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General Pershing and AEF Plans at Abbeville May 2 1918
General Pershing notes that the supreme war council favors forming an American army with its own commander and flag, shipping infantry and machine guns to France first, and building up divisions for eventual unity under the American commander. The Abbeville agreement prioritizes infantry movement, with French training for the first six divisions and a June review to adjust troop allocations.
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Supreme War Council
Abbeville
Will Cable
France
Pershing
Secretary of War
Supreme War
Lloyd
Marshal Haig
Washington
Bundy
Harbord
EB. M. Lewis
Verdun
Cruikshank
Ancemont
Blondlat
Chaumont
M. de Rouvre
Cavalry
Collins
Shallenberger
Quekemeyer
Bowditch
Boyd
General Harbord
General McAndrew
General Staff
Mri
James H. Collins
W. D. Connor
G-1
G. V. A. Moseley
Morrow
Maritime Council
Dwight Morrow
Big Bertha
Paris
Cantigny
Amiens Salient
Amiens
Flanders
Montdidier
Noyon
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Hanson E. Bly
Chemin Des Dames
Snissons
Rheims