On 24 May 1920, Secretary of War Baker authorized expansion of War Plan White to comprehensively deal with domestic insurrections, regardless of the political ideology of the would-be insurrectionists. Responsibility for the creation of the plan was divided between the War Department and the 9 corps area that made up the military. Overseas commands in U.S. territories like Hawaii and the Panama Canal were tasked with developing their own plans. While each corps area developed a plan specific to that corp area's ability, the War Plans Division retained overall control of the project.