After service at Koblenz in the Allied occupation of the Rhineland , the 89th Division returned to Camp Funston in June 1919 , where it was demobilized . Lee rejoined Wood as a staff officer at his Central Department Headquarters in Chicago . Lee reverted to his permanent rank of captain on 15 February 1920 , but was promoted to major again the following day . He was Assistant Chief of Staff , G-3 , of the new Chicago-based VI Corps Area which succeeded the Central Department , from August 1920 to April 1921 . Lee was disappointed at the failure of Wood 's quest for the Republican nomination in the 1920 presidential election , believing that Wood would have made a better president than the ultimate winner , Warren Harding
Republican nomination
1920 Republican National Convention
John C. H. Lee