capt. Harry S., 677, 678
Tribe, M. L., 202
Tri-Cities Airport, Tenn., 621
“Trinity,” 700
Truman, Harry S., 413, 563, 650
investigation of defense construction, 385-88, 390-92
and transfer of QM construction to Engineers, 467-69
Truman committee, 387, 389-92, 423, 427-29, 608
Tulsa Modification Center, Okla., 596-97
Turnbull, J. Gordon, 596
Turnbull, Willard J., 635, 637-38, 641-42
Turner Construction Co., 433
Turton, William F., 174, 177, 180, 182
Twaddle, Brig. Gen. Harry L., 274-75, 343
Twaits-Morrison-Knudsen, 681
Tydings, Senator Millard E., 433
Tyler, Col. Gerald R., 699-700
Tyler, Brig. Gen. Max C., 454-55, 474-75, 489-90, 505, 516
Tyner, Brig. Gen. George P., 108
and expansion program of 1939, 80-81, 83, 94, 97-100
and prefabricated structures, 96, 110
and responsibility issue, 86-93, 107
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Union Carbide and Carbon Corp., 666, 680
Unions, 14, 106, 121, 169-70, 221-25, 288, 336-38, 426. See also American Federation of Labor; Congress of Industrial Organizations.
and Building Trades Agreement, 366-70
Carpenters and Joiners, 228
Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers, 172
and shortages of skilled labor, 235, 287, 336
and wages and hours, 157, 226-31
United Service Organizations, 404, 417
Urquhart, Leonard C., 266
and conservation of materials, 525, 535, 547
section chief, Engineering Branch, 493, 524, 529
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 28
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 552
U.S. Congress on contracts, 427, 565, 569, 571-72, 575-76, 578-79, 583
House of Representatives
Committee on Appropriations, 95, 355, 378, 608
Subcommittee of the Committee on Military Appropriations, 248, 411-12, 414-15, 431-32, 517, 598
Subcommittee on Deficiencies, 279
Committee on Military Affairs, 34-37, 55, 78-79, 556
on defense construction, 382-84, 391-92
on transfer of QM construction to Engineers, 23, 460, 467, 470-71, 491
Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, 432
Committee on Ways and Means, 608
Senate
Committee on Appropriations, 111, 148, 251, 279, 435, 478, 579, 598
Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, 279, 413
Subcommittee on Deficiencies, 434
Committee on Commerce, 249
Committee on Military Affairs, 20, 23, 27, 34-35, 55, 98, 114
on defense construction, 1941, 384-92
on rearmament, 1939, 78-79
on transfer of QM construction to Engineers, 467-69
Committee on Public Lands, 38
U.S. Employment Service, 222-23, 613, 673
U.S. Maritime Commission, 369, 548, 550-52, 569, 579-80, 591-92
U.S. Military Academy, 5-6, 50-51, 54, 56, 484
U.S. Navy, 112, 129, 156, 161, 369
and contracting, 145, 565, 569, 578-80
and defense appropriations, 77, 114, 150-51
and equipment rental, 219, 544
and lumber supplies, 548, 550-52
and priority ratings, 330, 540
U.S. Rubber Co., 532
U.S. Steel Corp., 112
Utah General Depot, Utah, 181
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Valliant, Col. Rigby D.
