Appendix A—Report on Activities of Subcommittee Relating to Governmental Activities of the Special Committee on Flood‐Waves, May 1938

Abstract

In Dr. Straub's letter dated Septemoer 2, 1937, a subcommittee composed of Messrs. Bernard, Goodridge, Houk, Hoyt (Chairman), and Kramer, was asked to prepare a report covering the extent of the work of the various governmental agencies dealing with flood‐wave phenomena. Under date of October 11, 1937, Dr. Straub advised the Chairman of the Subcommittee that the report should cover all agencies interested in flood‐wave phenomena. Under date of December 4, 1937, the following organizations were requested to furnish a statement outlining projects which may have been completed or are now under way, with relation to the general subject of flood‐wave phenomena: Replies have been received and briefed as follows: CORPS OF ENGINEERS, U.S. ARMY (prepared by Captain Hans Kramer, and authorized by the Chief of Engineers)—The War Department, under the direction of the Secretary of War and supervision of the Chief of Engineers, is charged by law (Flood‐Control Acts of 1936, as amended) with the jurisdiction and prosecution of Federal investigations and improvements of rivers and other waterways for flood‐control and allied purposes. In the planning and design of authorized flood‐control projects, complete hydraulic studies embracing all phases of flood‐wave phenomena pertaining to a particular project are conducted under the immediate direction of the District Engineer of the Engineer Department under whose jurisdiction the project is located. Extensive hydraulic research and model‐experimentation work are conducted at the United States Waterways Experiment Station, Yicksburg, Mississippi, which is operated under the direction of the President of tne Mississippi River Commission, except for special local problems which are investigated in colleagiate laboratories or field‐laboratories in convenient locations.