 On 31 March 1932, he became Assistant Division Engineer of the Great Lakes Division, based in Cleveland, Ohio.He was promoted to major again on 31 May 1932.He returned to Washington for duty with the Personnel Section in the Office of the Chief of Engineers from 31 July 1935 to 30 June 1937, and attended the United States Army Command and General Staff College from 14 August 1937 to 10 June 1938, followed by the Field Officers' course at Fort Belvoir from 1 July to 6 August 1938.