head of Real Estate Branch, 94, 101, 123, 124, 153-54, 261, 262, 363, 401-02
and land acquisition, 174-84, 207, 393-95, 397, 400, 405, 444
Value, Burnside R., 124, 125, 154
Value of work placed
1941, 459
Van Norden, Rudolph W., 266
Van Riper, Francis H., 552
Vanden Bulck, Maj. Charles, 653, 656, 678
Vandenberg, Senator Arthur H., 251
Vandervoort, Lt. Col. Benjamin F., 263, 332, 345, 488, 530-31
Vaughn, Dr. Victor C., 556
Velzy, Charles R., 266
Veterans’ Bureau, 552
Vickery, Rear Adm. Howard L., 589
Victory Program, 1941, 408
Vinson-Trammel Act of 1934, 578
Violante, Maj. Andre L., 123-25, 143, 154, 201, 265
Voorhees, Stephen F., 116
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Wadsworth, Senator James W., 34, 36, 39-40
Wage rates and Bacon-Davis Act of 1931, 152-53, 156, 221, 226-27
and Building Trades Agreement, 366-71
and overtime premiums, 156-57, 161, 227-29, 233
Wagner, John J., 181
Wallgren, Senator Mon C., 387
Walsh Construction Co., 106, 206, 211, 220, 233-34, 238, 373, 379
Walters, Maj. Elsmere J., 163, 164, 166
Walton, Col. Edward S., 43n
Wanamaker, Col. William W., 494
War Damage Corp., 572
War Department, 42, 84, 103, 154, 243, 372, 602
and Congressional investigations of defense construction, 378, 381, 384, 387, 389-92
and construction phase-down, 588, 590
construction policies, 44, 165, 171, 173, 190, 343, 366, 535
and contracts, 71, 97-99, 106, 119, 144-45, 419, 421, 425, 569, 573
and defense program, 109, 111, 113-14, 198, 240
and expansion program, 76-79, 83, 84-87, 98, 99
labor policies, 224, 229-30, 369
and land acquisition, 73, 394, 396-400, 407
and mobilization planning, 72-73
and Pentagon project, 435-37, 439
and renegotiation, 578-80
reorganization of, 1942, 491, 495-97
and selection of contractors, 28, 191-92
and site selection, 95, 131-37, 140-43
War Department Board of Contract Appeals and Adjustments, 301-02
War Department Facilities Board, 356-57
War Department General Staff, 8, 46, 65, 89, 98, 157, 159, 290-91, 351, 482
and site selection, 138-42, 344-47, 353, 451
and transfer of airfield construction to Engineers, 87, 90
G-4, 46, 68, 83, 149, 306, 491, 505-06
and construction policies, 165-66, 168, 172, 622
and CPFF contracts, 98
and “freeze order” on designs, 173, 344, 450-51, 454-55
and site selection, 138-42, 353, 403, 451, 502
and transfer of QM construction to Engineers, 473
and induction schedules, 148, 241
and mobilization plans, 66-73, 117-18
Operations Division, 20
Purchase, Storage & Traffic Division, 25
and site selection, 95, 131-32, 137-43, 354
War Plans Division, 23-24, 87, 90
War Department Insurance Rating Plan, 422
War Department Price Adjustment Board, 580-83
War Department Site Committee, 134-35, 356
War Manpower Commission, 613, 673, 681
War Planning and Training Branch, OQMG, 68
War Policies Commission, 67
War Powers Act, 1941, 571-73
War Production Board, 480, 509, 659
and curbs on civilian projects, 587-92
and materials shortages, 525, 531, 542, 545-46, 548-49, 552
and negotiation of contracts, 573, 576-77, 579
and priorities and allocations, 540
War Purposes Act of 1917, 405
War Shipping Administration, 552
Warren, Frederick H., 163
Warren, Col. Stafford L., 677, 678
Washington National Airport, 433, 445
Waterways Experiment Station, Miss., 616, 649
and airfield drainage, 447, 623
and airfield pavement design, 619, 635, 637, 642
Watson, Wilbur, and Associates, 187
Weaver, Lt. Col. S. M., 603
Weaver, Lt. Col. Theron D., 356
Weeks, John W., 43-44, 46, 60, 65
Weeks, Col. William C., 457
Welch, Dr. William H., 556
Weldon Spring, Mo., 396-401
Wendover Bombing Range, Utah, 175
Wesson, Maj. Gen. Charles M., 109, 320-21, 332
and completion schedules, 314-15, 324, 327
on contracting procedures, 185-87, 361-63
on designs and layouts, 165, 358-59, 501
and site selection, 135, 183, 357
West Coast Lumbermen’s Association, 539
West Coast Training Center, 451
Westergaard, Harald M., 447, 618-19, 631-32, 649
Western Cartridge Co., 324, 336
Western Defense Command, 516
Westinghouse Electric Co., 656, 667, 677
Weyerhaeuser, Frederick K., 550-51
Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., 552
Wheaton, Lt. Col. Francis B., 48, 51
Wheeler, Maj. Merrill D., 44
“Whiffenpoofer,” 647
White, J. G., Engineering Co., 147, 304, 513
White, Senator Wallace H., Jr., 251
White, Maj. Will R., 94, 123-25, 154, 257
Whitman, Requardt & Smith, 147
Whitney Point Dam, N.Y., 658
Whitson, Col. Milton J.
