Army and Corps area Commanders meet with Woodring and Chief of Staff. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. A conference held yesterday at the War Department between Army and Corps area commanders and the Secretary of War and Chief of Staff was held to plan intensive training of the army for the next six months. Left to right: Brig. General Lorenzo D. Gasser; Maj. General Daniel Van Voorhis, Commanding General of the 5th Corps. area; Maj. General Percy P. Bishop, Commanding General, 7th Corps. area; Maj. General Herbert J. Brees, Commanding General, 8th Corps area; Lieut. General Stanley D. Embick, Commanding General, 3rd Army and Fourth Corps area; Lieut. General Hugh A. Drum, Commanding General, First Army and Second Corps. area; Major General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff; Harry Woodring, Secretary of War, Lieut. General Stanley H. Ford, Commanding General, 2nd Army and Sixth Corps area on or about Dec. 1 with the rank of Lieutenant General; Maj. General James K. Parsons, Commanding General, 3rd Corps area; Maj. General James A. Woodruff, Commanding General, 1st Corps area; Brig. General George P. Tyner, Assistant Chief of Staff. Note: Brig. General Gasser who is first in this photo is Acting Chief of Staff
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