Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-11-16
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The Romance OF
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Rose to De the
Leader Of Americas
Army in france in
the Great World
War

BY CHARLES NJ. LURE.

'I have heard Of these new white
men who have come to our lands to
take the place of the Spaniards," said
Datto Bangbang of the Moros to his
most intimate friend. "They are bet
ter fighters than the Spaniards, it is
said. But they cannot prevail against
us. Are not our krisses and barOngs
sharp enough to cut them up? Have
we not the great prophet with us, who
if we die killing the dogs of unbeliev
ers? Let them Gomez
II have heard of these Moros," said
BLACK Jack" Pershing. They're
tough customers. But they've got to
obey the laws and stop their fighting
now that our Uncle Sam is their new
overload 1 think we can clean them
up, eh, Bill?" And Lieutenant Brew
ster, his friend, nodded and said, you
bet!''
The days were very full now for
Pershing and Brewster and their men
and all the other Americans who were
trying to instill lawabiding ways into
the fierce MorOs 1t was hard task
Some said that it was impossible
They had to fight not only against the
savage Moros, but against a PREACHER
Gus climate, i'll 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 cyranp opd i11nOJo NOW or, tho
sides of steep mountains, now in the
hot tropical sunshine and now in the
cool of the evening and the deep trop-
. zeal midnight against a brave, willy,
fanatical enemy it is not to be Won
dered 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 filled
when the news came that "Pershing
had done it again. what do you
think of Black Jack Pershing?" asked
one member of another. "Jefferson's
been up at the secretary's today, and
the old man told him that Pershing's
not only cleaned up the Moros, but has
got the blooming heather to elect him
one of their chiefs. What dye 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 got
dattO among us now, boys Pershing's
a datto. Datto Pershing sounds well,
doesn't it?''
And at that minute in the far away
Philippines Captain Pershing-he had
his 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? Not
a bit of it. He was rehearsing in his
mind the passage from the Koran
which he was going to spring on Datto
Bangbang to heighten still further that
dusky chieftain's respect for him!
Willy Pershing! He has had the wit
to see that these people can be pacified
as well by getting inside their minds
as by shooting civilization into them.
He 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 1011-13