- ↑ At the time, he was traveling in Oklahoma, inspecting some of the Corps' dam-building projects in that state. Rather than interrupting his schedule for an immediate ceremony in Washington, he made a short hop to Oklahoma City, where Monroe Osborn, then Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, administered the oath of office to him, in lieu of the President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Schley then continued on his planned inspection tour. [3]
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- ↑ "Julian Larcombe Schley". Assembly. Vol. XXIV, no. 3. Fall 1965. p. 81. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
- ↑ "Gen. Schley Sworn In." Chronicling America. Evening Star(Washington, D.C.) October 19, 1937. Accessed July 19, 2020.
- ↑ "Gen. Schley To Retire. Chief of Engineers Will End 42 Years in Army". New York Times . September 10, 1941.
- ↑ Biographical register of the officers and graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York since its establishment in 1802: Supplement, 1940–1950. Vol. IX. The Association of Graduates, U.S. Military Academy. December 1955. p. 86. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
- ↑ "Gen. Schley Dies. Governed Canal. Former Panama Zone Chief Also Headed Engineers". New York Times . March 30, 1965.
- ↑ "Schley, Julian L". ANCExplorer. U.S. Army. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
This article contains public domain text from "Major General Julian Larcombe Schley". Portraits and Profiles of Chief Engineers. Archived from the original on March 6, 2005. Retrieved August 24, 2005.
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