104th trench mortar battery, Capt. Anthony Weis.

Engineer troops-104th regiment of engineers, Col. Ralph T. Ward.

Signal troops-104th field signal battalion, Maj. Charles B. Hazeltine.

Division units-29th division headquarters troop, Capt. John C. Lane: 110th machine gun battalion, Maj. James H. Washburn. Thirty-Seventh Division.

Maj.-Gen. C. S. Farnsworth commanding. Lieut.-Col. Dana T. Merrill, chief of staff. Maj. Edward W. Wildrick, adjutant-general. Seventy-third brigade of infantry (Brig.-Gen. C. F. Zimmerman commanding)-145th regiment of infantry, Col. Sanford B. Stanbery: 146th regiment of infantry, Col. C. C. Weybrecht: 135th machine gun battalion, Maj. Charles C. Chambers.

Seventy-fourth brigade of infantry (Brig.-Gen. W. P. Jackson commanding)-147th regiment of infantry, Col. F. W. Galbrith, Jr.; 148th regiment of infantry, Col. George H. Wood; 136th machine gun battalion, Maj. John A. Logan. Sixty-second brigade of field artillery-134th regiment of field artillery, Col. Harold M. Bush; 135th regiment of field artillery, Col. Dudley J. Hard; 136th regiment of field artillery, Col. Paul L. Mitchell: 112th trench mortar battery, Capt. A. S. Dillon. Engineer troops-112th regiment of engineers, Col. John R. McQuigg.

Signal troops-112th field signal battalion, Maj. Russell L. Mundhenk.

Division units-37th division headquarters troop, Capt. Frank F. Frebis; 134th machine gun battalion, Maj. Wade C. Christy.

One hundred and sixty-sixth brigade of infantry (Brig. Gen. Malin Graig commanding). 331st regiment of infantry, Col. Robert C. Williams; 332d regiment of infantry, Col. William Wallace; 324th machine gun battalion, Maj. B. B. McCroskey.

One hundred and fifty-eighth brigade of field artillery (Brig.-Gen. Adrian S. Fleming commanding)-322d regiment of field artillery, Col. A. B. Warfield; 323d regiment of field artillery, Col. F. B. Hennessy; 324th regiment of field artillery, Col. Homer B. Grant; 308th trench mortar battery, Capt. Don R. McGill.

Engineer troops-308th regiment of engineers, Col. Warren T. Hannum.

Signal troops-308th field signal battalion, Maj. Joseph F. Ware.

Division units-83d division

headquarters

troop, Lieut.-Col. Otis R. Cole; 322d machine gun battalion, Maj. Ralph R. Glass. Eighty-Ninth Division. Brig.-Gen. Frank L. Winn commanding (act'g). Col. C. E. Kilbourne, chief of staff. Maj. Jerome G. Pillow, adjutant-general. One hundred and seventy-seventh brigade of infantry (Brig.-Gen. Frank L. Winn commanding)-353d regiment of infantry, Col. J. H. Reeves; 354th regiment of infantry, Col. Americus Mitchell; 341st machine gun battalion.

One hundred and seventy-eighth brigade of infantry (Brig.-Gen. Thomas G. Hanson commanding)-355th regiment of infantry, Col. William G. Sills; 356th regiment of infantry, Col. Lewis M. Nuttman: 342d machine gun battalion, Maj. Thomas P. Bernard. One hundred and sixty-fourth brigade of field artillery (Brig. Gen. Edward T. Donnelly commanding)-340th regiment of field artil

lery, Col. Ernest S. Wheeler: 341st regiment of field artillery, Lieut.-Col. Robert Davis: 342d regiment of field artillery, Lieut.-Col. Earl Biscoe; 314th trench mortar battery. Capt. John L. Milvurn.

Engineer troops-314th regiment of engineers, Col. Robert P. Johnston.

Signal troops-314th field signal battalion, Maj. David Reeves. Division division units-89th headquarters troops, Capt. Tom A. Velie; 340th machine gun battalion.

Ninetieth Division.

Maj.-Gen. Henry T. Allen commanding. Col. John J. Kingman, chief of staff. Maj. Wyatt O. Selkirk, adjutant-general, One hundred and seventy-ninth brigade of infantry (Brig.-Gen. Joseph T. O'Niell commanding)-357th regiment of infantry, Col. E. T. Hartmann; 358th regiment of infantry, Col. Edmund M. Leary; 344th machine gun battalion, Maj. Ernest O. Thompson.

