Charles Willauer Kutz

Charles Willauer Kutz (born October 14, 1870 in Reading , Pennsylvania , †  January 25, 1951 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician and brigadier general in the Army Corps of Engineers . In 1920 he served as President of the Board of Commissioners Mayor of the Federal Capital Washington.

Career

Charles Kutz graduated from high school and earned some money as a clerk at the local bank. In June 1889 he enrolled at the United States Military Academy at West Point , which he went through until 1893. After the military academy, he stayed with the United States Army and was part of the Corps of Engineers . In the course of time he went through all officer ranks from lieutenant to colonel. He was stationed in various locations across the United States. The main areas of responsibility were, among other things, the maintenance of waterways and ports, also inland, which is the responsibility of the Corps of Engineers in the USA, as well as the construction of military installations. Between 1911 and 1914 he was stationed in the Philippines .

In 1914, as a military civil engineer, Kutz became a member of the three-person Board of Commissioners that governed the city of Washington. He stayed there until 1917. Then he took part in the First World War. After his return he was again a member of the board of commissioners of the federal capital from 1918 to 1921 . In 1920 he was appointed acting chairman. In this capacity he practically exercised the office of mayor, even if this title was not officially used between 1871 and 1975. However, he only held this post for a short time in 1920.

Since 1918 Kutz held the rank of brigadier general. In the 1920s he continued his career in the Corps of Engineers at various military locations. Then he retired. After the American entry into World War II , General Kutz was reactivated and reappointed to the Federal Capital's Board of Commissioners by President Franklin D. Roosevelt . He stayed there between 1941 and 1945. Then he finally retired. He died in Washington on January 25, 1951.

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predecessor	Office	successor
Louis Brownlow	President of the Board of Commissioners of Washington DC 1920	Cuno Hugo Rudolph