The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-21
ooks like a man who is regular at his

"Yon Pershing has lean and nun.
CRY look" said a, Shakespearean
doughboy, looking up from his road
mending work to follow the Com
mander in Chief with his eyes.
"Yes, but he gets there just the
same" replied a comrade, who didn't
know Shakespeare from sciatia.
When he was in the Philippines,
the nickname of BLACK Jack" was
fastened upon Pershing by the men
who served under him, because he al.
ways made them walk chalk" and
when they were inclined to be re.
fractory he BLACK lacked" them, as
the soldiers called it, meaning that
he gave them such stiff dose of mil
itary discipline that they never re-
peated the offense again. But these
strong arm" methods were just what
men in lawless country needed, and
they knew it, So that, while none
of them spoke Of him in the tender
tones Of mother addressing a fav.
orite child, they had the most un-
bounded respect for him as soldier
So have the men of the A. e. F.
And it is "Black Jack" Pershing
who is getting the work out of the
doughboys today and turning them
into the efficient fighting men who
Prussian regiments and hurting them
back in disorder.
1t is BLACK Jack" Pershing who
speeds up the war machine "over
there" and ever cries FASTER" to
the khaki-clad machinists. War is a
grim business at best, and nobody
knows it better than this stern and
silent veteran. And, knowing it as
he does, he is determined to make it
grimmer for the Huns-so grim, in
fact, that they will have to cry
Enough" And in order to accom-
plish his result, General Pershing al
so knows that it takes men, more
men, and still more men-and sup.
plies without end-and an efficient
working organization-the one ulti.
mate aim of which is results.
DO you know what they should
call Pershing?' asked Lieutenant
who had just been reprimanded by
him for being lax on his job.
"What?" asked his bunkie.
Results Pershing," replied the
other Nothing counts with that
son.of-a-gun but results. But you've
got to hand it to him. He surely is
some soldier!"
Nothing illustrates more forcibly
Pershing's ability to get results thar
the episode that occurred shortly after
he had tackled the big job of bossins
the A. &. F.. in France. He wanted
to communicate with camp that was
some distance from G. H. @. Blu
there were no telephones. He con
suited a French engineer, but thai
, individual gave him little satisfac
ton.
"Ah, General, it could not be done
in less than week." replied tn,
Frenchman.
, Sorry, but | must have the con
nection made at once" replied Perish
ing, and with that he gave a few
snappy commands to some of tn,
, Guick-witted American engineers, an(
in jiffy they were on the job will
coils Of wire, which they laid out b,
means Of automobiles. Almost be
fore the French engineers knew wha
had happened, temporary connec
ton was established with the camp
and General Pershing was calml,
issuing orders over the phone. .
"Merveilleux!" was the admirin,
comment of the astounded French
man.
On Oct, 6, 1917, less than fouI
months after he landed in France
Major Gen, Pershing was created
: General, grade that had been va
, cant since the civil war. This wa,
not only in recognition of the worl
, that he was doing in France, but wa,
, tribute to his distinguished servic,
in the past.
The Commander in Chief of tn,
American Army had served in tn,
. Apache campaign in 1890 and 1891
in the Santiago campaign in 1898
and in the Philippines from 1899 t.
1903. In 1905 he accompanied Ku
roki's army in Manchuria as Militar,
, Attache. From 1906 to 1913 he wa.
on the job again in the Philippines
: and in 1916 was sent to Mexico.