One hundred and eightieth brigade of infantry
(Brig.-Gen. W. H. Johnston commanding)-
359th regiment of infantry, Col. W. A. Cave-
naugh; 360th_regiment of infantry, Col. Cas-
per H. Conrad, Jr.: 345th machine gun bat-
talion, Maj. John M. Hagens.
One hundred and sixty-fifth brigade of field ar-
tillery (Brig.-Gen. Francis C. Marshall com-
manding)-343d regiment of field artillery,
Col. Henry V. Farrar; 344th regiment of
field artillery, Col. Samuel Frankenberger:
345th regiment of field artillery, Col. R. S.
Abernathy: 315th trench mortar battery,
Capt. William B. Blocker.

Engineer troops-315th regiment of engineers,
Col. Frank C. Boggs.
Signal troops-315th field signal battalion, Maj.
John C. Grant.

Division units 90th division headquarters troop, Capt. Donald L. Henderson; 343d machine gun battalion, Maj. Arthur L. McCoy. Ninety-Second Division.

Maj.-Gen. C. C. Ballou commanding. Lieut.-Col. Allen J. Greer, chief of staff. Maj. Sherburne Whipple, adjutant-general. One hundred and eighty-third brigade of infantry (Brig.-Gen. Malvern H. Barnum commanding)-365th regiment of infantry, Col. Vernon A. Caldwell; 366th regiment of infantry, Col. Ralph B. Parrott; 350th machine gun battalion, Maj. Charles W. Mason. One hundred and eighty-fourth brigade of infantry (Brig.-Gen. W. A. Hay commanding) -367th regiment of infantry, Col. James A. Moss; 368th regiment of infantry, Lieut.-Col. Henry S. Terrell; 351st machine gun battalion, Maj. Robert M. Barton.

One hundred and sixty-seventh brigade of field artillery-349th regiment of field artillery, Col. Dan T. Moore; 350th regiment of field artillery, Col. Roger O. Mason; 351st regiment of field artillery, Col. William E. Cole; 317th trench mortar battery, Capt. Theron Strong.

Engineer troops-317th regiment of engineers, Signal troops-317th field signal battalion, Maj. Col. Earl I. Brown.

Luther I. Rose.

Sixth Division.

Brig.-Gen. James B. Erwin commanding. Col. James M. Pickering, chief of staff. Lieut.-Col. Robert S. Knox, adjutant-general. Eleventh brigade of infantry (Brig.-Gen. W. R. Dashiell commanding)-51st regiment of infantry, Col. Isaac Newell; 52d regiment of infantry, Col. Erneste Smith; 17th machine gun battalion, Maj. Joseph M. Cummins. Twelfth brigade of infantry (Brig.-Gen. J. B. Erwin commanding)-53d regiment of infantry, Lieut.-Col. W. H. Patterson; 54th regiment of infantry, Col. Matthias Crowley; 18th machine gun battalion, Maj. Enoch B. Garey. Sixth brigade of field artillery (Brig.-Gen. E. A. Millar commanding)-3d regiment of field artillery, Col. W. D. Newell; 11th regiment of field artillery, Lieut.-Col. W. F. Sharp; 78th regiment of field artillery, Lieut.-Col. James Hustin; 6th trench mortar battery, First Lieut. John Gray Paul.

Engineer troops-318th regiment of engineers, Col. Stuart C. Godfrey.

Signal troops-6th field signal battalion, Maj. Donald S. Sanger.

Division units-6th division headquarters troop, Capt. C. Y. Hendricks; 16th machine gun battalion, Maj. Frederick B. Terrell.

Thirty-Sixth Division.

Maj.-Gen. W. R. Smith commanding. Col. E. J. Williams, chief of staff. Maj. William R. Scott, adjutant-general. Seventy-first brigade of infantry (Brig.-Gen. Henry Hutchings commanding)-141st regiment of infantry, Col. Well E. Jackson; 142d regiment of infantry, Col. Alfred W. Bloor; 132d machine gun battalion, Maj. Preston A. Weatherred.

Seventy-second brigade of infantry (Brig.-Gen. John A. Hulen commanding)-143d regiment of infntry, Col. John S. Hoover; 144th regiment of infantry, Col. Jules E. Muchert; 133d machine gun battalion, Maj. Lewis S. Davidson.

