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Show Uncle Sam's Sword Hand Made Stronger well organized war staff, which can function for war at' a moment's notice without crippling any branch of this general staff at home. "The plan has been worked out by the two generals who were the best fitted to do It, and In their plan they have embodied the best features of war staff organization as developed 111 the World war." General Pershing, as chief of staff of the armies. Is the head of the war plans division created In the general staff, which will counsel from time to time with the war council, consisting of the secretary of war, the assistant secretary of ' war, and the chief of staff. The order reorganizes the general staff Into the five following divisions, each under Immediate control of an assistant chief of staff. Personnel division di-vision (first division). Military Intelligence Intel-ligence division (second division). Operations Op-erations and training division (third division). Supply division (fourth division). di-vision). War plans division. The war plans division Is to be so organised as to enable It, In the event of mobilization, to furnish the nucleus of the general staff personnel for each of the general staff divisions required at the general headquarters In the fWd." WASHINGTON. The establishment establish-ment of a war plans division in the general staff of the army and creation of a war council have been announced by Secretary of War Weeks, through publication of an order or-der by Gen. John J. Pershing, the chief of staff, directing reorganisation of the general staff. General Pershing's order Is the consummation con-summation of a plan originated by Secretary Weeks whereby there would be. organized within the general staff a. special war staff, ready f or the call to war at a moment's notice, 'with Its organization perfected, to. the point of functioning as it should In tir of war. "Through the plan worked out by General r-ershlng and General Har-bord, Har-bord, the assistant chief of staff," said I Secretary Weeks, "we will have a ' |