SIBERT, WILLIAM LUTHER

(1860), United States army officer; b. in Gadsden, Alabama. Graduated at University of Alabama, 1880; U.S. Military Academy, 1884; Engineering School of Application, 1887, and rose by promotion to be Lieut. colonel in 1909. He constructed a ship-channel connecting the Great Lakes, 1892-94; chief engineer river and harbor district, Arkansas, 1894-98; chief engineer of the 8th army corps, and of Manila, and Dagupan RR, 1899-1906; built Gatun lock and dam, Panama Canal; major-general, 1917; commander of ist division A.E.I’. under General Pershing, June 1917; commander South East department, Charleston, 3.C. January-May 1918; director Chemical warfare Servicc, U.S., May 1918, to February, 1920. Distinguished Service Cro and Legion of Honor.