The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-20
Hes the general in
command fMe first
hvlslou Of. Ame,7-
can soldiers that has
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HeyDic France

ian IISuttllS coJlh,
oO Pershing and "Black Jack, me
man who commands the first American
division In France is the ideal type OIL
American soldier. The grim lines OF
his mouth indicate the qualities Whlch
have made him successful in VAR. Inc
Pershing smile when it illumines MS
face hints of those other qualtles
which have endeared him even TO MS
foes.
Major General Pershing-he won MS
two stars for the conduct OF the eXpe-
dition into Mexco-is q chivalrous sol
der. He is the type who fights reient-
Iessly until he has beaten his cnem!
and then helps him. His fellow ON
GERS say that he attained his present
rank because he "soldered hard" and
it is a pretty good sign that he has
fairly won his rank when he Is so gen
orally well thought of by the officers,
over the heads of S62 of whom he was
advanced from the grade OF captain TO
that of brigadier general by President
Roosevelt.
The Ideal American Soldier.
General Pershing began to be the
ideal soldier on the day he entered the
United States Military academy at
West Point. He graduated as senior
cadet captain, which is the highest
rank which can be attained at the
academy.
He was Immediately appointed see-
IT, StSyth
and. under Gen. Nelson A. Miles, plung-
ed into the thick of the fighting against
the Apaches. He had not been in the
saddle a full year when General Nnles
complimented him i'll orders for
marching his troop, with pack train,
over rough country, 140 miles in 46
hours, bringing in every man and ami
NAL in good condition"
In Mexico General Pershing more
than lived up TO the record of DASH
ing cavalry leader which he establish
cd as second lieutenant IN 1887.
The campaigns against Geronimo
taught Pershing his first lessons in real
war. The kind of fighting he learned
from the Apache and Sioux campaigns
stood him in good stead when ne
tackled the MOrus. How modern
armies fight. or did fight previous to
the present war, he learned in Cuba
and as military attache and observer
with the Japanese armies In their war
against Russia.
In 1889 the young Lieutenant Per-
Shing won commendation. again from
General Miles when. as commander OF
Troop A of the Sixth cavalry, he took
ten men. rescued n band of cowboys
who had been captured by one hundred
hostile Indians, captured number or
horse thieves who were among the In
djans, and returned with his party TO
Fort Wingate. without having fired a
shot, lost a single man or killed an
Indian. That is typical of the man.
He is the true American soldier He
does not kill when he can win With
out 1t.
The experience PerShing gained
fighting Geronimo and other Apache
chiefs caused him to be sent TO the
Dakotas in command of the Sioux
scouts in the wars against the rebel
lions Sioux. After this period of fight
ing he became military instructor in
the University Of Nebraska. where he
took the degree of LIB, and in the
early nineties he was sent To West
Point as an instructor.
VaIor at FL caney.
When the SpGnish-American war be-
gan the young lieutenant became res
five and begged to he sent back to the
line. He was assigned TO a negro
regiment and won commendation in
orders for his work at FL Caney. A
more substantial reward for his valOr
came. after he ANS sent to the Philip
mines in the form of captains com,
mission.
If was in the philippines that BLACK
lack Pershing did his greatest work
and won glorS for himself and the
American army 4 little more than
ten wears ago the United States faced
n tremendous problem in the Philip
mines. Almost inceSsaut warfare had
existed between Christians and Mos
lens in the archipelago since Magellan
was slain during the voyage in which
Frrepeans first circumnayiGafeo the
globe. SpaniaryiS. British and Ameri'
cans 50 far had failed To settle the
problem. Its entire weight was shit