Colonel George S. Simonds
Chief of Staff, American II Corps
The architect of II Corps, Simonds organized the training of the 27th and 30th Divisions in the British sector. He also coordinated all logistical aspects such as the clothing, feeding and arming of the doughboys and dealt with the problems that occurred over such matters. Simonds would complain that "although the British are of our language, race and, to a considerable extent, our ideas and ideals, their methods of procedure are certainly different than ours."