Sixty-first brigade of field artillery (Brig.-Gen. John A. Stevens commanding)-131st regiment of field artillery, Col. Claude V. Birkhead: 132d regiment of field artillery, Col. Arthur R. Sholars; 133d regiment of field artillery, Col. Fred A. Logan; 111th trench mortar battery, Capt. Lewis Maverick. Engineer troops-111th regiment of engineers, Col. William A. Johnson.

Signal troops-111th signal field battalion, Maj. Robert A. Robinson.

Division units-36th division headquarters troop, Capt. Wayne R. Davis: 131st machine

gun battalion, Maj. Ellis Stephenson. Seventy-Sixth Division.

Maj.-Gen. Harry F. Hodges commanding. Maj. George M. Peek, adjutant-general. One hundred and fifty-first brigade of infantry (Brig.-Gen. Frank H. Albright commanding) -301st regiment of infantry, Col. Frank Tompkins; 302d regiment of infantry, Col. Charles C. Smith; 302d machine gun battalion, Maj. Arthur B. Collins. One hundred and fifty-second brigade of infantry (Brig.-Gen. F. D. Evans commanding). 303d regiment of infantry, Col. John F. Preston: 304th regiment of infantry, Col. Joseph S. Herron; 303d machine gun battalion, Maj. James A. Sullivan.

One hundred and fifty-first brigade of field artillery (Maj.-Gen. William S. McNair commanding)-301st regiment of field artillery, Col. George M. Brooks: 302d regiment of field artillery, Col. Daniel F. Craig; 303d regiment of field artillery, Col. F. W. Stopford; 301st trench mortar battery, Capt. Jewett B. Newton.

Engineer troops-301st regiment of engineers, Col. Francis A. Pope.

Signal troops-301st field signal battalion, Maj. John F. Fanning.

Division units-76th division headquarters troop. Capt. Q. A. McKean: 301st machine gun battalion, Maj. Will D. Wills.

Seventy-Ninth Division. Maj.-Gen. Joseph E. Kuhn commanding. Col. Tenny Ross, chief of staff. Maj. Charles B. Moore, adjutant-general. One hundred and fifty-seventh brigade of infantry (Brig.-Gen. William L. Nicholson commanding)-313th regiment of infantry. Col. Claude B. Sweezey: 314th regiment of infantry, Col. William H. Oury; 311th machine gun battalion, Maj. Charles M. Dupuy. One hundred and fifty-eighth brigade of infantry-315th regiment of infantry, Lieut.-Col. C. G. Morton; 316th regiment of infantry, Col. Oscar J. Charles; 312th machine gun One hundred and fifty-fourth brigade of field battalion, Maj. Stewart S. Janney. artillery (Brig.-Gen. Andrew Hero, Jr., commanding)-310th regiment of field artillery, Col. Howard L. Landers; 311th regiment of field artillery, Col. Charles G. Mortimer: 312th regiment of field artillery, Col. Harry P. Wilbur: 304th trench mortar battery, Engineer troops-304th regiment of engineers, Capt. William G. Huckel.

Col. James P. Jervey.

Signal troops-304th field signal battalion, Maj.
Z. H. Mitchum.
Division

units-79th division headquarters troop, Capt. Edward W. Madeira; 310th machine gun battalion, Maj. Andrew W. Smith. Eighty-Fifth Division.

Maj.-Gen. C. W. Kennedy commanding. Col. Edgar T. Collins, chief of staff. Lieut.-Col. Clarence Lininger, adjutant-general. One hundred and sixty-ninth brigade of infantry (Brig.-Gen. Thomas B. Dugan commanding)-337th regiment of infantry, Col. Robert H. Allen; 338th regiment of infantry, Col. D. G. Berry; 329th machine gun battalion, Maj. Sidney D. Maize.

One hundred and seventieth brigade of infantry-339th regiment of infantry, Col. John W. Craig; 340th regiment of infantry, Col. James S. Parker: 330th machine gun battalion, One hundred and sixtieth brigade of field artilMaj. William Hendrie. lery (Brig.-Gen. Guy H. Preston commanding)-328th regiment of field artillery, Col. Frank E. Hopkins; 329th regiment of field artillery, Col. Tilman Campbell: 330th regiment of field artillery, Col. Harold E. Cloke; 310th trench mortar battery, Capt. Charles I. Anderson.

Engineer troops-310th regiment of engineers, Col. W. Goff Caples.

Signal troops-310th field signal battalion, Maj.

Keene Richards.

Division units-85th division

headquarters

troop, Capt Henry N. Traxler; 328th machine gun battalion, Maj. Rollin L. Caldwell. Ninety-First Division.

