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Along the Main Line

Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Rodman Page. Jr.,
VIII move into their house in Ardmore the
latter part of the month
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Weddings
LEWITT--SIMON

The wedding of Miss Lena M Simon,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Abram Simon, of
1886 North Fifteenth street, and Mr. Alfred
F, Levitt took place on Sunday evening
ar the home of the brides parents. The
ceremony, which was performed by the Rev.
Dr Henry Berkowitz, of the Rodeph Shalom
Temple. assisted by the Rev. Eli Mayer, was
followed by a dinner. The bridegroom and
bride left for a tour Of the southern coast
resorts. They will spend the summer trav-
cling and will live in this city in the au-
tumn.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Francis r. Strawbrdge, of
School House lane, Germantown, are spend
ing several days in Atlantic City.
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TAYLOR-WATSON

Mr.. and Mrs. w. Watson. of Llanerch.
pa. have announced the marriage of their
daughter, Miss Nellie r. Watson, to Mr.. j.
Giipin Taylor. of Chester. Pa, on Thurs
day morning MssSn cSSrcs ~ IN .Ss the M Falls Meth
civsl Hodgson. Attending the bride was
No. Alice Buckley. Mr.. Harry He's WA
bsst man. Mr.. and lgra 1nyleR Win i've "a
c5s,'': Z. = : sA'a ~ 4 Z s'ssls'' n
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Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Leaning Mont
gomery will return to their home in Villa
nova this month, after having spent the
winter in New York.
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Mr. and Mrs. Joseph +. widener an,
Mr. John Sargent, the artist who have beel
in California, are expected to return hom
this week.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-03

Friends of Mr.. william Dohan will be
glad to hear that he Is recuperating from
his recent severe illness
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CHAPTER ~.
An Officer In the Army.

NIHETilER man remains In the
w army long enough to win his
generals stars or whether he
leaves the service before be even fin.
ishcs the course mt the Military acade-
my, he never forgets the day that sees
him enrolled at the Point" II Is one
of the days Of days In his life. ItA
all so new and strange and there are
So many rules to be observed and Gus.
toms to be learned and things to be
seen that 1t Is like beginning new
NE Many country lad enters the
academy raw, green and unframed,
and If he has the pluck and stamina,
mental and physical, to finish the course
he energies Il finished product-"an of.
hcer and gentleman"-titt 10 command
men.
80 1t was with John PershlnC. But
he dld more than finish the course. lie
went through 1t with honor. He was
graduated us senior cadet captain.
which means that In military affairs
he ranked above all his classmates
Others topped him Ia some Of the
studies which make up the curriculum
at the United States Military academy.
but 1t was his voice that rang out the
commands for his classmates on
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CHAPTER ~.


''5'N'7S ana -. pnl,
GO the years e for Vc-s,.Ac IN Il.
~ west, There Is some fighting
much marching and drilling, will
official commentator for duty wei
performed. But promotion lags. The
call Of Blackstone and Kent s,!ll tr.e,
to lure him from the profession OF
arms, but 1t Is not until 1893, when he
mas just completed a years term as
military Instructor Mt the University
OF Nebraska, that he wins his degree
OF bachelor Of laws. lie has put I'm
all his spare time In tie study Of the
law. He will make good LAWYER.
Tor his keen mind Is used to reasoning
out closely the problems that confront
him. But he has spent eleven years
IN the army, including the four years
as the Military academy, and 1t is
hard TO break away from long associa.
IONS lie viii remain m the service,
Tor awhile at least, he thinks. His
men think well Of him, especially the
coiored troopers of the Tenth cavalry.
In command Of whom he has acquired
the sobriquet Of Black Jack" He has
also served as an Instructor at the
military academy.
In the meantime his belief that the
United States will never become In.
volved In another war Is in a fair way
TO be disproycd. For century or
more the black cloud Of revolt has
hung over Cuba and the Philippines.
and the severity OF the Spanish GOV.
eminent In the Pearl Of the Antilles"
has evoked protests from the United
states. Then come the destruction OF
the Maine, the fevered debates In con.
gress. the declaration Of war, and ey.
ery regular army officer IL burr, ng Ia
get into the scrap In Cuba. OF course
Black jack rcrshing was one.
1t is on the day Of FL Caney. one of
the hottest fights Of the short war.
that the colonel Of the Tenth cavalry
turns 10 his orderly. "Who commands
those troopers there on the right?" he
asks.
That's Pershing, sir"
by Jove. l thought so! He's the
mani See him go up that hill. I've
been through the civil war and I've
seen men under fire many time, but
on m. word, he's the bravest and cool.
est iHn under fire | ever saw In nv
life! Washington shall hear of this
sir"
Anf Washington did hear OF 1t. to
such food effect that Lieutenant Perish.
Ing, pw major of volunteers, went to
the Philippines when that bunch OF un.
ruly Glands needed cleaning up. In
the ifantiIc he had shown his fine
administrative abilities ms organizer
and iift chief of the bureau on insular
affair, 1t was hard work. almost like
se'tinl NJ n new department of the
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CHAPTER |.
Little Johnny Sees the Soldiers.

