New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-21
State.Croups
OF Army Corps
Are Announced
Areas Are Established in
Accordance ; With the
Provisions of the New
Bill; Headquarters Named
Six Bureaus Discontinued
Three Brigadier Generals
Are Assigned to Districts
on the Texas Border

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.-The War
Department announced to-day the state
groups composing the army corps areas
established in accordance with the pro-
visions of the new army bill, and the
headquarters of each area, as follows {:
First Corps area, to embrace the
states of Maine, New Hampshire, Yer
mont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and
Connecticut, headquarters at Boston.
Second Corps area. to embrace the
states Of New York, New Jersey and
Delaware, headquarters at Governors
Island.
Third Corps area, to embrace the
states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Vir-
GINA and the District of Columbia;
headquarters at Fort McHenry, Mary
land. The headquarters will be tenn
porarily at Baltimore until space is
available at Fort McHenry.
Fourth Corps area, to embrace the
states Of North and South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee,
Mississippi, Arkansas and louisiana
headquarters at Fort Mcpherson,
Georgia. The headquarters will be
temporarily at Charleston, S. c., until
space is available at Fort Mcpherson.
Fifth Corps area, embracing the
states Of Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana
and Kentucky; headquarters at Fort
benjamin Harrison, Indiana.
Sixth Corps area, to embrace the
states of Illinois. Michigan and Wis
consin; headquarters at Fort Sheridan,
Illinois, The headquarters will he tenn
porarly at Chicago until space is avail
able at Fort Sheridan.
Seventh Corps area, to embrace the
states Of Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Ne
braska, Minnesota, North Dakota and
South Dakota; headquarters at Fort
Crook, Nebraska.
Eighth Corps area, to embrace the
states of Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado,
New Mexico and Arizona; headquarters
at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio,
Tex
Ninth Corps area, to embrace the
states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho,
Montana, Wyoming. Utah, Nevada and
California; headquarters at the Presi-
do of San Francisco. The headquarters
Will be temporarily at San Francisco
until space is available at the Preside.
Commanders of Corps Areas
1t was announced that upon the es-
Enlistment of these corps the six ter
ritorial departments now embracing
the continental area of the United
States shall be discontinued and the
Island of Porto Rico, with the islands
and keys adjacent thereto, will, for adj
ministrative purposes, be attached to
the Second Corps area, while the Ter
ritory of Alaska will be attached to
the Ninth Corps area.
For purposes of mobilization and
other emergency maneuvers the nine
army areas. the first three corps area
forming the First Army area, the next
three the Second and the 7th, 9Th and
9th the Third.
Commanders of the corps areas were
announced as follows:
First Corps area, Major General Da-
vid c. Shanks; I'd, Major General Rob-
ert L. Bullard; Sd, Major General Adel-
bert Cronkhite; 4th Major General
John r. Morrison; 9Th, Major General
George f. Read; 9Th, Major General
Leonard Wood 18th, Major General
Omar Bundy; 9Th, Major General Jo-
seph p. Dickman; 9th, Major General
Hunter Liggett,
Muir Gets 4th Division
Major General Charles II. Muir has
been assigned to command the 18th DIVE
sion, and Major General John L. Hines
the 9Th Division. New departmental
commanders are:
Philippine Department, Drigadier
General Charles G.. Treat; Hawaiian
Department, Brigadier General Joseph
Z. Kuhn Panama Department., Briga-
der General Edwin B. Rabbit. South
Atlantic Coast Artillery District, Brig
adler General Johnson Hagood.
Other important army assignments
announced were those of Major General
William G. Ham, Brigadier General
Henry Jervey and Brigadier General
Dennis +. Nolan to be assistants to the
chief of staff and members of the War
Department General Staff, and Major
General William M. Wright to be direc-
tor of the supply division and execu-
tive assistant to the chief of stafr
Major General William G. Ham was
named director of the war plans divi-
sion; Brigadier General Henry Jervey
director Of the operations division and
Brlgadier General Dennis E. Nolan to
be director Of the military intelligence
division.
Brigadier Generals Grote Hutchinson,
Robert L. Howe and Malin Craig have
been ordered to report to Major Cen
eral John T. Dickman for assignment
to duty to districts along the Texas
border, the War Department an
nounced