Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-08

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the United States. The othr three
were Grant, Sheridan and sherman.
AS the central American figure In
the world war. so much has been
written about PershlnG. and his life
and history are so fresh In the pubnc
mind that II Is difficult to tell tho
average American anything new about
the man who commanded the great
army on the battlofelds OF Europe.
When some of Pershing's friends
speak of his rise to n position or
great military Importance in word
annals, they refer to story quite
commonly told of Charles NJ, Schwab.
the iropmaster. who Is sad TO have
remarked to his old Scotch gardener,
friend OF his childhood:
you never expected to see me in
this place, did your
And the gardener is said to have re-
Piled:
"You never expected II YOURSELF
Still Captain at 40.
AS late az the time OF the Russia
Japanese war in 1904. Pershing. over
40, still was captain In the regular
army. His associates SAY he never
grumbled, but always kept plugging at
his job. Rcams and rcams have been
written about how he took a promi-
nent part in the pacifcation of the
Philippine islands and how President
Roosevelt made him brigadier gen.
eral. jumping him over the heads of
exactly S62-other men who were senior
to him on the service roll.
When Pershing took the punitive
expedition to Mexico after the bandit
villa, he became the only living off
Ger in the American army who had
commanded any body of troops so
large as brigade in anything ap-
preaching action. II is true that the
late General Funston commanded
more than a brigade on the Vera Cruz
expedition, hut Funsron's troops never
got into action.
Served in Indian Wars.
From the time Pershing was grad
uated from West Point in 1886 he had
his full share of active and valuable
service in the army. Like his class
mates he Immediately was plunged in
to the Indian wars. He entered a
campaign against the great Apache
chief Geronimo who for manv years
had kept the great southwestern coun-
try almost closed to immigration by
his skill and bravery. 1t was in those
campaigns that many of the Young
American army officers received that
special training evolved in combat
with the willy savages which proved OF
peculiar value in certain phases of the
highly scientific modern warfare in
France and Belgium. They were
taught the arm of scouting. of trail
ing and Of perfect self-reliance in the
school beyond the ken Of any Euro
pean soldier and many midnight
raid by the Americans into No Mans
Land doubtless found its inception and
clever execution in the brain Of one
of these one-time Indian fighters Of
Pershins's tyne.
1t is recorded officially of Pershing
that at the beginning of his career. for
instance. he was complimented by
General Miles. his commander-in-
chief jAstbea Geronimo catnpaiens for
"marchina his troop. with pack train,
over rough country. 140 miles in forty
six hours. bringing in every animal and
man in good condition" Until he
reached command rank Pershing al
ways was a cavalry officer and the
records of T the war department show
more than one honorable mention for
his conduct during his ten years Of
service in the department of Arizora.
In the Spanish war as an officer of the
Tenth cavalry ha was promoted for
"allantry at the battle of FL Canev to
be a major in fhe volunteer army and
after a short detail in washington in
the bureau of insular affairs was sent
out to the Philippines as adiutart
general Of the department Of Mindanao
and Jolo.
Turning Point In Career
That was the turning point in Perish
ing's career. He began to take his pro-
fession of arms more seriously and to
display the pofers of concentration up
on difficult problems that stood him
in good stead in the great campaigns
that were to follow in Europe. Attract
ed by his earnestness and soldierly
qualities, General Leonard Wood, who
was his superior officer at the time,
selected Pershing to organize and con-
duct a campaign against the Moros
who for centuries had successfully re-
sisted all attempts OF the Spanish
army to subjugate them.
Up to that point nt-somethng of par
allcl may be found in the careers of
Wood and Pershing. Each had made
brilliant regulations as Indian fighters
and each had been picked by President
Roosevelt for extraordinary promotion
because Of their high promise of mill
tary ability. Roosevelt had made Wood
n briga dier general in 1901 and he
made Pershing. then captain, brig
adler general in 1905 to the absolute
CONSERVATION, OF the old line of the
army because 1t involved the stump.
ing" OF both officers over many hun
dreds bf their seniors.
Pershing justified the confidence that
Wood had imposed In him In his Moro
campaign. There was a. sultan OF
Bacalod with unknown thousands OF,
followers intrenched in the marshes
and mountains OF the tropical islands
behind heavy forts of palm wood. logs
and giant creepers and thorn bushes
woven into what was supposed to be
lmpregnable defenses. Pershing had
made study Of the conditions and SO
we'll had he organized his little force
composed Of battalion Of infantry,
a squadron of cavalry and section of
artillery that in two days the Moro's
strongholds we're cleared out and the
Island Of Mindanco was soon placed
under Pershing's military governor
ship.
Goes to Border.
When he returned in 1914 he was
given but a short rest In San Francis