TITLE Johnny rorshlng pecred
II around the end of the work train
Dad he called, his shrir chlld's
voice sounding above the "thud thud,
ihud!' of tie picks welded by the con.
Sruction gang, 'oh, dad, kin stay
from school today Company II Is
goln' 10 have a drill, and want 10 see
them"
John rcrshlng, construction fore.
man. wiped the perspirauon from bis
brow aud climbed down from the EN-
hanamcut where the new side track
was being laid He approached the
boy, laid bis hand on his shoulder and
asked, What does mother sayY
she told me 10 run over aud ask
you"
We'll If mother don't say no. 20
ahead"
With whoop OF deligh, md eyi.
IDENTITY anticipating bis mothers con.
sent. little Johnny ran for home rs
fast as his lliilc bare brown feet would
carry him HI, mother stood IN the
doorway OF the neat little white cot.
mgc SIZE smiled. knowing that fnther
had followed the usual plan Of "ieav.
ing II Ia mother"
Father says | kin stay II YOU don't
care. mother Please let me see the
soldiers drill"
Wei, ! guess one afternoon from
school won't make much difference.
aud you do love 10 watch the soldiers.
don't YOU, johnny
II sure do. mother"
We'll, get your face aud hands
washed aud come In TO lunch"
After lunch johnny HE'D 10 the VII
laee square OF the little town Of La.
clede, Mo, and took up his poln, OF
vantage on the band stand. where he
could see all operations
The drill over. Captain Johnson. nj.
irnctcd 10y the keen interest with
which the harefoo,ed little urchin had
followed every movement, said, We'll.
sonny, what do you think OF my sol.
dlcrsf"
They're pretty good drlllcrs. cap.
tain. but they don't step out smart
enough"
Try Joye' RICH, you are. boy!
That's just what | was n.,ellln' them.
Are you going 10 be- soldier when
you grow upT'
That's what want 10 bc. but dad
says lie has other plans"
Maybe ben change hls mind when
you get biz. sonny rlans don't hllus
work out rs cNpcc dr
But even little Johnny Pcrshing's
llans, way hack there IN Missouri IN
The sixties. were not formed with posi-
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row that our Uncle Sam Is their new
up. en-. G,Trtts- We can clean tbem
betr' 'e' n"ss,ea ma si. DEW
The days were ver, t,n
Pershing and Brewster ana ,he ew 10, Tor
and all the other Anerlnus who wer
trying tG ,nsii!l laya3iding ways int
the fierce Mor0s Ii was i hard task
Some said that It was impossible
They had TO fight not only against ii,
savage Moros, but against treacher
Gus climate, Ill suited to the white
man, even though he Is able TO take
all possible care Of himself. But when
the white man has to do his fighting
now In swamp and Jungle now on the
sizes OF steep mountains, now I'm the
hot tropical sunshine and now IN tho
cool of the evening and the deep iron.
ical midnight against brave, willy.
fanatical enemy 1t Is not to be won.
uered at that the fight dragged on for
years. Even men like Pershing back.
ed by soldiers brave as any the world
ever produced, could not be expected TO
complete the Job In a short time
The smoking room Of the Army and
Navy club In Washington was well filed
"heh the news came that "Pershing
had done 1t again. "What do Won
thlnk OF Black Jack Pershing?, asked
one member OF another. "Jefferson's
been up at the secrctarys today. and
the old man tod him that PershInc's
not only cleaned up the Moros, but has |
got the blooming heather TO elect him
one of their chiefs. What dive call
those chiefs? Say, Brown, you've been
up against the Moros. What do they
call those chiefs of theirs? Oh. YES.
dattos. Much obliged. We've cot n
datto among us now, boys. pershing's
a datto. Datto Pershing sounds well
doesn't it?'
And ut that minute in the far away
Phnippines Captain Pershing-he bad
MS two bars on his shoulders now
was walking through a Moro village
with brown skinned Moro maidens
strewing flowers in his pathway. Was
he thinking of the flowers and the HON.
age that was being paid to him? No,
a Dit OF It, He was rehearsing In his
mind the passage from the Kora.
which he was going to spring on Datto
bahsoang to helghten still further that
dusky chieftain's respect for him!
WHY Pershing! He has had the wit
10 see that these people can he pacified
as well by getting inside their minds
as by shooting civilization into them.
lie has done his share Of shooting.
with extraordinary courage that Is to
bear extraordinary fruit in Washing.
ton. Twice he went after the Moros-
In 1908 and in l9ll-l3.
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the widespread and beautiful parade
ground on the proud day when the
cadets were reviewed by the secretary
or war. This was in June, 1856, and
John became Lieutenant Pershing,
United States nrns IL tiieu
twenty-six years old.
He had been home to visit the
folks" during his eurlough after he
had been at the academy two years.
His friends turned out to greet him.
~ course, and the rest OF the town
locked TO see him arrive. II isn't ev-
cry day that man from West Point
arrives at little place In Missouri,
and every one wanted 10 see as soon
as possible what two years of Uncle
Sans training had done for johnny
Pershlng. They were not disappoint-
ed. He had left Laclcde tall. wiry,
young fellow, without any especial dis.
,inction; he returned well set up,
strong chap. showing In his bearing the
results OF the rigid trimming of the
! gymnasium and fields. He had already
the assured bearing Of military man.
He had become n wonderful cquestri-
an, riding anything that the academy
held In the line Of horse1esh. He was
always first TO get away when the
bugles rang out the notes Of the
Charge"
OF course Johns first day home was
given TO his folks. No one else could
take the first happy hours Of the young
man on furlough But the second day
found him wandering In the fields and
woods with his boyhood chum. Charley
Sturgeon.
There was So much 20 tell about the
lie at the academy. Tell me-" said
! Charley. what do you think about,
lie IN the army
Il don't think I'll stick to IT," sail
John, although I'll try to finish the
course nj the academy. think IN
! have 20 go back 10 my original idea OF
s,udying law. This country Is at peace
now. and It's going TO stay at peace
There won't lie Il gun fired In the next
hundred years. The army is no place
for me IN peace time. I'd start In as
a second lieutenant and Id get 10 he
first lieutenant only when the first
lieutenant died, and so on through all
the grades I'm older now than most
of the men ut the academy, and per.
haps Id bc no higher than II colonel
when the time came for me to retir,
| believe the world Is going 10 be toe
peaceful In the future TO make the
army look very promising to me as n
rareer."
But Lieutenant rershing found plen
~ of work To do as a soldier and that
too, soon after his graduation. TIL,
Apaches and other wild western tribe,
were often on the rampage. and IN,
soldier ordered to the western plain,
and mountains and mcsas had hi,
work cut out for him. pershing In th,
cavalry, the branch OF the service mos
often used against the redskins. 10
his share Of the hard work. II did no
always mean lighting. however ofte,
there were palavcrs with tue chief
aid matters could he settled withou
hloodshed.
Even In those early days Pcrshln
'howcd the quick thought that iistil
vuishci him In fields far removed fro,
tho western states, Army men te
with delight how one day Pershin
| was sent rs his commanding officer ,
= attend a council Of Navajo braves.
vas a holiday. and the redskins WEI
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pEllSIIN(1
The Romance ofa
Barefoot Boy uJho
Rose to De the
Leader Of
Army in FrdnCe in
the Great World
War

