Will Be Seven Army Corps
The War Department announced a plan to organize the regular and volunteer armies into seven army corps as the United States mobilized for war with Spain.
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Rock Island Argus · May 7, 1898 · Page 1
1 min readWASHINGTON, May 7.
A general order providing for the division of the regular and volunteer armies into seven army corps was issued at the war department yesterday. This announcement is expected to be followed by the assignments of the major generals who will command the respective corps.
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