The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-20

ton and numbers Of the Moros without
being seen.
At last General Pershing announced
that if the Moros did not surrender
within four days he would storm the
position. Two days later ninety Oh
the men came down the side OF the
mountain and surrendered. Hunger
had shattered even Moslem fanaticism'
and thoughts Of heaven had given
away before the pangs Of empty stom-
achs. They were disarmed and set at
liberty. The same afternoon $50 more,
men and women both, struggled ihto
camp and gave themselves up. by
nightfall almost five hundred Of the
Moros had thrown themselves on the
mercy Of the Americans.
When the Four Days Were UP.
AT the end Of the four days General
Pershing ordered an advance. Inc
crater itself was found to be deserted,
but band of almost one hundred men
had hidden in the jnngle. They tried
! to break through the Gordon OF troops
on the east side of the mountain, ana
so fierce was the fighting that Captain
Barber was wounded by a shot fired SO
close to his body that it burned his
clothing.
Those of the band who were not
killed were driven back into the crater,
and although they attempted several
times in the night to break through
the line, not man escaped. All the
available troops surrounded the piece
of Jungle in which the Moros were
hiding, and it was only question OF
time before they would be annihilated
At this jupcture an aged datto APP
pealed to General Pershing, declaring
that he could persuade the reDels to
surrender. Always willing to spare
hIoodshed w?ere it was possible. PER
shing told .im to do his best, ou'
made it perfectly plain that the sur
render must be unconditional.
For two hr,lrs the datto paced back
and forth In the jungle calling In the
native dialect to his people. AT las
they answered and he persuaded then
TO surrender. Only forty-iive were
left. They Eaarched down the noun
tainside and aid down their arms, sew
eral automatic pistols among them
and were Rnt to JOlO, where the!
went aboard the cutter Samar an'
were taken 70 Zamboanga and spen
some time lie the Calarian prison.
If broke TIE back of the Moro pow
er in the Philippines. The dattos new
err became g menace again.
Beeeme Major General.
Tn January. 1916. having endearet
himself alike to the hearts of the FIJI
pinos and Americans in the islands
General PerShing returned TO the Unit
cd States and was placed in comman'
of the Eighth brigade of the regular
army, with headquarters at Ell Paso
There he remained until the Villa rai'
On Columbus, n. NJ, when Presiden
Wilson placed him in command OF TN
flying punitive expedition into Mexico
That this expedition did not turn GU
to be more punitive was not Genera
Pershing's sault.
General pershing was under order
and i'm communication with the war de
nartment al the time, and the way II
which he hsndled the Mexican problem
met with the full approval Of Presiden
Wilson. Pershing can be diplomats
as well as soldier.
General pershing's men regard hin
in the nos kindly manner. Were n
In command of French troops the
would doubtless call him Papa" Pei
shing. as they do the great marshal o
France. but he is over American boys
and to them there is more endearmen
in the terms "Black Jack" and "F1gh'
Ing John"