father and me-" said Mrs. Pershlng.
but sometimes 1t Is n little hard TO
get him away from his books. Seems
IKE lac wants TO spend most OF his
tine studying. But reckon he'll grow
UP Wei, for he can run and jump as
wen us any Of the lads hcreabout
rights sometimes, too. WHY. twas
only last week that he pitched into
mat Simmons boy for making fun OF
inther. loI know. father kept the In.
lon flag flying here when some of our
neighbors favored the south. and It
seems MIR Simmons spoke about it and
Bob Simmons laughed at johnny on
account Of H. Eut johnny says Bob
won't laugh any more. They do sav
johnny made him holer 'qut' In nst
few minutes reckon don't want
johnny TO fight, but If he must fight
he might rs well do II defending bis
own father"
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atpietic cohfesfS ss"es ana
One of the braves spied the tan .,,,
letic figure Of Lieutenant rershlng.
He walked ~ 10. tie soldier.
"Huh! be said. following 1t with I
long string Of Indian entturals.
"iie says he wants TO wrestle with
the big N.ite man." said the inter,
prefer; --.-.> s;,E "a, = =
Tel him." said rersling. nothing
doing. Hes too dirty"
AN right" was the Indians retort
"lf I'm too dirty to wrcs.le with IN
run him foot race Al he'll have to
do is keep ahead OF me-"
Race him. Jack" sail Lieutenant
Grayson. ITS " TO You to uphold
the honor Of the white race"
Cant he done. You know my ankle
Is still weak from that Sprain."
"They won't believe it. You can
beat the big buck anyway"
SO the race was run and was nearly
lost by Persling. About ten feet from
the finish line his ankle gave way and
he rolled over in heap. But his pres.
ence Of mind remained upright, and
with mighty effort lie gathered him. |
self up ITO ~. fra a So o-car,t !
ana landed acres tie c n r....tr.
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Gorernmt, and many n time PershInr
could hSeen NIGHTS In Washington
stretchin his walks FOR miles ana
miles to'rd the outskirts Of the city
wiliIe hereStlcd with the problem,
that committed him. but he made,
good afe had done Ia everything
he uhuertk since his boyhcod days.
~ havseard ~ ,h.so NOW n.,,,
men W~ I'VE come 10 our lands to
,nAe 'u. PIE OF the Spnnlards," said
pa'.o Nhpang OF the Morvs TO his
mos. ,hihle friend. They arc bet.
'cr nsnnsthnn the Spuniarls. II l.
sa'u' ~ hey cannot prevail against
US Ardo our krisses and baronss
sharp ensi to cut them upl Have
we NOT great prophet with us. who
promises everlasting bliss hcrea fter
IL we quilting the dogs 81 nnbcllcv.
srs' Lebcm con,c."
u havtard OF these Moros." said
SLACK FIX" rershlng. THEY'RE
Ioush esmners. But they've got to
News ard stop their lighting
IVY
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tiycness. rs H. the ease with the plans
oi 81 many Youngsters, True. hc want
eel To Oe u soldier What We lad Ia
the years just after the c.vil war did
not have bis thoughts fired 10y the
stories of tghllug In the great slrug.
glrt In his dreams he saw himself
leading desperate charges against the
cnemyg Hut hc also Ind dreams NJ
being lawyer aud standing. like
nnulcl Webster or Henry Clay. with
one hand thrust into his coat, moyiu.
Judges aud jurivS with III, gloqucu. e
He and his mother aud father lust
knew, OF COURSE, that Johnny would
make a tnc lawyer. lccausc he always
stood well In hls studies IN the town
snhuol
Mother" said the elder rcrshng
one day, u feel rm getting u bit too
cd 10 work on the road much LONGER
on. branarl passed me on the street
t,day aud stopped 10 chat with me,
lie wants me 10 huy out his general
store aud thinks | could make II pay.
What do you sayp"
After much planning between MIR,
'Fshing and his wife and weighing Of
liabilities the step was decided upon,
.r w@gny rcrshlngs father became
= her JohDny's part In the mat
,cWc,s,n,of active pnrtncr-vcry
o. ,nup,,s to him fell the WORT
anu s.n,. niS store after school
4 %, why's a sScherunds as were
boya.
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CHAPTER v.
Making . Record Jump-Romanes and
Tragedy.

