The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-08

Down r1feh avenue. iioth
~ "a Washington square.
10 ~ M.---General pcrshinE ~ :
III C&n6eft In Central Park, Cen
nerphing to stay twenty 10
1st0 M.~-Dinner to 9enerG'
a TIT inx 81 Waldorf. Mr.. kodman
8 xanmAkcr toastmaster. Adaresses
~ NAcretary OF War Baker. Mayor
h S1An. and General Pershsng-
Every Inch 4 soldier
m G&nxrai John j. Pershing NTH
GxASicnff In all the countrys n'ssors
1ds rtNer 10 the permanent rank OK Gen
4 - N too tyricTa OF regular army
1Snnr, .&np snuch what all the traol-
ttuna 9ofz the service would leaa one
10 Axpect It's most prominent uFihs
4 6rDoueut to be- to permit OF eaTac~
I 4erixation IN any startling manner,
Hhat old ,hase every inch soldier
aeesas best to suit him. and prooaoiy
u II IL Just sueh q phrase, II one may
Judge by the thlrty-seVen years ca
rew IN the army. that he hif,ise'l
I NsQnisi- regard as the most nuinS
tpthute-
secause ne attained such prom
nNnce during the war, PerishinS rise
mems al hrSt thoHStt :" ~
n6~ncnaeFsal sort wh.Vn ,,,'r 60
Anf~rfcens WITH mum oie 80
have achieved But "A glance back
tkfounhr,he record OF those lang
yAars show that rerrhlng has been
rfHsnr- for a tong time. and that his
eayly fuffifsry record Is in small dc
gree inst what his career IN France
Was In a larger Way
Staa4y. rrethodicai sef-aisciPlined
devotion IN the }oh tn hand has teen
Inc keynote u rershings story Long
heTo-e America began to know him as
ore - her brilliant ashuhs ih"u, I'M
seA4ae -. 9..tI+ frn,,n dos
- - -. -, -r,,s.h 70 ,tc.ort even
- n -. "a ry,ost sepresxing
- 10 80. -. "a 20 ne upon
- - - a-r,vu inside the
- - ~ ~ ~ecka0ea with,
.. ...rnt -bat
~ ~ So ~. {,f,,,rg
r,aro-al
- -. ,.,net r-4tiral
.i.s-,.-,,. German
- - - s,a~y-rvpers the
"a ragardlas~ NJ
- - '--.ss.rr $40 ts tIlus.rat-
- - - -, 80 5rsistnnre with
- ~.,-..s aw-s,r sron, fh.,
For n 81 n H.
- go o@s-sts-A ara Yhe master
s.ss ~~.~-s- "a ,rk.~s7 he made rec iy
III - So ,-,s-ls,ra that n might be
ssvxs-. = svss1 ssys..,,-a when once that
.svswa s+sr-~s Nigh oe3eers in Amer
- rwsvv lang tefava the first news
sa raerfcan victory came. that Per
s1xfEc was seeTs 30 fight, fight, fight
Aad sA&s ffe 0ne fdeal he had held
Ek4nre gzS-T9Sef t1e one goal toward
49, Es nse siri%en was that for
Ans~fcs&s sksss'e Should Re no turning
-
4 silent Man
H~a%4., rs,-ny hou haor a ,atkipr
..t ~ ~. abundant rte~atnra
-. -. --nrr~ ~, as,o1s, h3,,, since lao
w4s cfses.ss, as the American cemmAn-
yer in France. there Is no wealth Of
srescrsote. no great collection Of fine
shrases. ne large mount Of veracious
ssanrran interest Yet ON those few
occasions when he has been called
nron 70 SNEAK for the army. or the ma
sson abroad ne has expressed himself
Adequately and with ene and simple
EeFrefaiFtss that has surpassed All
amhitops oratorY. And there can DC
no more striking Illumination o. ms
character than that all those millions
ofyoung Americans who were in his
armies ABROAD, though they knew MN
at as y uiSN.,lt anu a." Vsoltte ts ut VIZ
49, .es'i'HF sai 80
$50 sA',oil III 'He '.isI S,'S y, psi'r ~
upon MN and came BACK oeN"'eo !"
lfi't'
When one reflects that only rea
i character and not more winning per
snnalfty could PROJECT itself into the
.afaks Of so vast an array of men, TINS
fact thar he did his job and unhesitat"
frEly sacrificed numbers or his ceun
trymen In the doing of II. vet came
through win the respect and the es-
team and the trust OF the rank and file
seems q tribute OF significant rnagni-
fuae
He was born in Linn county, Mis-
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