Brig.-Gen. F. H. Foltz commanding. Col. Herbert J. Brees, chief of staff. Maj. Frederic W. Manley, adjutant-general. One hundred and eighty-first brigade of infantry (Brig.-Gen. John B. McDonald commanding)-361st regiment of infantry, Col. William D. Davis; 362d regiment of infantry. Col. William H. Jordan; 347th machine gun battalion, Maj. Arthur W. Hanson. One hundred and eighty-second brigade of infantry (Brig.-Gen. Frederick S. Foltz commanding)-363d regiment of infantry, Col. H. L. Cavenaugh; 364th regiment of infantry, Col. McD. George Weeks; 348th machine gun battalion, Maj. Thomas N. Gimperling. One hundred and sixty-sixth brigade of field artillery (Brig.-Gen. Edward Burr commanding)-346th regiment of field artillery, Col. Raymond S. Pratt: 347th regiment of field artillery, Col. Ralph S. Granger; 348th regiment of field artillery. Col. Rex Van Den Corput: 316th trench mortar battery, Capt. Harold T. Pease.

Engineer troops-316th regiment of engineers, Col. Henry C. Jewett.

Signal troops-316th field signal battalion, Maj.
Wilford Danvers.
Division units-91st division headquarters
troop, Capt. W. P. Coakley: 346th machine
gun battalion, Maj. F. C. Endicott.

NOT ASSIGNED TO CORPS.
Eighty-First Division.

Maj.-Gen. C. J. Bailey commanding.
Col. Charles D. Roberts, chier of staff.
Maj. Arthur E. Ahrends, adjutant-general.
One hundred and sixty-first brigade of infan-
try (Brig.-Gen. George W. McIver command-
ing)-321st regiment of infantry, Col. Frank
Halstead; 322d regiment of infantry, Col. L.
T. Richardson; 317th machine gun battalion,
Maj. W. C. McGowan.
One hundred and sixty-second brigade of in-
fantry (Brig.-Gen. Monroe McFarland com-
manding)-323d regiment of infantry, Col.
Thomas A. Pearce; 324th regiment of infan-
try, Col. George W. Moses; 318th machine
gun battalion.
One hundred and fifty-sixth brigade of field
artillery
Moses
(Brig.-Gen. Andrew
manding)-316th regiment of field artillery.
Col. Russell P. Reeder: 317th_regiment of
field artillery, Col. Nelson E. Margetts;
318th regiment of field artillery, Col. James
P. Robinson; 306th trench mortar battery,
Capt. David M. Etheridge.
Engineer troops-306th regiment of engineers,
Col. Robert R. Ralston.
Signal

com

battalion, troops-306th field signal Maj. Samuel R. Todd. Division units-81st division headquarters troop, Capt. Clayton E. Rich, Jr.: 316th machine gun battalion, Maj. John E. Beller. Ninety-Third Division.

Maj. Lee S. Tillotson, adjutant-general. One hundred and eighty-fifth brigade of infantry-369th regiment of infantry, Col. William Hayward: 370th regiment of infantry, Col. F. A. Dennison; 333d machine gun battalion. One hundred and eighty-sixth brigade of infantry (Brig.-Gen. George H. Harries commanding)-371st regiment of infantry, Col. Perry L. Miles; 372d regiment of infantry, Col. Herschel Tupes; 334th machine gun battalion. One hundred and sixty-eighth brigade of field artillery-332d regiment of field artillery, 333d regiment of field artillery, 334th regiment of field artillery, 318th trench mortar battery.

Engineer troops-318th regiment of engineers. Signal troops-318th field signal battalion. Division units-332d machine gun battalion.

Twenty-eighth (Pennsylvania) - Heudicort and St. Dizier, Maj.-Gen. William H. Hay. Twenty-ninth Vir(New Jersey, Delaware, ginia, Maryland, District of Columbia)-Robert Espagne and St. Dizier, Maj.-Gen. C. C. Morton.

Thirtieth (Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, District of Columbia)-Querrieu, Maj.-Gen. E. H. Lewis.

Thirty-first (Georgia, Alabama, Florida) — Brest. Maj.-Gen. Leroy S. Lyon.

Thirty-second (Michigan, Wisconsin) Ancreville and St. Dizier, Maj.-Gen. William C. Haan.

Thirty-third (Illinois)-Troyon and St. Dizier, Maj.-Gen. George Bell, Jr.

