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Atterbury (WILLIAM WAL- LACE an American)

WILLIAM WAL- LACE, an American railway official, born in New Albany, Ind., in 1866. He graduated from Yale University in 1886, and he served as an apprentice in shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad, then became road foreman for various divisions of that line. He was rapidly promoted, becoming general manager of the lines east of Pittsburgh and Erie in 1903, serving until 1909. He was made a vice-president of the Pennsylvania Railroad dent of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1909. In 1917 he was given general charge of the construction and operation of the United States military railroads in France with a commisson of brigadiergeneral. Largely through his efforts this field of operation became highly organized in France and had much to do with the success of the American Expeditionary Force in its campaigns. He was a member of several engineering societies.