Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-20
NEW CORPS AREAS
IN ARMY REPLACE
REGION DIVISIONS
War Department Announces
Complete Reorganization
for September /.

ATIuy lTOEn geographical DIVISIONS dS
at present into corps and Army areas.
to take effect September l.. is an
nounced in orders issued by the War
Department today.
The District of Columbia. Maryland.
Virginia and Pennsylvania are en-
braced in the new Sd Corps area. with
headquarters temporarily in Balti-
more until space is available at Fort
McHenry, just outside of that city.
Maj. Gen. Adelbert Cronkhite. now
the first commander of the Sd Corps
area.
The orders state that in accordance
with section 3 of the act approved
June 4, 1920, the President directs the
establishment September l of the fol-
lowing corps areas for purposes of
administration. training and tactlcai
control:
First Corps area. to embrace the states
of Maine, New Hampshire. Vermont,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Con-
necticut: headquarters at Boston. Mass.
Second Corps area, New York, New
Jersey and Delaware; headquarters at
Governors Island, an. Y.
Third Corps area, Pennsylvania.
Maryland. Virginia and the District OF
Columbia headquarters at Fort Nc
Henry, Md. temporarily at Baltimore.
Mo-, untll space Is dsdidOie a. Foi
McHenry. Md.
Fourth Corps area. North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia. Florida, Ala
bama, Tennessee. Mississippit Arkansas
and Louisiana; headquarters at Fort
Mcpherson, Ga. Temporarily at Charles
ton, S. c., until space is available at
Fort Mcpherson, Ga.).
Fifth Corps area, Ohio, west VIZ
ginia, Indiana and Kentucky. Head
ot
Ind.
Sixth Corps area. Illinois. Michigan
and Wisconsin. Headquarters at Fort
Sheridan. Ill. Temporarily at Chicago
ILL.,, until space is available at Fort
Sheridan, I'D.
Seventh Corps area, missouri ran
sas. Iowa. Nebraska, Minnesota, Nortn
Dakota and South Dakota. Headquar-
ters at Fort Crook, Neb.
Eighth Corps area. Texas. Okla
homa, Colorado, New Mexico ana M Arl.
iona. Headquarters at Fort Sam
Houston. San Antonio, Tex.
Ninth Corps area, washington CIe-
Nevada and California. Headquarters
at Preside of San Francisco, CAM
Temporarily at San Francisco. cam.
until space is available at Preside ol
San Francisco, Califo
Powers in Area Commanders.
The powers held by. the duties re.
ouired of, and the authority vestee
in commanders of territorial depart
ments within the continental iimlt'
Of the United States on september l
1920, shall thereafter be vested II
CORDS area commanders.
II is ordered that on the establish
|ffeflx 4seDrps areas the six ter
ritorfa1 departments now. embracing
the continent area of the un1tee
States shall be discontinued. and the
following will obtain:
The Island of Porto Rico. with tne
islands and keys adjacent thereto
will, for administrative purposes, be
attached to the I'd Corps area The ter
ritory of Alaska win be attached to the
9th0Corps area for the same purposes.
For purposes of administrative ane
tactical control in connection Wltf
the border patrol and field operations
incident thereto, such part of the
state of Arizona as lies west OF the
114th degree meridian and south oi
the 33d, degree parallel IS attachee
to the 9Th Corps area.
For the purposes of inspection OF
maneuvers. of plans for mobilization
war. rehabilitation. etc, the nine
corps areas will, upon their establish
ment. be grouped into three army
areas as follows:
First Army area-First, Second and
Third Corps areas.
Second Army area-Fourth. F1ftn ano
Sixth Corps areas.
Third Army area-Seventh, Eighth
and Ninth Corps areas.
Omcers to Be Designated.
Commanding officers and stats fol
army areas will be designated from
time to time when the necessity
arises.
The following assignments of gen.
eral officers are made:
Assistants to the chief of STAN ano
members of the War Department gen
eral staff: Maj. Gen. William G. Ham
Brig. Gen. Henry Jervey and Brig
Gen. Dennis E. Nolan.
They will report in person to the
chief of staff for assignment to duty.
Commanders of corps areas are:
First Corps area, Maj. Gen. David c
Shanks: I'd Corps area, Maj. Gen. Rob
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