Thirty-fourth (Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota)-Castres, Brig.-Gen. John A. Johnson. Thirty-fifth (Missouri, Kansas) Somme Dieue and St. Dizier, Maj.-Gen. Peter E. Traub. Thirty-sixth (Texas, Oklahoma)-Conde-enBarrois, Maj.-Gen. W. R. Smith. Thirty-seventh (Ohio) Thielt, Dunkerque, Maj.-Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth.

Thirty-eighth (Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia)-Le Mans, Maj.-Gen. Robert L. Howze. Forty-second (Rainbow)-Maisoncelle and St. Dizier, Maj.-Gen. Charles D. Rhodes. Seventy-seventh (New York city)-La Basace, Varennes, St. Dizier, Maj.-Gen. Robert Alexander.

Seventy-eighth (western New York, New Jersey, Delaware)-Le Champy Haut and St. Dizier, Maj.-Gen. James H. McRae.

Seventy-ninth (northwest Pennsylvania, Maryland, District of Columbia)-Vacherauville and St. Dizier, Maj.-Gen. Joseph E. Kuhn. Eightieth (Virginia, West Virginia, western Pennsylvania)-Sommauthe and St. Dizier. Maj.-Gen. Adelbert Cronkhite.

Eighty-first (North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Porto Rico)-Somme Dieue, Issur-Tille, Maj. Gen. Charles J. Bailey.

Eighty-second (Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee)-Florent, Maj.-Gen. George P. Duncan. Eighty-fourth ( (Kentucky, Indiana, southern Illinois)-Neuvic, Maj.-Gen. Harry C. Hale. Eighty-sixth (Chicago and northern Illinois) St. Andre de Cubzac, Maj.-Gen. Charles H. Martin. Eighty-seventh (Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, southern Alabama)-Pons, Maj.-Gen. S. D. Sturgis.

Eighty-eighth (North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, western Illinois)-Montreaux Chateau, Is-sur-Tille, Maj.-Gen. William Weigel.

Eighty-ninth (Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona)-Tailly and St. Dizier, Brig.-Gen. Frank L. Winn.

Ninetieth (Texas and Oklahoma)-Villers Dev Dun and St. Dizier, Maj.-Gen. Henry T. Allen.

Ninety-first (Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, Utah)-Oostroosebeke and Dunkerque, Maj.-.

Gen. William H. Johnston.

(regulars)-Lucey and St. Dizier, Maj.-Gen. Mark L. Hersey. Fifth (regulars)-Cunel and St. Dizier, Maj.Gen. Hanson E. Ely.

Sixth

(regulars)-Stonne and St. Dizier, Maj.-Gen. W. H. Gordon.

Seventh (regulars)-Euvezin and St. Dizier, Maj.-Gen. Edmund Wittenmeyer.

Twenty-sixth (New England)-Bras, Troyonsur-Meuse, St. Dizier, Brig.-Gen. F. E. Bamford.

Twenty-seventh (New York)-Corbie, Beauquesne. St. Dizier, Maj.-Gen. John F. O'Ryan,

Depot Divisions.

Forty-first (Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming)-St. Aignan and Noyers, Brig.-Gen. Eli Cole. Eighty-third western Pennsylvania)-Le Mans and Castres, Maj.-Gen. E. F. Glenn.

(Ohio and

Seventy-sixth (New England and New York) -St. Amand Mont Rond, Maj.-Gen. Harry F. Hodges.

Eighty-fifth (Michigan and eastern Wisconsin)-Pouilly, Maj. Gen. Chase W. Kennedy. Thirty-ninth (Arkansas, Mississippi and LouFlorent, Maj.-Gen. Henry C. isiana)-St. Hodges, Jr. New (Colorado, Utah, Arizona. Fortieth Mexico and California)-Revigny and St. Dizier, Maj.-Gen. F. S. Strong.

ARMY GENERAL STAFF.

By order of the secretary of war the army general staff was reorganized in February, 1918, into five main divisions each under an assistant chief having specific duties. To carry out the provisions of the new plan the secretary through the adjutant-general of the army issued the following general order:

The chief of the general staff with the assistance of the war council created under general orders No. 160. Dec. 20. 1917, is the immediate adviser of the secretary of war upon all matters relating to the military establishment and is charged by the secretary of war with the planning and development of the army program in its entirety. He exercises such supervising and co-ordinating powers and secures such information as his judgment

may dictate to the end that the war policies of the secretary of war may be harmoniously executed by the several corps, bureaus and all other agencies of the military establishment and the army program to its last detail be carried out speedily and efficiently.

