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The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky: June 23, 1919
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The Cincinnati (Ohio) Enquirer: June 25, 1919
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The Big Sandy News, Louisa, Kentucky: June 27, 1919
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I don't like putting three items about one event together on the same page, but each of these had something that interested me, and I thought they would be better off together.
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The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, June 23, 1919
New Kentucky River Engineer In Charge

Special to the Courier-Journal.

Cincinnati, Ohio, June 22. -- Col. W. P. Stokey, United States engineer, has arrived in Cincinnati under orders from Washington assigning him to take charge of the second Ohio river district, controlling all improvements on West Virginia and Kentucky rivers, and the Muskingum, in Ohio.

He comes from the Rio Grande district, where he was in charge for two years.

Col. Stokey motored from San Antonio.

Announcement was made of awarding of the contract for Dam No. 32 in the Ohio river at Vanceburg to the Dravo Construction Company, Pittsburgh, Pa.  Operations will begin at once.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 25, 1919
Colonel W. P. Stokey, former officer in charge of Cincinnati District No. 2, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, yesterday resumed charge of the district, succeeding B.F. Thomas, civilian engineer, who was appointed shortly after the United States entered the war against the Central Powers.  Colonel Stokey was stationed at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, during the war.
The Big Sandy News, Louisa, Kentucky: June 27, 1919
Mr. Thomas Stays in Cincinnati Engineer Office.

In a private letter from Mr. B. F. Thomas, Cincinnati, he tells the following which is of interest to his many friends here, so we are taking the liberty of printing it.  He has been in full charge of one Ohio river district for more than a year:

"I expect to transfer the Second Cincinnati Engineering district to Col. W. P. Stokey (from whom I took it over 14 months ago) on the 24th and to again become the Principal Assistant Engineer of the districts, with headquarteres at 415 Custom House, Cincinnati.

When 100 miles of the Ohio river, Huntington to Vanceburg, was added to the 2nd district, with 2 dames to construct and 3 additional to operate and the sub-office moved from Louisa to Catlettsburg I intended going there to take charge of the work as soon as my successor was appointed, but Col. Stokey wants me to remain here and I now expect to do so.  Just who will be sent to Catlettsburg has not been decided and may not be until more engineers get back from France.  Very few have so far returned, but several are expected in July, among them two formerly of this district."
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This is a stop in the Tour about Will's Army work.
The brochure for the Tour is at:
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The first item:
What I like about this item is the detail that Will motored up to Ohio from Texas.  That would have been in his Buick, and I hope that Kathleen took the three children, ages 6, 2, and seven months, by train, though that wouldn't have been easy either.

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The second item:
What I like aout this item is the clear mention that BF Thomas was a civilian.  Apparently so many engineers were sent to France that there just wasn't anybody left to deal with the Ohio River area.  But in a 1918 newspaper item, Mr. Thomas was referred to as a captain.  Perhaps it was a temporary wartime thing?
I also like the reference to "the war against the Central Powers".  Apparently people still hadn't settled on a name for the war yet.  It became The Great War, and then World War I.

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What I like about this item is the detail about the setup of the Ohio area, as well as the mention that Will had wanted BF Thomas to stay in Cincinnati.  So there was no friction between the Will and Mr. Thomas.
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