The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-16
into NEW DIVISIONS
THE WAR DEPARTMENT HAS
SPLIT THE COUNTRY.
ATLANTA IS HEADQUARTERS
OF THE NEW DEPARTMENT OF
THE GULF.

Secretary Root Has Approved the
recommendation of the General
Staff of the Army-Win BE Five
Divisions, Four in the United
States and One in the Philippines.
Gen. Hams Will Command the De-
partment of the Gulf.
Washington, Dec. 15.-The Secretary
of War to-day approved the recon-
mendation of the general staff estab-
fishing military divisions and some
what changing the present boundary
lines of departments in the United
States.
There will be four divisions in the
United States. and one in the Philip
pines. The Atlantic division will con-
stitute the present department of the
East, except the state of Louisiana,
with the state of Tennessee added
thereto, and will be composed of the
Department of the East and Depart
ment of the Gulf. The headquarters
of the Department of the Gulf will be
located at Atlanta, Ga, and the head
quarters of the division will be at Gov
ernor's Island N. Y. Headquarters
of the Department of the East will be
temporarily Governors Island.
The Northern division will be COM
posed of the present Department of
the Lakes, the Department of Missouri
and the Department of Dakota. The
Department of Missouri is enlarged by
adding thereto the state of Wyoming
which has been detached from the De-
partment of Colorado. The headquar
tiers of the Northern division will be
at St. Louis.
The Pacific division will be composed
of the present Departments of Califor-
mia and the Columbia. The headquar-
tiers of the division will be San Fran
cisco.
The Southwestern division will be
composed of the Departments of Col
orado and Texas. The Department Of
Texas will be enlarged by the addition
of the states of Louisiana and Arkan-
sas and Oklahoma and Indian Terrific
ry. The headquarters of this division
will be Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
The Philippine division will remain
as now constituted.
Those Who Will Command.
The following division commanders
have been decided upon:
Atlantic Division, Maj. Gen. Corbin;
Northern Division, Maj. Gen. Bates;
Pacific Division, Maj. Gen. MacAr-
thur; Southwestern Division, Maj.
Sumner; Philippine Division, Maj.
Gen. Wade.
The order becomes effective Jan. Is,
1904.
The following officers have been des-
ignated to assume command of the
several departments:
Department of the Gulf, Gen. Hams;
Department of the Lakes, Gen. Grant;
Department of Missouri, Gen. Whit,
Gen. Carey temporarily; Department
of Dakota, Gen. Kobbe; Department of
California, Gen. Macarthur, tempo
rarily; Department of Colombia, Gen.
Funston; Department of Colorado, Gen.
Baldwin; Department of Texas, Gen.
Lee, Gen. Barry temporarily; Depart
ment of Luzon, Gen. Randall; Depart
ment of Visayas, Gen. Carter; De-
partment of Mindanao, Gen. Wood
commandant of the infantry and cav
airy school, Fort Leavenworth, Gen.
Bell.
Chattanooga Tried for 1t.
A delegation of citizens of Chatta-
nooga, accompanied by Representative
Brownlow of Tennessee, waited on Sec
rotary Root before he approved the
plans of the general board, and made
an argument in favor of establish
ing the headquarters of the new mil
itary department at Chattanooga, in