The planning of the army program in its entirety, the constant development thereof in its larger aspects and the relating of this program to the general staff and the entire army will be the duty of the chief of staff and the war council. The burden upon the chief of staff, the assistant chiefs of staff and the officers forming the general staff in their duties in connection with the administration of the army program by the military establishment has so increased that it becomes immediately necessary to organize the general staff into responsible divisions.

Accordingly the chief of staff is directed to organize the general staff into five main di visions under his direct control and to attach to the general staff such personnel, officers and civilians, that the work of the general staff may proceed. Each division shall be under an officer who shall have full power to act for the secretary of war and the chief of staff upon all matters charged to his division. Such divisions and duties of each are as follows:

Executive Division.

I. Executive Division-This division shall take charge of the office of the chief of staff under an officer to be known as the executive assistant to the chief of staff, who shall be an assistant to the chief of staff. The executive assistant to the chief of staff shall act for the chief of staff or the acting chief of staff during their respective absences. This division shall have cognizance and control of the following subjects:

1. To supervise the organization, administration, and method of all divisions of the general staff and the several bureaus, corps, and other agencies of the war department, to the end that all such matters may be comprehensively treated and the activities of all such agencies may be co-ordinated, duplication of work avoided, harmonious action secured, and all unnecessary machinery of organization and administration eliminated.

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all

2. The collection, compilation, and maintenance of all statistical information obtained from the several bureaus, corps, or other agencies of the military establishment, both to troops and supplies, as well as other statistical information obtained from outside sources relating to the war program for transmission to the secretary of war, the chief of staff, the war council, the general staff, and the several divisions thereof.

3. Military intelligence concerning espionage. counterespionage, fire prevention, and other matters thereto related.

4. Requisitions and permits. 5. Promotions and assignments. 6. The militia bureau and federal guards.

War Plans Division.

II. War Plans Division-This division shall undertake the study of and submit reports upon all matters referred to it from time

to time by the chief of staff and shall be in charge of the an officer designated as director of the war plans division. This officer will be an assistant to the chief of staff and shall be president of the war college and in charge of all activities at the war college. The duties of this division shall also include the following matters:

1. Plans for the organization of all branches of the army.

2. The study and determination of the types and the quantities of equipment for all branches of the army, and the approval of design and types of equipment submitted by the several bureaus; supervision of research and invention by the several bureaus or other agencies of the military establishment in connection with equipment.

3. Projects for national defense.

4. Training for all branches of the army, employed, together with all publications hav the tactics and methods of warfare to be ing relation thereto, and the supervision of military schools.

5. Military intelligence as related to army operations and the translation and compilation of foreign documents relating to military affairs.

of complete military records. 6. Collection, compilation, and maintenance

7. Proposed legislation and the preparation of regulations and rules for the military establishment.

Purchase and Supply Division. III. Purchase and Supply Division - This division shall have cognizance of and supervision over the purchase and production of all munitions and other supplies required for the use of the army, under an officer designated as the director of purchases and supplies, who The duties of this division shall include the shall be an assistant to the chief of staff. following matter:

of the several

bureaus,

corps,

and other

1. The supervision and direction of all purchase, procurement, and production activities agencies of the war department. The co-ordination and correlation of the purchase and procurement activities of the several bureaus, corps, and other agencies of the war department.

The representing of the army in all arrangements for co-ordinating the purchase and procurement activities of the several bureaus, corps, and agencies of the government and with the allies.

2. The determination of purchasing and manufacturing priorities between the several bureaus, corps, and other agencies within the war department and in relation to other agencies of the government, and also the determination of preference to be afforded to contractors for supplies in the matter of shortage of fuel, power and raw materials.

3. The supervision and co-ordination of all appropriations, estimates and requirements and other financial matters relating to the purchase of munitions and all other supplies. 4. There shall be in the purchase and supply division the office of surveyor general of supplies under an officer or a civilian.

It shall be the duty of the surveyor general of supplies to provide that all arrangements for the purchase, procurement, and production of all munitions and other supplies for the use of the army shall be so correlated and otherwise scheduled as most effectually to forward the army program and most advantageously utilize the industrial resources of the country.

Storage and Trafic Division.

IV. Storage and Traffic Division-This division shall have cognizance and control of the transportation of all branches of the army and of all munitions and other supplies for the army both by land and sea and all storage facilities in connection therewith, under an officer designated as the director of storage and traffic, who shall be an assistant