The Seward gateway., 1916-04-05
GENERAL J. J. PERSHING
 THE MAN OF SORROW"

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 WASHINGTON, April IA fight ing soldier who wins battles by dl- pomacy is a rarity But that Is the distinction accorded Brigadier Gener- al John J. Pcrshing, the "man Of sor- row" of the army whose beautiful wife and three baby girl children were burned to death in fire that destroy ed their home in San Francisco, August 27 1915.
 Many and picturesque are the tales told of this Beau BummcI of the army; handsmoc, flashing soldier brilliant and bloody in battle, equally brilliant in bIood.css cgnquests, hero of romance and strife; a ltng1.st dI- p.omat, scholar; a man who won his rank as much through peaceful con- querng of his enemies as through daring leadership in military came paign against them.
 Pershing and the Philippines are synonymous. It was Pcrsbinq. then Captain Peshing of the First later the Fifteenth, Caya.ry-who drew the task of subduing the rauateal Noros on Mindanoo and JoIo. He was given 2,2OO men-and free rein. Not one of those men was sacrificed n battle Instead of beginning war of czsa- imitation against thc Moros, Capt. Pershing began a study of their lang uage. He soon mastered their tongue. He assembled the 1.ors. ranatical lIohammedaus. on Fuday- ltbeir SundaysJ, and taking texts from the Koran talked to them on reconciliation with the United States 1 government. In this way v.taou. fighting a single battle. he won all but two of the mountain tribes, and was consecratcd Datgo by the sm- tans of the tribes.
 But with the two tribes who puu- ed his efforts at peaceful conq1e., he showed relentless and crushing power Their strong mountain forts fell ao- fore his onslaught until forty haa been captured and their last strong hold taken. One hundred and seyca- ty five Moros paid the extreme penal ty in battle for their iory Only B American soldiers were wounded none killed.
 His conquest in llindanao resulted in Pcrshings appointment as Adiut- ant General of that island and Jo'o, and Colone. Roosevelt, then President surprised the entire army organiza- ton by promoting him over the hea,s of S62 ranking officers ,5 oe Ergal.or General
 But this promotion came only after  a bitter struggle that threatened .or a time to bIacseu him forever He had married the daugate. ct Senator l Warren of Wyoming a year before promotion, in January 1915 The wedding was one of the most bHI.im, social affairs in the history of the capitol. Angry criticism arose, some charging that the promotion was due to fayoritism. Roosevelt asserted that he did not recall at al. the fac. that General Pershing was a son-in- law of Senator Warren when he pro- noted him.
 Of his three little baby daughters who were burned to death when his wife lost her life, one was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1906, while the then Captain Pershing was military att  tache at the Japanese embassy; one was born in Baguio, Philippines, in 1908, and the youngest was born in l Zamboango, Philippines, in 1912.
 General Pershing's first fighting ex- perience was against the Indian out law Geronimo on a punitive expedi- ton into Mexico in the late eighties. He later fought agains, ne sioux Indians in the Dakotas, served as Military Instructor of cadets at the University of Nebraska, and as ad- ministrator of affairs in the provinces of Mindanao and Jolo, Philippine Islands. He speaks almost every modern language, as well as the tongues of many Indian and Philip pine tribes. General Peramg was sent to the Mexican border in 1912, and served continuously there.