Editing Hugh John Casey (section)

==Between the wars==
From 1922 to 1926, Casey was the officer in charge of the Engineer Unit of the [[Reserve Officers Training Corps]] (ROTC) at the [[University of Kansas]] in [[Lawrence, Kansas]],<ref name="Casey, p. xi"/> reverting to his substantive rank of [[first lieutenant]] on 27 November 1922.<ref>{{harvnb|Cullum|1930|p=1289}}</ref> He again returned to Camp Humpreys in 1926 to attend the Company Officers Course.<ref name="Casey, p. xiv">{{harvnb|Casey|1993|p=xiv}}</ref> In 1927, Casey received his first civil works assignment, as assistant District Engineer at the [[Pittsburgh]] District. Casey took over the task of preparing a voluminous report on flood control. The Corps of Engineers was criticized by the Pittsburgh Flood Control Commission for over-engineering, in planning for a "flood that had never happened and never would happen", and the report was shelved. However, [[Pittsburgh Flood of 1936|in 1936 the flood did happen]]. The report was then dusted off and its recommendations were adopted. The [[Flood Control Act of 1936]] assigned responsibility for flood control to the Corps of Engineers and other Federal agencies.<ref>{{harvnb|Casey|1993|pp=76–79}}</ref> Casey was also responsible for construction at Deadman Island Lock and Dam (now called the [[Dashields Locks and Dam]]) on the [[Ohio River]].<ref>{{harvnb|Casey|1929|pp=444–451}}</ref>

In September 1929 Casey was assigned to the Rivers and Harbors Section of the Office of the Chief of Engineers in [[Washington, DC]]. This job involved reviewing the project studies, plans and specifications of all river and harbor projects throughout the United States, including flood control and [[hydroelectric power]] projects. He also had responsibility for correspondence with [[U.S. senators]] and congressmen.<ref>{{harvnb|Casey|1993|p=23}}</ref> During this time he co-designed and patented the Kingman-Casey Floating Mooring Bit for navigation locks.<ref name="Casey, p. xiv"/><ref>US Patent no. 1,997,586, dated 16 April 1935</ref> He was promoted to the substantive rank of captain on 1 May 1933.<ref name="Casey, p. xiii">{{harvnb|Casey|1993|p=xiii}}</ref>

Casey won a John R. Freeman fellowship from the [[American Society of Mechanical Engineers]] in 1933 to study [[hydraulics]] and civil engineering in Germany. For the next two years, he attended the [[Berlin Institute of Technology|''Technische Hochschule'' in Berlin]], earning a [[Doctor of Engineering|Doctorate in Engineering]]. His thesis, written in German, was on ''Geschieb Bewegung'', the bedload movement in streams.<ref>{{cite web |title=''Über Geschiebebewegung'' |url=https://www.google.com/search?q=+bibliogroup:%22Mitteilungen+der+Preu%C3%9Fischen+Versuchsanstalt+f%C3%BCr+Wasserbau+und+Schiffbau%22 |publisher=Preussische Druckerei-und Verlags-Aktiengesellschaft |access-date=22 June 2010 |language=de }}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Casey|1993|pp=99–100}}</ref> Returning to the United States in June 1935, Casey was posted to [[Eastport, Maine]] as chief of the Engineering Division at the [[Passamaquoddy Bay#The Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project/"Quoddy Dam" Project|Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project]], a [[New Deal]] public works project. There, he established a concrete testing laboratory under Charles E. Wuerpel which is now part of the Structures Laboratory at the [[Waterways Experiment Station]] at [[Vicksburg, Mississippi]]. Due to political forces, the project came to nothing and was allowed to die.<ref>{{harvnb|Casey|1993|pp=105–112}}</ref> After the Passamaquoddy project fell through, Casey served with the [[Boston]] Engineer District on flood control surveys of the [[Connecticut River]] Valley.<ref>{{harvnb|Casey|1993|pp=112–115}}</ref>

Along with Lucius Clay, Casey was sent to the [[Philippines]] in 1937 to advise the government there on [[hydropower]] and flood control. They worked with [[Meralco]] and other power companies in the Philippines, and conducted a series of surveys, including a detailed one of the [[Agno River]]. After Clay returned to the United States, Casey developed plans for the [[Caliraya Dam]], a  {{convert|40000|hp|kW}} hydroelectric project with an estimated cost of $5 million. Along with [[Lieutenant Colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], the chief of staff to [[Major General (United States)|Major General]] [[Douglas MacArthur]], the [[Office of the Military Advisor to the Commonwealth Government of the Philippines|Military Advisor to the Commonwealth Government of the Philippines]], and Mr. Rodriquez of the [[National Power Corporation]], Casey presented the project to [[President of the Philippines|President]] [[Manuel Quezon]], who approved it.<ref>{{harvnb|Casey|1993|pp=117–120}}</ref> After over twenty years as a company grade officer, Casey was promoted to [[major (United States)|major]] on 1 February 1940.<ref name="Casey, p. xiii"/>