Second Corps Area

Second Corps Area was a Corps Area of the United States Army , active from c1920 to 1940. Its headquarters was located at Fort Jay at Governors Island in New York, New York. Its staff also served as the First Army Area headquarters staff.

Insignia of Second Service Command

It was established in accordance with the National Defense Act of 1920.

Second Corps Area replaced the Eastern Department, headquartered at Fort Jay on Governors Island in New York City and encompassed New York, New Jersey, Delaware and from 1921 to 1937, the District of Puerto Rico.

Formations included the First Army (1921–36 and 1938–41); Fourth Army (1921–33); the II Corps, with the 1st Infantry Division, the only active division in the area; the 27th Infantry Division of the New York National Guard; and the 44th Infantry Division of the New Jersey, New York, and Delaware National Guards; and XII Corps, assigned the 77th Division, 78th Division, and 98th Division of the Organized Reserves.^[1]

Also in the corps area was the 21st Cavalry Division of the New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and New Jersey National Guards; the 61st Cavalry Division of the Organized Reserves, including two cavalry brigades; the Second Coast Artillery District; and the Second Corps Area Service Command.

Second Corps Area provided supplies for the Newfoundland Base Command from 1941.