Arizona republican., 1916-03-20

months later he left San Francisco for
the Mexican border in command of the
Eighth Brigade. On August q of last
year his wife, who was Frances War
rem, daughter of United States Senator
, Francis E. Warren of Wyoming, and
three of their little children were
burned to death in the fire at the Pre-
sido in San Francisco.
General Pershing's first duty after
being graduated from West Point.
where his rank as senior cadet captain
stamped him as the nearest of his
classmates to the ideal of a soldier, was
to plunge into the campaigns that de-
stroyed the power of Geronimo and
opened the southwest to a tardy civili-
cation.
He was assigned to the old Sixth
Cavalry, and in August of 1887, scarce
ly year from school, he was com
plimented by General Miles for march
ing his troop, with pack train. over
rough country, l40 miles in forty six
hours. bringing in every animal ana
man in good condition.
In 1889 Lieutenant Pershing rescued
who We're besieged by hostile Zunis
without firing 4 shot, for which he
was highly recommended for discre-
ton by General Carr There were
other recommendations which he won
during the ten years of service in the
Department of Arizona during the des-
perate clashes there
His next post was back at West
FONT as tactical officer, but in 1898
at his own request he rejoined his reg
iment, the Tenth Cavalry, and went to
the Spanish war. He was promoted for
sallantry at the battle of Ell Canev in
Cuba and returned from Santiago to
Washington to solve problems as the
head OF the division of customs and in
sular affairs
1t was in September, 1899 that he
was assigned to duty in the Philip
/ pines, again at his own request and
ne became adjutant general executive
, officer, of the Department of Mindanao
and Jolo. There he studied the Moro
problem" and in June, 1901, he was
sent out single handed to cope with
the old problem which Spain had
shirked and which revolved about Lake
! Lanao in the island of Mindanao
where horde of murderous farmers
Mohammedans, We're engaged in tho
work of killing infidels.
These natives. commanded by thei,
dattos. or Warlords, who in turn were
| led by their sultans. increased the
, number of raids on coast towns wher
! the American soldiers arrived, ant
| their first check was received in tn,
! fight at Bayan, a brilliant, tactica
victory for Pershng
! When the Sultan of Bacolod Would
not be conciliated Pershing, in com
mand of d battalion of infantry. a
squadron Of cavalry and section oI
guns, warned him that Bacolod would
be destroyed. In two days the fort
in which the sultan dreamed of per
petual security was only "a memory
and Pershing's men had received or
their baNonets the charge of a hun
dred maddened Malays. The casualt,
list for the United States soldiers con.
sisted of two slightly wounded men
Then other strongholds of the Moro.
were demolished. one after another. I'm.
III IortE lortS We're destroyed and tn,
island OF Mndanao was placed unde
subsection, while only two American.
were killed.
PershinS became the military gov
ernor of the island; he became tn,
friend of the subjuSated natives, wa
elected a datto by them and sat a
judge over their disputes.
In 1903 he was relieved of the com
mand of the Lanao expedition becaus
of illness. Later he led command
against rebellious Moros under the Sui
tan of Jolo and over them his victor
was also complete.
In 1906 he became brigadier- gen
eral. Under the law President Roose
welt could not have bestowed the RAM
of colonel upon Captain Pershing. $
the president gave him the recor.
promotion.