Show CENI N. N WO WOOD MAY MA f LEAD lAD FORCE I II IN I fRAN FRANCE I Commander in Paris May Be Assigned to Direct Corps as Aid to General Pershing By International News Service WASHINGTON March 11 VV V V Major General Leonard Wood V may command an army corps or a field army on the French battle front as a lieutenant lieutenant lieutenant lieu lieu- tenant general This is onO of or tho the results expected from tho the visit of Secretary Sec Sec- r rotary tary Baker Daker to France General Wood Is 15 convalescing in Paris from the effect of ot a wounded arm which German shell fragments gave gaye him on one of his trips t to the front Secretary Baker has said that General Wood Toad is la one of ot the men with whom ho hopes to confer conter while on his hla tri trip p. p General W Wood Wood Od is detailed In command command com corn mand manci of or tho the national army division at Camp Funston Kansas His wounds were of such n a slight ht character that he could lon long ago have haver r returned turned to duty thel e. e It Is believed d that ho Is being heln held in France for an Important assignment The selection of ot one and possibly three oth other lieutenant generals may also be made as tho result of ot the trip of or the secretary of ot war The Tho AmerIcan American Amer Arner- ican lean arrn army apparently Is Is' not to take takeover takeover over oYe sl single gl of andA n 1 x them themas as as how hew tT oW r f prep rep ared i d to take their places In the trenches A As each separate part of ot the line taken over o expands expand to the size which would warrant assignment of ot a n. full fun arm army corps or a field army to its protection protection pro pro- a commanding officer of ot suitable suitable suitable suit suit- able rank will be named Tho The war department nt recently an announced announced announced an- an the organization of ot the forces Into corps an and armies Under the plan planas as announced a n. senior major general will command each ench corps A field arm army will call caB for a lieutenant gen en eral There here Is eyer every Indication that AmerIcan AmerIcan American Amer Amer- ican troops are arc being poured into the battle lino line at a rapid rate French officers both hoth here herC and abroad have expressed expressed ex ex- pressed their warm approval of or the way In which the men have hare taken to their new duties The They could not have done doneso so without training of tho the most ef- ef octive sort ort A French FIonch officer said Bald hero bero today It It Is one thing to learn the principles principles prin prin- of oC combat and another thing thin to apply them Operations Operation on the present present present pres pres- ent front are carried out under every difficulty that can be Imagined generall generally gen gen- emily In perfect darkness The ground Is a wallow of or mud torn Into the wildest disorder by 11 ii shell fire tire Barbed wire is encountered at tho the most unexpected unexpected points Enemy Enem parties and amI concealed weapons are always bobbing up For soldiers to conduct themselves s with calmness and re resolution under such Much circumstances requires tho the highest highest highest high high- est training Apparently er e every AmerIcan AmerIcan American Amer Amer- ican unit has haa had such training |