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Show R -ESTABLISHMENT OF GREAT ARMY DIVISIONS PLANNED To Develop Offlcers Capable Cap-able of Handling Great Military Units. WASHINGTON, May In exeen tion of the project' for the re-establishment of the great army divisions, (he war department ia considering the election of the commanding officers who are to ebe major generals wherever wher-ever possible. The divisional officers will give attention to the purely military mili-tary business, leaving tha department commanders to deal with administrative details. The objeet ia to develop officers offi-cers capable of handling great army anita; Thefe ia at present but one division, that of the Philippines. Major General i. franklin Bell presumably will re-1 tain that command. Three new divisions di-visions will be entirely within the United Statea. At New York a major general will make his headquarters oa Governor's island, eomtnaadiag the eaatera division: divis-ion: while the department of the east will be ia eommaad of a brigadier at Fort Tottea ia Mew York harbor. The omaand af the gulf will remain at Atlanta. At-lanta. . The headquarters of the central di-visioa'will di-visioa'will be Chicago, with brigadier geaeiala er ' aaJonela in the command of tha department of the lake, the hiia-aouri hiia-aouri aad Texaa at St. Paul, St. Louis snd 8s s Antonio respectively. The existing ex-isting departments of Colorado and Dakota Da-kota will be merged into these three departments, The headquarters of tha weetera division di-vision will be Baa Francisco, the department de-partment of California making headquarters head-quarters at tha Presidio, Lad the department de-partment of' let am bin at Vaacettver barracks, Waahiagtoa., Tha ehanga will go Into effect aa July i. - |