National Affairs: Grandson

Major U.S. Grant, grandson of the General of the same name, son of Major General Frederick Dent Grant and son-in-law of Elihu Root, is to come into the foreground shortly. On Dec. 31 he succeeds Lieutenant Colonel Clarence O. Sherrill, who is resigning from his post as Director of Public Buildings and Parks of the District of Columbia to become City Manager of Cincinnati. Major Grant, formerly Colonel Sherrill's assistant, becomes his successor.

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