Major General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Reybold" id="mw4Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Eugene Reybold">Eugene Reybold</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers" id="mw4g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Army Corps of Engineers">U.S. Army Corps of Engineers</a> authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project" id="mw4w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Manhattan Project">Manhattan Project</a>.