The approximate organization is shown as concisely as possible in the following diagram: CHIEF OF IMPERIAL GENERAL STAFF Director of Staff Duties. Staff duties Organization and training. War Organization of forces. General questions of training. Signals and communications. Director of Military Operations. Operations on all fronts. Director of Military Intelligence. Intelligence. Espionage. The Press. The other important departments of the War Office on the administration side are those of the Adjutant-General and the Quartermaster-General, the former dealing with all questions relating to the personnel of the Army under the various headings of organization, mobilization, pay and discipline, and the latter with all questions of supply and transport. A Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff was attached to the Chief of the Imperial General Staff. His main duty was to act as a liaison between the General Staff and the administrative departments of the War Office. The whole organization of the British War Office is, of course, under the direction and control of the Secretary of State for War. 2.--_The Staff Organization at General Headquarters in France._ FIELD MARSHAL COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. Chief of the General Staff G.S. (a) (Operations) Plans and Execution Intelligence. G.S. (b) (Staff Duties) War Organizations and Establishments Liason between G.S. (a) and Administrative Services. Adjutant General (Personnel, Discipline, etc.) Quartermaster General (Transport and Supply, etc.) ATTACHED TO GENERAL HEADQUARTERS. (BUT NOT STAFF OFFICERS.) | ---------------------------------------------------- | | | Artillery Adviser Engineer-in-Chief. Inspector of (Advises Chief of Advises as in case of Training. General Stall on Artillery. Artillery matters and operations). | Advises Administrative Departments as necessary. N.B.--The Inspector of Training works in consultation with the Chief of the General Staff. It will be seen that whilst at the War Office the liaison between the General Staff and the administrative side was maintained by a Deputy Chief of the General Staff, in the organization in the field the same function was performed by the Staff Officer known as G.S. (b). It will also be seen that neither at General Headquarters nor in the case of an Army command does the Chief of the General Staff exercise control over the administrative side.