Arthur Williams (electrical engineer)

From this period his advancement was rapid, due to his speedy grasp of conditions and the energy he displayed.

[4] At the outbreak of the Spanish–American War, Williams was in charge of the Volunteer Forces which mined New York harbor.

He served under Colonel William Ludlow, who was in charge of fortifications and torpedo defenses at Sandy Hook, and Major Henry M. Adams, who occupied a similar position at Forts Wadsworth and Hamilton.

Williams always took an active part in accident prevention, a work carried on under the direction of the American Museum of Safety, of which he was president, and was deeply interested in various charity and philanthropic organizations.

[2] For the interest Mr. Williams had shown in French affairs, the government of that country decorated him as an officer de la L'lnstruction Publique, and for his work in connection with the American Museum of Safety, the King of Spain made him a Knight of the Royal Order of Isabel the Catholic.