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Show UTAH PLACED li NEW ARMY ARE Headquarters of Ninth Corps Area Will Be Established at the Presidio W kSHINGTON, Aug 20. The war department announced today the slat-groups slat-groups composing the army corps areas established ln accordance with the provisions of the new army bill and ;he headquarters of each area Thev include: sixth corps area to embrace the States of Illinois. Michigan and Wis iconsin. Headquarters at Fort Sheridan. Sheri-dan. Ill Seventh corps area to embrace th--1 states of Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mex-ico and Arizona Headquarters Headquar-ters at Fort Sam Houston, San Anto-, Anto-, nio. Texas. Ninth corp area to embrace the slates of Washington, Oregon, Idaho. Montana. Wyoming, lTtab, Nevada ami California Headquarters at Presidio I of San Franc. sco The headquarters will be temporarily at San Francisco until space la available at Presidio. It is announced that upon the establish I men: of these headquarters the six headquarters shall be disbanded anil I the headquarters of Porto Rico with I Ihe islands and adjacent thereto foi administration purposes be attached to jthe second corp.- are comprising east-I east-I en states while the territory' of Alask.i 'will be attached to the ninth corps I area. |