Missouri to the Department of Arizona, coming under the Division of the Pacific. Early in 1887 the headquarters of the Division of the Pacific, failed to secure an appropriation for a suitable administration building and moved from the Presidio of San Francisco back to the City of San Francisco. End of the Military Division of the Pacific The Military Division of the Pacific was discontinued on July 3, 1891. Each of the three subordinate departments of Arizona, California, and the Columbia, then reported directly to the War Department. The Department of California, with its headquarters at San Francisco, consisted of California north of the 35th parallel and Nevada. Commanders of the Military Division of the Pacific Major General Henry W. Halleck, July 27, 1865 - June 1, 1869 Major General George H. Thomas, June 1, 1869 - March 28, 1870 Major General John M. Schofield, March 28, 1870 - July 1, 1876 Major General Irvin McDowell, July 1, 1876 - October 15, 1882 Major General John M. Schofield, October 15, 1882 - November 30, 1883 Major General John Pope, November 30, 1883 - March 16, 1886 Major General Oliver Otis Howard, March 16, 1886 – November 23, 1888 Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles, November 23, 1888 - September 1, 1890 Brigadier General John Gibbon September 1, 1890 - April 20, 1891 Brigadier General Thomas H. Ruger, April 20, 1891 - July, 1891 References Pacific