The sun., 1919-05-25
The Story of General Pershing's Life

in The army, according to data obtained
by the author of the present memoir from
the Alphabetically Office in Wash
ington, have been as follows:
Cadet. Military Academy, July l, 1882.
Second Lieutenant, Sixth Cavalry, July
1, 1886.
First Lieutenant, Tenth Cavalry, Octo-
Der 20, 1892.
Captain, First Cavalry, February 2,
1901.
Transferred to Fifteenth Cavalry, Au-
gust 20, 1901. --
Brigadier- General, September 20, 1906.
Major-General, September Is, 1916.
General, October 6, 1917.
The first five years Of Lieut.. Per-
shing's army life was spent chiefly in cam
paigninP against hostile Indian tribes In
the far West. He next enjoyed period
of teaching, first as professor of military
science and tactics In the University Of
Nebraska and afterward as instructor in
military tactics at West Point. His taste
for legal studies is evidenced by the fact
that he availed himself of the opportunity
to study law at the University of Ne
braska and received the degree of bach
elor of laws from that institution. In
the Spanish war he served throughout
the Santiago campaign, but his most nota-
bic achievements before assuming his
latest command were performed during
two separate terms Of service in the Phil
ippines and as leader of the celebrated
punitive expedition into Mexico in pur-
suit Of Villa
He was a member of the General Stiff
for about three years, between his terms
of service in the Philippines, and also
Military Attache Of the United States
Legation In Japan, IN which capacity he
was permitted to visit the headquarters
of Gen. Kursh In Manchuria and witness
operations of war on the largest scale
known up to that time. His work In the
Philippines and elsewhere must have
made deep impression upon his su-
periors IN office, otherwise 862 officers
who were ahead of him on the army list
would not have been passed over by
President Roosevelt and the Senate in
order 10 make him Brigadier-G General in
1906.
Mr. Tomlinson says that "Gen. Per-
shing, the fifth full General of the United
States, is the successor to Washington,
Grant, Sherman and Sheridan" His rank
as General, however, differs from theirs
IN that it is only local and temporary.
He can hold it only as long as the present
war emergency exists and as long as he
commands the American military forces
IN France. The only other General in
our service rs General March, the head of
the General Staff at Washington: and he
will remain such only while he remains
Chief of Staff and the existing emergency
continues Such is clearly the import Of
the act Of Congress of October 6, 1917
which authorizes the President "for the
period cf the existing emergency only to
appoint as Generals the Chief Of Staff
and tie commander of the United States
forces IL France, and as Lieutenant G, n.
eral each commander of an army or army
corps organized as authorized by existing
law"
w.
OF Gen. Pershings ability as a mill
tary leader. Mr.. Tomlinson is able to tel
his readers very little. This is not tbC
fault Of the author. 1t has been thC
policy of our War Department to con
ceal frum the public almost all offeia
reports of the operations Of the Ameri
can forces in France. In England, or
the contrary, very different course ha'
been pursued. The reports of Lore
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