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Waterfront of Gary, Inwana, Orf. TJnloaders and Storage Plant, U. S. Steel Corporation. 
 
Twelfth International Congress of 
 
 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
 
 016 097 826 
 
 ORGANIZATION 
 
 General Organizing Commission 
 
 Representatives of the United States Government on the Permanent International 
 Commission of Navigation Congresses: 
 
 Brigadier-General Charles W. Raymond, U. S. Army, Retired, Chairman. 
 
 Brigadier-General William H. Bixby, Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army. 
 
 Colonel Harry F. Hodges, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army. 
 
 Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. Sanford, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, General Secretary 
 of the Congress. 
 
 Mr. Elmer Lawrence Corthell, Civil Engineer. 
 
 Colonel John Bogart, Consulting Engineer. 
 
 Honorable J. Hampton Moore, Member of U. S. Congress. 
 
 Executive Committee for the Twelfth Congress 
 
 Brigadier-General C. W. Raymond, U. S. Army, Retired, Chairman of the American 
 Section. 
 
 Honorable J. Hampton Moore, Member of U. S. Congress. 
 
 Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. Sanford, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, General Secretary 
 of the Congress. 
 
 Local Organizing Commission 
 
 President. — J. Hampton Moore, 
 
 Vice-President. — William T. Tilden. 
 
 Secretary-Treasurer. — George F. Sproule. 
 
 Committees 
 
 Executive 
 
 J. S. W. Holton, Chairman. 
 
 Patrons 
 
 Hon. Dimner Beeber, Chairman. 
 
 Prof. Emory R. Johnson, Vice-Chairman. 
 
 Finance 
 Edward T. Stotesbury, Chairman. 
 J. S. W. Holton, V ice-Chairman. 
 
 Place of Meeting 
 Dr. Win. P. Wilson, Chairman. 
 Wm. H. Hollar, Vice-Chairman. 
 
 Hotel Accommodations 
 
 James B. Bonner, Chairman. 
 
 Samuel L. Kent, Vice-Chairman. 
 
 Publications 
 
 Wilfred H. Schoff, Chairman. 
 
 Addison B. Burk, Vice-Chairman. 
 
 Transportation. 
 
 George E. Bartol, Chairman. 
 
 Wm. O. Hempstead, Vice-Chairman. 
 
 Press 
 
 N. B. Kelly, Chairman. 
 
 Clinton Rogers Woodruff, V ice-Chairman. 
 
 Reception 
 
 Frank D. LaLanne, Chairman. 
 
 Horace A. Doan, Vice -Chair man. 
 
 Entertainment 
 
 William T. Tilden, Chairman. 
 
 Murdoch Kendrick, Vice-Chairman. 
 
 Local Excursions 
 
 J. F. Hasskarl, Chairman. 
 
 H. F. Stetser, V ice-Chairman. 
 
 Inspection of Public Works 
 
 Lt.-Col. J. C. Sanford, Chairman. 
 
 Coleman Sellers, Jr., V ice-Chairman 
 
 Ladies' 
 
 Theodore Kolischer, Chairman. 
 
 James M. Dodge, V ice-Chairman. 
 
 Exhibition 
 
 Alba B. Johnson. Chairman. 
 
 Edgar C. Thomas, V ice-Chairman. 
 
 GEO. F. IASHER, PRINTER. 
 
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