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Show I BOARD SELECT!! 1 STAFF OFFICERS s fl l- I Fifty Majors and Captains of J the Line to 'Be 9 Designated. I ASSIGNED TO CAMPS $3, I Number to Be Sent to France g to Compile Modem Instructs- tion Manuals for Troops. s. H' WASHINGTON, May 21. A board "S ; I of general officers of the army, headed p by Brigadier General Kernan. acting IS assistant chief of staff, was in session i today selecting fifty majors and caput cap-ut ' tains of the line to be designated for 'tS duty on the general staff. The army 1 bill signed by the president last week S removes restriction upon the number p ' of staff officers who may be kept in Ijj ', Washington and the full strength of ' three general officers and eighty-eight Wn ot'nera W1 De maintained hereafter W Additional staff officers are neces- 55 sary in connection with the organiza- Ition of the cantonment camps to begin an July, "when the national guard Is assembled in divisional unjts. There will be thirty-two camps altogether and an officer of the general staff will be assigned to each. It is legarded as probable, also, that a number of staff officers -will be sent to the front in France, possibly with General Per-i Per-i shing s forces, to return after a few weeks and aid in the compilation of instruction manuals for troops which will incorporate modern developments of warfare Later on the, when the forces in Europe aro increased, a general headquarters head-quarters will be necessary there with staff officers attached. ,: oo |