I>HE news Of Pershing's promotion
i to bfigadler general thrilled Wash.
ington and sent wave Of aston.
ishment through the nation. From can.
tam to brigadier general, Over tho
heads OF SCI senior officers jumns Tho
man who was once undecided whether
ne should become lawyer or a sol.
uier' Unprecedented jump and one
not TO be repeated, In all likelihood in
the history Of the American army
Bnt the former soldier in the White
House has followed with admiration
ana perhaps Just bit of envy the won.
deriul work of the soldier in the Phil.
ippines.
I've Just got to promote that man.
Iait says the law won't let me make
nm a major or colonel What shall
! do with him? BY Godfrey. I've got
IT, I've got 1t! Hello, hello. give me
secretary Taft at once. Mr.. Taft. does
the law permit the president Of the
United States to make n general oiilc ,r
OF any officer in the United States
army; II Is your opinion that Il does
Good Have your man make ont n
commission for Brigadicr General John
d. fersling as soon as you can. send II
over TO me. and III sign II nj once
Goodby."
Miss Warren" said Major Lampson
~ reception at the home of Senator
warren Of Wyoming, will you permit
me TO present my friend Captain Perish.
ingy'
am delighted to meet Captain Per.
shing,' said Miss Frances Warren. 81
nave heard of his work In cuba and
the Philippines and have desired TO
congratulate him"
This was the beginning Of tho I'm.
nance IN the life II General pcrsbInp
romance that was destined TO end In
deepest tragedy, Miss Warren was
young, beautiful and a belle IN Wash.
lhgton society. Her father, senator
from wyoming, was one Of the lenders
IN the national upper house. She had
heard the work OF Captain pershinr
landed hy the senators when rrcslden,
Roosevelt made the captains record
part OF an annual message to congress
so, like ncsdemona. she loved him for
the dangers he had passed"
They were married on Jan. 20 "A
Three daughters aud a son wcr Va
to them, aud then came the
gust, 1915. In n FIRE ~,
san Francisco. Mrs. v
three little girls W :.
son, Warren. wa
perShlng was {
faso After u {,
lie returned To l.
more silent than bsSzs
deeply graved withy - ss1..
Only the boy and his
manned for him.
Again crisis faces the United
In relation TO Mexican affairs, .W&
nave been many serious situations "
the past three years. but none qufr
as bad as this. villa has broken loose,
has rnidel Columbus. y. NJ, and has
spilled American blood shed In defense
OF thc'little border town. lie has swept
through chihuahua. struck his blow
and got away Ia the night. All Amer.
lea Is aaamc with the cry for vcngr.
ancc. Get him alive or deadl' rings
the cry from one ocean to another
Washington turns to Funston, In com
mand Of the southern department
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Send your best brigade e
take whatever force you think ne
Get him over the border as soon ~ - /
can We've got to get villa."
=, Orderly" says Major General Fu6L
sec MIN nj e omsrr. rsrshing desire to
In "A few ,ninu,. al.a.s....a. ..
ed man from Kan-~s" any, M's we. - 49,
haired, sun Drowned soldier from ths
leighbor!ng state Of Missouri are IL,
deep conference. The sdiliIy Ia or
ders to admit no ole.f There iswork
tt9s be done aero oI1Ierk nnd 1|
ston, obeylng directions froial I
ton, has hit at once upon the ri.lS7
DO 1t. 1t Is Brigadier General PersI]-l
ing, the veteran Of lighting In Cubs,
In the Philippines. the man who served
as military attache with the Japanese
army In Manchuria during the gigan-
tic struggle with Russia, the able SOL
der, diplomat, lawyer. student Of lam
guages and International affairs.
The president wants you to get
VILLA" says Funston.
when shall start after hiin? says
Pershing.
Who can say that Pershing would
not have got Villa II Washington, not
desiring to make war on all Mexico.
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Military academy at West Point which