and defense program of 1940, 122, 125, 130, 201-03
in World War I, 9-10, 12, 14, 22, 27
Whittlesey, Charles C., 686
Widmyer, George F., 313
Wilcox Act of 1935, 54
Wild, Col. Herbert J., 594
Willcutt, Maj. Joseph N., 22, 27
Williams, Howard M., 632-33
Williams, T. Cortlandt, 664, 669, 672, 679, 684-85
Williams, Maj. Walter J., 685
Willkie, Wendell L., 162
Willoughby, William F., 60
Wilmington (Del.) Ordnance office, 72, 167, 339, 360, 494, 515
Wilson, Lt. Col. Arthur R., 80, 387
Wilson, Col. Francis J., 486, 493, 596
Wilson, Capt. Frank E., 696
Wilson, Maj. Milton E., 216, 281, 286-87
and steel shortage, 328-31, 333, 335
Winchester Repeating Arms Co., 3
Winckelman, D. W., 673
Winston, Col. Barlow, 346
Wise Contracting Co., Inc., 433
Witmer, David J., 438
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, 484, 555, 597, 607
Wood, Maj. Gen. Leonard, 6, 8, 35-36, 207
Wood, Brig. Gen. Winthrop S., 43n
Woodring, Harry H.
on contracts, 70, 97, 105-06, 119, 145
on expansion program of 1939, 75, 83, 101-04
on Protective Mobilization Plan of 1938, 72
and transfer of QM construction to Engineers, 89-90, 108
Woodrum, Representative Clifton A., 251, 415, 431, 433-34
Works Progress Administration, 54-55, 94, 256-57. See also Funds, PWA-WPA.
and defense program, 122, 172, 252, 274, 299
and expansion program of 1939, 80-84, 100-102
Worsham, Col. Ludson D., 450, 514, 655-56
Wright, Ewing, 398
Wright, John M., 442
Wright Brothers Memorial, N.C., 50
Wright Field, Ohio, 77, 453, 618-19, 621, 624, 631, 638
Wright Field Laboratory, Ohio, 79, 83
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Y-12, 671-72, 679, 683-86, 689-93
Yarnell, David L., 633
Yates, Brig. Gen. Arthur W., 43n
Yermo Holding and Reconsignment Point, Calif., 509
Young, Col. Charles D., 492
Younger, Lt. Col. James W., 261, 262, 263
Yount, Maj. Gen. Barton K., 639-40
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Zach, Leon H., 524
and layouts, 347, 351-53, 503, 536
and Manhattan Project, 654, 673
Zachry, H. B., 250
Zackrison, Harry B., 333-35, 501, 524, 525-26, 531-32, 536, 547, 553-55
Zalinski, Brig. Gen. M. Gray, 43n
Zia Co., 698
Zia Project. See Los Alamos Project, N. Mex.
Zollers, Maj. Charles O., 18
Zone Constructing Quartermasters, 306-07, 325, 374, 474
appointed by Somervell, 263-65, 267
site selection by, 344-45
transfer of real estate to, 402-04