Show RADICAL CHANGES ORDERED BY BAKER I I SECRETARY OF WAR ANNOUNCES REORGANIZATION OF GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARM ARMY Five Divisions Are Formed to Have Charge of Various Branches of the Work New New Methods Will Fix Re Responsibility A Washington A general i tion of the general staff of the army was is-as announced by the war department on February 10 The new plan provides provide for five the main divisions Each division will vIli be under an assistant cider chief of 01 staff stalL Time The chief of staff stair and the wat are fire to o co operate co-operate In the ilie general administrative duties of the general staff The sweeping changes provided for have been under consideration by See Seo- Baker and his imis chief advisers for several se-eral weeks The secretary stated that a reorganization of time the department department department depart depart- ment was In progress on his first appearance appearance ap ap- before the senate military committee after the time Investigation of the conduct of the time war was instituted Tho The reorganizations reorganisations of different divisions di dl- visions and bureaus of the general staff stall will vIll continue The Time names of offIcers officer who are to occupy occupy occupy oc oc- oc- oc cupy the positions provided for In the scheme w were ere not given en out The Time nama nam of Edward R n. recently ap appointed appointed appointed ap- ap pointed surveyor general of supplies comes under tinder the third or or purchase anti and supply division The duties of the time chief of staff will willbe be taken over soon by Major General Peyton C. C March larch ordered home from France to succeed Major General Biddie Bill Bid die assistant chief of staff who has lias been acting ch chef ef in the absence of General Bliss BUss For the time present General General General Gen Gen- eral Bliss will continue to hold the title of chief of staff while representing the United States in the time supreme war council abroad and General March will be designated acting chief The Time general reorganization of the time staff is viewed in some quarters as a result of the congressional agitation for a war cabinet and a munitions di di- rector At the war department it I Is declared to be a n natural outgrowth of I the time rapid development of the war program pro pro- gram grain There were vere about six forty six members mem mem-I mem bers bels of the time general staff when Will war i iwas was ivas declared This number was Increased increased increased in In- i creased immediately an and now is about about eighty eight Most of the present member are in France France- |