Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Woodrow Wilson

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Author: Woodrow Wilson

EXECUTIVE ORDER. April 27, 1915

Changing the name of Culebra Cut to Gaillard Cut.

THE WHITE HOUSE, April 27, 1915.

It is hereby ordered that the portion of the Panama Canal through the continental divide heretofore known as "Culebra Cut" shall hereafter be named "Gaillard Cut" in honor of the late Lieutenant-Colonel D. D. Gaillard, Corps of Engineers, United States Army.

As a member of the Isthmian Canal Commission from March 16, 1907, to December 5, 1913, Lieutenant-Colonel Gaillard was in charge of the work in Culebra Cut until its virtual completion, being compelled to abandon his duties in July, 1913, through an illness which culminated in his death on December 5, 1913. His period of Panama Canal service included the years of most active construction work. He brought to the service trained ability of the highest class, untiring zeal and unswerving devotion to duty.

I deem it a fitting recognition of Lieutenant-Colonel Gaillard’s service to the country to re-name in his honor the scene of his life’s triumph.

WOODROW WILSON.

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Chicago: Woodrow Wilson, "EXECUTIVE ORDER. April 27, 1915 Changing the name of Culebra Cut to Gaillard Cut.," Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Woodrow Wilson, ed. and trans. James D. Richardson in Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Woodrow Wilson Original Sources, accessed April 25, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8F2B5EVCAG1CESS.

MLA: Wilson, Woodrow. "EXECUTIVE ORDER. April 27, 1915 Changing the name of Culebra Cut to Gaillard Cut." Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Woodrow Wilson, edited and translated by James D. Richardson, in Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Woodrow Wilson, Original Sources. 25 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8F2B5EVCAG1CESS.

Harvard: Wilson, W, 'EXECUTIVE ORDER. April 27, 1915 Changing the name of Culebra Cut to Gaillard Cut.' in Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Woodrow Wilson, ed. and trans. . cited in , Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Woodrow Wilson. Original Sources, retrieved 25 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8F2B5EVCAG1CESS.