military academy at West Point which
had turned out SO many famous sol.
oilers. II was narrow squeak for
John, since he won the appointment
by only one point. A difference almost
too small TO be measured would have
sent another man TO 'the Point" and
John would in all likelihood have be-
come a city lawyer instead OF gen.
eral. u...- -~n-
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had not called of the expedition?
surely not any army man who knows
Pershing. When he started after villa
we just knew that Villas future was
settled. But the great war In Europe
was threatening to involve the United
States, Carranza was bitterly hostile.
ana villa displayed the qualities Of
will-o-the-wisp. No one was more dis
appointed than Pershing when the or
ders to return We're issued and be. the
soldier In Mexico had to hear them
and obey.
The great war was devastating the
world, and America, after more than
two years Of waiting. was called upon
10 make the world safe fpr .democ-
racy." Foreign Ecantries sent un.Il
ENJOYS here to discuss with the pres
ident and the government the manner
In which America could make liz
weight tell In the shortest time.
Send us some Of your men, that our
soldiers may see them at their side and
be heartened in the fight against Ger.
man autocracy,"s said Balfour and Jof-
FIRE to President Wilson and Secretary
Of War Baker.
We shall send them." said President
Wilson. "Mr. Baker, whom shall ~
send to command our troops In
France;"
Send Pershing," said Mr.. Baker.
All America knows what Pershing can
DO We know him to be not only a
brave resourceful fighter. but a man Of
nigh administrative ability. We mis-,
send our French and British a,....cs n
man who will lie able not only 10 l,sd
our men In the feld and show that he
Is conversant with the latest adya. 20 I,
IN military science. but also n man
VINO can manage our soldiers before
they get into the battle line. He must
represent us TO the French md tho
British worthily, as We should want TO
be represented"
You are right Mr.. Secretary" s,il
PRESIDENT Wilson. And from what I
ea'e heard of Pershing and se.n OF
MIN he Is the man to send"
WIN absolute secrecy. without the
olare OF single bugle note c: ne roll
OF single drum. Pershing sa..ed for
Europe, Not until he landed in Eug.
land did the American public know
qua, tue commander OF the southern dc.
partment' summonefs.to Washington
for tho Euronoan