The herald., 1917-07-26

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ton and numbers of the MoroS without
being seen.
/ AT last General PcrShinC announced
( that if the MoruS did not surrender
/ within four days he would storm the
/ position. Two days later Ninety of
/ IN" men came Gown the side of the
/ mountain ana surrendered. Hunger
h"d Shattered even MuSlem fanatici~m.
ana thoughts ~ heaven had given
I away before the pau-S Of empty >tom-
achS. They We're di~armcd and set al
liberty. The same afternoon 80 more.
/ men ana women both, struggled into
camp and gave themselves up. BY
nlghtfall almost five hundred Of the
MoroS had thrown themselves on the
mercy Of the Americans.
When the Four Days Were Up.
Al the end Of the four days General
PerShinG ordered an advance. The
crater itself was found 10 be deserted
Int n band of almost one hundred men
had hidden in the jungle. They tried
10 break through the Gordon Of troops
on the east side Of the mountain. and
so fierce was the fighting that Captain
Barber was wounded by shot fired 50
close to his body that II burned his
clothing.
Those of the band who were not
Oh ,lrg,-
and although they attempted several
times in the night 70 break through
the line, not man escaped. All the
available troops surrounded the piece
Of jungle in which the MoroS were
hiding. and il was only question of
time before they would be annihilatcd.
At this junCture an aged datto ap-
pealed 10 General PerShing, declaring
that he could persuade the rebels 70
surrender. Always willing to spare
hl0odShed where il was possible. Per
ShinC told him to do his best. but
made II perfectly plain that the sur
render must be unconditional.
For two hours the datto paced back
and forth In the jungle calling in the
native dialect To his people. At last
they answered and he persuaded them
to surrender. Only forty-five We're
left. They marched down the noun
tainside and laid down their arms. sew
eral automatic pistols among them,
and We're sent TO Jolo, where they
went aboard the cutter Samar and
were taken to ZambOanga and spent
some time in the Calarian prison.
II broke the back Of the Moro pow
or in the Philippines The dattOs new
er became n menace again.
Became Major General.
In January, 1916. having endeared
himself alike TO the hearts Of the FIJI
pinos and Americans in the islands,
General PerShing returned 10 the Unit
ed States and was placed in command
of the Eighth brigade of the regular
army, with headquarters at FL PaSo.
There he remained until the Villa raid
on Columbus, y. NJ, when President
Wilson placed him in command of the
flying punitive expedition into Mexico.
That this expedition did not turn out
to be more punitive was not General
PerShing's fault.
General PerShing was under orders
and in communication with the war de-
partment all the time, and the way in
which he handled the Mexican problem
met with the full approval of President
Wilson. Pershing can be a dIplomatist
as we'll as n soldier.
General Pershing's men regard him
in the most kindly manner. Were he
in command of French troops they
would doubtless call him Papa" Per
shing. as they do the great marshal of
France, but he Is over American boys
and to them there is more endearment
in the terms BLACK Jack" and Eight
ing John"